New building on Midway will offer storage, other space

A new building on Midway Lane will likely house contractor storage spaces, a small fabrication shop and an antique car storage facility, according to Becky Howard, owner of the building.

The 10,000-square-foot steel building, at 1805 Midway Lane, has been under construction since July of last year and Howard expects to see tenants signing leases around the end of February.

Howard declined to disclose the names of current potential tenants, but did say she had at least five parties interested in leasing spaces in the building. The building will have 10 to 12 spaces available for lease, depending on how it gets divided, Howard said.

Howard, a part-time woodworker who has recently been working on boat interiors, is hardly a real estate mogul.

“I’m just a person trying to set up a retirement plan,” she said.

Howard said she used to own property in Glen Cove, just outside Port Townsend, but sold the property during a divorce. She used the funds from that sale to finance this project.