Tacoma’s Brownfield-to-Waterfront Redevelopment
Point Ruston is a 97-acre mixed-use development on nearly a mile of Commencement Bay shoreline, built on the site of the former Asarco copper and arsenic smelter — an operation that ran for about a century before the smokestack was demolished in 1993. Point Ruston LLC bought the contaminated site in 2006, took on remediation responsibility, and broke ground that year. The build-out has rolled out in phases ever since.
The current built environment includes the Copperline (173 apartments and 44 condos, 2013), the Century building and Grand Plaza (2015) with a 9-screen cineplex and around 55,000 sq ft of retail, plus the Baker and Rainier condo buildings, restaurants, and the public Waterwalk that connects Ruston Way to Point Defiance Park and Dune Peninsula Park.
The story that makes Point Ruston distinctive isn’t “futurist new build” — it’s the cleanup-to-community arc on a polluted industrial shoreline. Residents skew toward higher-income professionals, downsizing empty-nesters, and waterfront condo buyers.
Hoss in Point Ruston
Point Ruston is condo and townhome density, not single-family — which means the junk-removal calls look different than they do in a suburban subdivision:
- Move-in cleanouts — new owners get keys, find a previous owner’s left-behind stuff. We clear it.
- Move-out cleanouts — sellers in a hurry. We clear what didn’t go to the new place.
- Condo / building-side hauling — coordinated with property management for unit turnovers and common-area cleanups.
- Single-item pickups — couches that wouldn’t fit the new floor plan, mattresses, end-of-life appliances.
Point Ruston’s tight access (parking garages, narrow loading zones) means we plan the route carefully. Our roll-off dumpsters can fit in most of Point Ruston’s larger loading areas; for some condo blocks, junk hauling is better than a bin.
Posted Pricing
Flat-rate posted Hoss pricing — see the pricing section. Dumpsters available where parking allows; junk hauling is often the better fit for tighter condo blocks.
Also Serving Nearby
Ruston · Old Town · North End · Stadium District · Proctor District · Browns Point
Call (253) 553-2978.
