Tumwater Craft District
The Craft District includes South Puget Sound Community College’s craft brewing and distilling program, production space, tasting rooms, food and retail businesses, and room for continued growth.
Tumwater Brewery District Real Estate
Tumwater Brewery District: history, craft food and drink, and an emerging mixed-use center.
Explore the Brewery District around Tumwater Falls, the historic Olympia Brewery, the Tumwater Craft District, restaurants, tasting rooms, golf, and planned redevelopment near Capitol Real Estate’s home base.
Local Market Guide
Tumwater’s historic core is becoming one of its most interesting redevelopment stories.
The Brewery District surrounds the former Olympia Brewery and some of the oldest portions of Tumwater. The city’s long-range plan calls for a more walkable mixed-use district with housing, neighborhood businesses, public gathering places, and improved connections.
The transformation is already visible in the Tumwater Craft District, where craft beverage production, tasting rooms, food, retail, education, and events have returned to the historic brewery grounds. The larger former brewery properties remain a long-term redevelopment project with environmental and infrastructure work still underway.
For Capitol Real Estate, this area is especially local: our Tumwater office is on Custer Way, immediately neighboring the broader Brewery District and Capitol Boulevard corridor.
Relocation Guide
The Brewery District is part history, part current destination, and part future vision.
Buyers should understand both what exists today and what the city is planning for the district over time.
Historic brewery & redevelopment
The former Olympia Brewery closed in 2003. The city continues environmental assessment, planning, and infrastructure work intended to support future redevelopment of the larger brewery properties.
Tumwater Falls & recreation
Tumwater Falls and the Deschutes River are central to the district’s identity, with historic sites, walking areas, and connections to Tumwater’s broader trail system.
Schools & public data
School boundaries should be verified for the exact property. Capitol uses district and OSPI resources rather than subjective school rankings.
Buying
Buy with both today’s neighborhood and tomorrow’s district in mind.
Capitol helps buyers evaluate the current property, nearby uses, traffic, zoning context, redevelopment plans, and the normal inspection and valuation questions.
Future redevelopment can create opportunity, but buyers should avoid assuming a proposed project or plan is guaranteed. Current city documents and property-specific due diligence matter.
How Capitol helps buyers →Selling
Market Brewery District property around location, history, and current momentum.
Properties near the district can benefit from proximity to Tumwater Falls, craft businesses, restaurants, Capitol Boulevard, and Olympia, but marketing should stay grounded in what is actually built and accessible today.
For commercial or mixed-use property, zoning, tenant demand, redevelopment plans, and access may matter alongside conventional comparable sales.
How Capitol markets homes →Local Perspective
This is one of the South Sound areas Capitol can speak about from daily experience.
Capitol’s office sits on Custer Way next to the district, so the redevelopment, restaurant growth, craft businesses, and transportation changes are part of our everyday market rather than something we only research online.
We see the Brewery District as an emerging local center with real momentum, while also recognizing that the historic brewery redevelopment itself remains a long-term process.
Common Questions
Questions buyers and sellers ask about Tumwater Brewery District.
Is the old Olympia Brewery redeveloped yet?
Not fully. The Craft District is active, while the larger historic brewery properties remain subject to environmental, infrastructure, ownership, and redevelopment work.
What is the Tumwater Craft District?
It is a craft beverage, food, retail, education, and event-oriented development on the former brewery grounds, including SPSCC’s craft brewing and distilling program.
Is there housing in the Brewery District?
Yes. The broader district includes existing residential areas and newer multifamily development, and the long-term plan calls for additional mixed-use housing.
Where is Capitol Real Estate relative to the district?
Capitol Real Estate’s Tumwater office is on Custer Way, immediately adjacent to the broader Brewery District / Capitol Boulevard area.
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