School of Rock is moving from Lake City to Greenwood next summer. The new space is at 104 N. 85th St., directly under Top Ten Toys in Piper Village.

School of Rock will occupy the suite at the far right of this picture.

General Manager Kristoffer Kierulff tells me the plan is to open in June, in time for summer camps.

School of Rock had originally signed a lease in Crown Hill last year, but then couldn’t proceed because of zoning issues.

School of Rock provides music lessons for children on guitar, bass, vocals, keyboards and drums, with the goal of playing a live concert.

School of Rock is also opening a location in Bellevue this Saturday.

The School of Rock had been looking to move from Lake City to Greenwood or Phinney Ridge earlier this year, when it finally leased a building on NW 85th Street in Crown Hill. But, after four months of working with the Department of Planning and Development, it turns out that the building isn’t zoned for a school or institution, so School of Rock is now looking again for a new space, in either Ballard or Greenwood-Phinney.

From General Manager Kristoffer Kierulff’s email to our sister site My Ballard:

We signed the lease for the space on 85th and 11th around April. For the past 4 months we have been working the DPD to obtain the appropriate permits to do our construction on the space. It’s been a tedious process to say the least, but ultimately we have discovered that the zoning of the building (Residential/Commercial) does not allow for a “School/Institution” to be in that particular building without a much longer review and permitting process. A process which we have found to be too costly and risky. We are committed to finding a new home in the Greenwood/Phinney/Ballard neighborhoods, and will continue to search for an ideal locale. If any of your readers know of any good homes for us, we’re all ears!

In January, the Seattle branch of the national School of Rock told us they were hoping to move from Lake City to Greenwood, and were scouring the neighborhood for appropriate sites.

Today, General Manager Kristoffer Kierulff tells us they are moving to Crown Hill, just three blocks west of Greenwood, to 1120 NW 85th St., the former home of Pacific Interiors. They’re working on the space now, and hope to move in sometime in June.

School of Rock provides music education for kids from ages 7 to 18, with the end result of performing in front of a live audience.

Stay tuned for information on their grand opening party.

The Seattle branch of the nationwide School of Rock is looking to move from Lake City to Greenwood.

School of Rock provides music education for kids from ages 7 to 18, with the goal being to perform in front of a live audience.

General Manager Kristoffer Kierulff told us the school has been looking around the neighborhood for a while, but hasn’t found the right space yet. They need about 2,000 – 3,000 square feet, preferably a stand-alone building, or at the end of a larger building.

We are a music school, so we make some noise, but we also intend on doing some sound attenuation. The more I’ve explored the neighborhood, the more in love with it I’m becoming, so I’m really eager to get over there.

The music school hopes to move this year. They’ve already looked at the former site of Greenwood Academy of Hair at 85th and Greenwood, but said it’s too big.

So, PhinneyWood readers, let’s hear your ideas of appropriate spaces for School of Rock.