RON SWARNER: COUNTDOWN TO TERMINATOR STOUT IN TACOMA >>>

The Tacoma City Council gave the green light for the city to buy the vacant land north of the planned McMenamins brewpub, and starts the 18-month clock on developers Grace Pleasants and Rick Moses to secure financing to buy back the land from the city to plop a retail and residential complex atop of a city-owned parking garage.

Read the full details on The News Tribune’s Web site.