source: www.metropolitan-market.comUpper Queen Anne is a self-contained urban village, far above the noise and bustle of the Emerald City far below the counterbalance. But as rents in the little hamlet skyrocket, businesses have been forced out, requiring more and more trips off the hill for supplies and entertainment and visits to favorite restaurants that found cheaper digs in other parts of town, if they managed to survive at all.Today, the sale of the Metropolitan Market site, as well as neighboring apartments, to developer Joe Geivett was announced. The sale was welcomed by the Queen Anne Neighbors for Responsible Growth. The group’s spokesman, Kemp Hiatt, Jr., says in a press release: “[Geivett] has said some encouraging things, and we’re hopeful that he will be able to strike a deal to keep Metropolitan Market as a tenant.”Neighbors for Responsible Growth was formed after concern mounted among Queen Anners that an enormous QFC was likely to come into the spot. There’s already, horror of non-local horrors, a Safeway down the street. For his part, Geivett says he’ll try to get a deal with Metropolitan Market to stay if the market wants it, which might be encouraging to Neighbors for Responsible Growth, but it’s hardly a guarantee.