Oct
17th
Categories: Colman Tower, Downtown, New Construction, Pioneer Square, Real Estate News, Rentals
Adjacent to the Colman Ferry Pedestrian Bridge between Western & Post Avenue, this 16-story, 208-unit apartment building is well on it’s way!
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Project Description by Weber Thompson:
Capitalizing on a massive shift from home ownership to rental housing, downtown’s upcoming Colman Tower is a front runner to fill a demand projected to quickly be seriously undersupplied. With a spring 2011 construction start, this 16 story, 208 unit project is targeted towards young professionals who are looking for a vibrant, urban home. The building features compact units and ample, targeted amenities to draw this market.
Colman Tower is an elegantly designed tower that is decidedly modern, yet speaks to the medley of styles, heights and character drawn from the historic buildings in the adjacent Pioneer Square and downtown financial district. A glass curtain wall gives way to terra cotta shoulders of various scales that relate to these neighboring buildings. Materials are used in a contemporary way to underscore these relationships with articulated terra cotta panels echoing the brick and heavy stone used in the area.
A transparent, two-story structure, “The Cube,” sits in a 40 foot deep, landscaped public plaza linking Colman Tower to the Colman Ferry Pedestrian Bridge. An adjacent stair and elevator structure links this pedestrian bridge with the retail on Post and Western Avenue. Retail space is featured along Colman Tower’s entire Western Avenue frontage and on most of Post Avenue. These are high quality spaces with 20 foot high ceilings and large glass panes creating inviting storefront entries. On Post Avenue, the building is held back to relieve this slender street and create an active retail / pedestrian zone with festoon lighting strung between Colman Tower and the neighboring Colman Building. This illumination creates a sense of canopy and an active outdoor space with a festive atmosphere.
Click here to view the Seattle Times Article- August 2010 |
Oct
3rd
Categories: Apartments, Commercial Developments, New Construction, Pioneer Square, Real Estate News
| Visit the North Lot Development website. Lots of great stuff going on here!
West Block- Stadium Place will have more than 700 residential units among three towers and over 18,600 SF of retail space. Parking for 400 residents.
East Block- Stadium Towers will have either one or two towers based on the final design. Approximately 420,000 SF of office space (Class A/and or hotel), 16,000 SF of retail space and parking for 500 residents. |
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Sep
27th
Categories: Apartments, Commercial Developments, New Construction, Pioneer Square, Real Estate News
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| As of Monday, North Lot Development (partnership between Daniels Real Estate and R.D. Merrill according to tax records) have officially acquired CenturyLink Field’s north parking lot.
They will be breaking ground this week on the project’s 1st phase- 444 apartments, retail and parking.
Click here for more details! |
Aug
6th
Categories: Pioneer Square, Real Estate News, The Nord, Vintage Condos
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The Nord
312 1st Avenue S #2
$375,000
MLS#108158
Click here for a virtual tour!
Built in 1900 & restored in 2007, the Nord is located in the heart of Pioneer Square offering 7 homes among 3 floors, a rooftop deck & secure entry.
This gorgeous 2nd floor 2bd/1ba loft faces west & features stainless appliances, marble countertops, porcelain tile floors, dark cabinetry, contemporary lighting throughout & a washer/dryer combo. The well-appointed floorplan has 10 ceilings, 2 exposed brick walls, 2 large windows in the living area & a private atrium- perfect for indoor plants! |
Sep
6th
Categories: Corporate News, Pioneer Square, Real Estate News, Seattle Neighborhoods, South Lake Union
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To follow up on yesterdays excitement- Microsoft will be leasing 126,000 square feet at the Westlake/Terry Building in South Lake Union and additional space in two other Pioneer Square locations (111 S. Jackson and 505 Union Station). Good news and good timing!
Wendy also covered the story today, click here to read more. |
Jun
22nd
Categories: Commercial Developments, New Construction, Pioneer Square, Real Estate News
Yesterday, Ron Sims signed an agreement selling Qwest Fields north parking lot to Nitze-Stagen & Co and Opus Corp. for $10.1 million.
According to the Puget Sound Business Journal, the agreement mandates that the project (just shy of 4 acres) will include at least 400 condominiums and apartments in which 100 will be dedicated to affordable housing.
Get rid of the waste-of-a-space parking lot and clean up Pioneer Square!
PSBJ Article
Seattle Times Article (2005)
Seattle Times Article (2006)
(photo: Dean Rutz)
Feb
27th
Categories: Commercial Developments, Corporate News, Pioneer Square, Real Estate News
Last year around this time, Starbucks was filing paperwork to acquire two buildings at 83 S. King St. and 505 1st Ave. S in Pioneer Square. It is confirmed that they are indeed extending their headquarters but it will be quite the process. 
Built in 1904 and renovated in 2000, 83 S. King is currently occupied by Starbucks employees in the Store Development Design and Pacific Northwest Region Store Development Team divisions. Other lease agreements within the building have been honored and Starbucks will gradually take up the space as it comes available. 505 1st Ave S. has been granted a master use permit for a 7 story, 203,000 sq. ft office building. A parking lot, parking garage and the one story, Duncan Building sits on the site and plans for demolition have not been revealed, let alone a timeline.
This is very exciting news for the neighborhood and a perfect fit for those condo projects just being developed/proposed in the Downtown/Pioneer Square areas. An update should be publicly released in the next month or two, so stay tuned!