[WesternGulf]

2200 looks nice.

[James Bond Agent 007]

The Sheraton Tower II has recently started construction so I edited Jiminy's post on the first page to reflect that.

Has 5th and Yesler started construction yet???

[WesternGulf]

2200 looks like it will be a nice addition to Seattle's streetscape. Any construction updates on this project?

[JiminyCricket II]

^There is a webcam on this site:

http://www.live2200.com

[James Bond Agent 007]

Well . . . does anyone know if 5th & Yesler has started construction yet?


I might be going downtown on Wednesday, maybe I'll check it out myself, since no one wants to answer. :cry:

[SeattleHusky82]

^ No it hasn't. Don't think they're going to start that one til they land a tenant. The next office tower to start in downtown Seattle will probably be one of proposals in the Denny Triangle (West 8th, 2201, or 7th @ Westlake).

[cityguy]

Either the web cam at2200 is down or it's always night in Seattle.

[mhays]

^ No it hasn't. Don't think they're going to start that one til they land a tenant. The next office tower to start in downtown Seattle will probably be one of proposals in the Denny Triangle (West 8th, 2201, or 7th @ Westlake).

Good advice for office buildings in general.

One high-rise building already has a tenant: The 12(?)-story office building for King County at 5th & Jefferson where the parking garage will soon be torn down.

[James Bond Agent 007]

Hot off the presses . . .

http://www.djc.com/stories/images/20051011/skyline_at_first_hill.jpg

$100M retirement community to be built on First Hill

Skyline at First Hill is the name of Presbyterian Retirement Communities Northwest's new full-block project, officials of the Seattle not-for-profit said Monday. They added the 27-story project will cost $100 million.

[Stratosphere 2020]

^
Very nice design, very green, I like it alot.

[JiminyCricket II]

I added the first hill project to my first page renderings post. Just FYI.

[Stephenapolis]

That is a very nice looking complex!

[James Bond Agent 007]

I added the first hill project to my first page renderings post. Just FYI.
Thanks.

[James Bond Agent 007]

Here's another rendering of the First Hill apartment shown above.

http://www.soundchurch.com/seattle/101905/SkylineatFirstHill/Seattle040.jpg

[mSeattle]

Should make a great addition to the First Hill skyline.

[joberon]

new shots of Wamu today...

http://www.pbase.com/joberon/image/51258600.jpg

and a close up:

http://www.pbase.com/joberon/image/51258663.jpg

[mSeattle]

Right on! Nice to see it add depth to the skyline.
You got the crane for that hotel down the street in your last shot.

Were you up in one of those condo buildings in Belltown?

[joberon]

Yeah. I was up on the Cristalla roof taking shots of the fog (got some great shipping crane shots if your interested).

[Urban Zombie®]

^How'd you get up there? You should post all of the pics you took from it.

[colemonkee]

Wow, that building shot up there. Looks topped out.

[joberon]

<cut pics as they don't relate to the subject thread>

[James Bond Agent 007]

^
Nice pics. But let's keep this thread to news about projects.

[Urban Zombie®]

Rainier Meadows was gracious enough to tantalize us with this:
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/4750/img56477jg.jpg

Appears that the WAMU is a Jenny Craig champion when viewed from the north/south, but a Jenny Craig failure when viewed from the west/east.

[mSeattle]

New crane on First Hill - Horizon House II?

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/construction3/PICT9711_640b.jpg

[James Bond Agent 007]

^
Yeah that's Horizon House II. I walked by the site on Friday and looked at the rendering. It's only 19 floors :cry: Here's some renderings from the HH website - the pic on the board in front of the project made it look a little more colorful, it was more like yellow with green windows.

http://www.horizonhouse.org/images/rendering5.jpg

http://www.horizonhouse.org/images/rendering2.jpg

http://www.horizonhouse.org/images/rendering4.jpg

http://www.horizonhouse.org/images/rendering1.jpg

[PDXPaul]

I think that looks fine. Add that with the skyline retirement community and madison first hill... not too shabby! 19 27 11 story projects.

[mSeattle]

Progress pictures on 2200 Westlake

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/DSC00030.JPG

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/DSC00032.JPG

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT0025.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT0630.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT0631.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT0637.JPG

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT2822.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT3317.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT4129ssp.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT4951ssp.JPG

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT6693SM640.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT6694SM640.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT6748SM640.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT7735SM640.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT7736SM640.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT7737SM640.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT7747SM640.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT8877ssp.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT8879ssp.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT8948ssp.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT9240_ssp.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT9247_ssp.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT9698_640.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT9714_640.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT0644_640.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT0658_640.jpg

http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/2200WL/PICT0661_640ssp.jpg

[seahawklv]

Wow thanks for the pics! I miss Sea-town!!!

[mSeattle]

You're welcome.

[James Bond Agent 007]

A fence has recently gone up around the Four Seasons site, and some very preliminary demolition work appears to be under way. So I changed the status of it in Jiminy's first post from "Approved" to "Under Construction."

Four Seasons
http://www.djc.com/special/construct2005/FourSeasons.jpg

[mSeattle]

Cool news. I still think that by now there's got to be a better design and/or rendering somewhere.

[James Bond Agent 007]

^
I think I like the design (it looks kinda high tech), but I'm with you, I'm dying for a better rendering.

After I posted this I looked on NBBJ's website (the architects of the building) but their website really kinda sucks.

[James Bond Agent 007]

This is the closest thing I've seen to a daytime rendering of the Four Seasons. This is from the 1st Avenue side:

http://img.bizjournals.com/u/f/seattle/20051121/coverimage.jpg

[mSeattle]

^ What issue was that? Maybe I'll go to the library tomorrow.

So the picture you posted is from Post Alley/Alaskan Way?

[James Bond Agent 007]

^
It was the November 21 issue.

That view is from the 1st Ave side.

The "night" view in the other rendering is from the waterfront (Post Alley) side.

[mSeattle]

Ok, cool.

I have a couple of pictures of Hotel 1000 or whatever it's called which I took last weekend. And there's conversion of a building that is north of the Seattle Tower or on the north side of University Street that I took a picture of. This building is different from the one with the decorative Northwest Indian faces at the top which itself is being converted to residential.

[PDXPaul]

http://adserver1.harvestadsdepot.com/nwclassified/ss/040647/012/012_006AD/012_006AD.jpg

[northface]

WOW! where did u find that? How tall is this building in ft?

[InlandEmpire]

^^
Wow, that's an awesome looking building. Very Seattle-esque.

[mSeattle]

Thanks for passing this along, PDX! I'm trying to find the day picture of the early rendering for this project. Somehow I'm overlooking it in this thread.

[mhays]

It's in the 300' zone and will be almost exactly that tall. PS, they say 28 floors of residential, but they didn't count the 2 floors on the bottom -- so it's 30.

[mSeattle]

And there's conversion of a building that is north of the Seattle Tower or on the north side of University Street that I took a picture of. This building is different from the one with the decorative Northwest Indian faces at the top which itself is being converted to residential.

I made a mistake. The building is south of the Seattle Tower. The one here with the arches at top.
http://www.stringmages.com/skyscraperpage/construction3/PICT0764_640.JPG

[mhays]

That's 1200 Third. My company is remodeling several floors into new offices, and also creating a couple of retail spaces at ground level.

[mSeattle]

It's in the 300' zone and will be almost exactly that tall. PS, they say 28 floors of residential, but they didn't count the 2 floors on the bottom -- so it's 30.

And my mind says that my eyes are tricking me, but there looks to even be a crown of sorts on top, worth at least a floor and a half. I can't believe it if it's true. A crown, a pinacle, a pointy thing on a would be flat-top in Seattle!

[mSeattle]

That's 1200 Third. My company is remodeling several floors into new offices, and also creating a couple of retail spaces at ground level.

Ok cool. Can you tell me what exactly is in the Seattle Tower... office, residential, both?

[mhays]

The Seattle Tower is offices.

[mSeattle]

The Seattle Tower is offices.

Thanks for the info.

Here's the small day rendering I was talking about of Midtown.
http://www.midtownseattle.com/images/4VA_04.jpg

[JiminyCricket II]

So mSeattle, where are those Hotel 1000 pics? :D

[mSeattle]

:D Yes, I did say I'd post them. Ok, will try to do that soon.

[Hoodrat]

Anyone know when the work on the Olive8 will start?

[PDXPaul]

Soon I believe, sometime this spring. So we've got Olive 8, Midtown Seattle, Four Seasons, Second and Pine. Not a bad way to start off the year. What's starting in Bellevue this spring? Lincoln tower office?

[northface]

yup^ and the twin towers....whatever thats called....ummmm washington square will prolly start having steel going up by spring....maybe some other office towers in bellevue

[mSeattle]

Moved to Northwest Forum

[mhays]

Anyone know when the work on the Olive8 will start?

Olive 8 has said "hopefully January" or something to that effect.

[Hoodrat]

I hope the zoning changes go through.

[PDXPaul]

We all do.

When does Mosler lofts in Belltown start? That's about a 10 story project, plus Parc Belltown gives us two new towers this year. Vulcan has a project on the drawing boards for that neighborhood too.

[Hoodrat]

For a shorty, Mosler does look nice.

[mSeattle]

1000
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6785/pict12076401uq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Hoodrat]

^^nice photo. It's a lot glassier than the earlier renderings suggested.

Anyone know about what's in the works for the Federal Reserve Bank property now that the monorail's dead?

[mSeattle]

Here's the Four Seasons from the DJC

http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/8052/pict12186403at.jpg

[JiminyCricket II]

thanks m! wow that is a lot further along that I thought, but I guess it has been about a year and a half since it started.

[Last Chance]

This will make things interesting around mid-March...:D

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2006/01/16/daily14.html?t=printable

Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) - 9:36 AM PST Wednesday
Monorail puts real estate up for bid
The 34 pieces of real estate purchased for the ill-fated Seattle Monorail Project have been put up for sale.

The properties -- which cost SMP more than $62 million and an additional $10 million in assorted fees related to the acquistions -- can be viewed at www.monorailproperty.com and will be marketed by GVA Kidder Mathews of Seattle.

Bidding on the real estate begins Wednesday and ends March 17. SMP officials said the goal is to have all sales completed and money received by the end of June.

"Our priority is to pay off debt and relieve our taxpayers of their motor vehicle taxes as soon as possible," said Beth Goldberg, SMP board chair, in a statement.

According to SMP officials, previous owners of the properties won't get any priority in the bidding process. Bids will be evaluated based on price, terms and compliance to the bidding process, SMP said, and a second round of bidding could occur.

[Hoodrat]

This should be interesting.

I can't think of a better parcel for a serious proposal than 1001 2nd. Seems to be primed.

Didn't Selig express interest in that site (although he hasn't done anything major in years)? He does have some ego to flex though.

Would the zoning change on this property if Nichols proposal goes through?

[mSeattle]

Cosmo & 2200 Westlake from November '05
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/2241/pict9219ssp8xa.jpg

[James Bond Agent 007]

New rendering for 7th at Westlake. Thanks to seapug.

http://www.seventhatwestlake.com/a/image_home_small.jpg

http://www.seventhatwestlake.com

This was the other rendering:

http://www.officespace.com/osoweb/Seattle/BLDG/seventh/Building.jpg

[mhays]

I think we're having a good month for Downtown Seattle starts:
1. The 21-story 5th & Madison condo project announced they're starting this week.
2. The 10-story Mosler Lofts project put its fence up Friday.
3. The 13-story low-income housing project at 2nd & Yesler has demolished and is currently one level below the street shoveling demo'd material around.
4. The 20-story Four Seasons Hotel and Residences started early in the month. The slow demo of the existing garage along the cliffside has finally reached "visible" stage.
5. The City's new Fire Station 10 and Emergency Command Center have their fence up and will hold their ceremonial groundbreaking next week. The density of this project is too low, but we finally get rid of the only full-block parking lot in that district.

[mSeattle]

New rendering for 7th at Westlake. Thanks to seapug.

http://www.seventhatwestlake.com/a/image_home_small.jpg

http://www.seventhatwestlake.com

This was the other rendering:

http://www.officespace.com/osoweb/Seattle/BLDG/seventh/Building.jpg


So it was possible to make it even worse... Hopefully it's gonna take more than the flag pole to protect it from criticism.

[northface]

i think it looks great!

[Hoodrat]

^^ That is pretty awful. Poor Seattle....

[PDXPaul]

I don't see what's so terribly bad about it. It's not special by any means it's supremely average but I don't think it's anything to cry about. The more homes and jobs in the core the better.

[Hoodrat]

It would look better if the upper section was taller. Or if that big setback was lower on the bldg.

I went back to those pix to try to find something redeeming about that proposal, but sorry...as is, that building is embarrasing compared to what every other decent sized city has going up. Who's the architect on this one?

[mSeattle]

This is rediculous. If the "design" review committee approves this thing then they should all lose their positions and be sent to art classes. This is pure square-feet money-making design and very little art.

[mhays]

Seattle's design review process doesn't help at all. They have awful taste. I'm sure their bad decisions are cloaked in the right architectural terminology, and I'm sure they have some great architectural theorists. The problem is that a lot of the current architectural theory is totally against what makes buildings attractive -- it's about "honest use of materials" and creating vertically-segmented buildings that "inform" the mix of uses. Infuriating. What I wouldn't give for some detailing and color.

While this isn't a great looking building, I don't particularly mind it. One big improvement from the last: they finally have that horrible little rental car property on the left, and the building now extends farther south.

[Hoodrat]

How many members of the design review comitee are there? Who appoints them? Could the be pressured to change thier review standards?

Seattle is famous for a lot of dull architecture. There's this ongoing thoery that it's the legacy of a Scandinavian "culture of moderation" (i.e. drawing attention to yourself is considered bad taste).

Maybe the design review comitee should ckeck out the Turning Torso....

[rds989]

I don't see what is so bad about it. Looks nice.

[mSeattle]

Looks like a big aluminum storage box with a flag toothpic on top too doesn't it? :D

[James Bond Agent 007]

It doesn't look great, but I wouldn't call it horrible, either.

[mSeattle]

I guess one of my biggest problems with this is that if the flag pole counts as part of the height, then why waste that height and design potential with that??? If toothpic flag poles get a pass, why not clusters of toothpic ornamentations (think B of A in Charlotte and some of Atlanta's new midrise buildings)? It's something that's shouting for an explanation.

[James Bond Agent 007]

^
2 Union Square has a flagpole at the top, too. So . . . . big deal?

[mSeattle]

2 Union was built before my time. This building is during my time. It had what little crowning it first had removed presumably to increase square footage. Why keep the toothpic and remove the crowning when you can put a flag in front of the building or lower on the building and return the crowning?

Is the glass on it gray too?

[James Bond Agent 007]

So, basically you're saying you don't like the design of the building because it's got a flag at the top instead of some ornamental thingy.

Boy, some people are real picky . . .

[mSeattle]

:no: You missed my comment about the glass. There's more to dislike about this design. I'm also looking at that pathetic suburban 1980s office-park wedge thing...

[James Bond Agent 007]

^
The glass is pretty much standard condo-esque stuff (even the office part, sorta). If you don't like the glass on this, you shouldn't like the glass on half the condo projects going up around here. So I don't see what the fuss is all about.

http://www.seventhatwestlake.com/a/image_home_small.jpg

[mSeattle]

^
The glass is pretty much standard condo-esque stuff (even the office part, sorta). If you don't like the glass on this, you shouldn't like the glass on half the condo projects going up around here. So I don't see what the fuss is all about.


Exactly. I don't like them and this is piling on.

[Hoodrat]

Tried peeking at her again.....sorry, she's still a dog.

[Urban Zombie®]

http://www.djc.com/stories/images/20060124/Fortson_BOLA.jpg

Moving this over from the NW forum as well as plagiarizing Bond's words of wisdom: Fortson, a 13-story mixed-use building, is under construction at 201 Yesler Way and will provide affordable housing for downtown service workers and those with entry-level jobs.

Speaking of "and Yesler" projects, is 5th and Yesler officially dead or what? I sort of liked that design.

[Urban Zombie®]

5th & Madison, pictures courtesy of mSeattle:

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/602/pict19216409wb.jpg

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7016/pict19246404jn.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/Dancer-2/909.jpg

Can anybody dig up any more information on this? Word over at SSC is that it is slated to begin construction this week with a 2007 finish. Nice to see more residential and retail projects going up in the middle of the financial core.

[Hoodrat]

Absolutely love 5th & Mad.

Sleek,wafer thin, and right downtown. My fav Seattle project since Wamu.

[InlandEmpire]

Really liking that 5th and Madison building- looks great and the proportions are excellent.

[Hoodrat]

5th & Mad ROX!!!:upload_71700: :cucumber: :tup:

[mSeattle]

^ I like the glass and I guess they want to not distract from the library next door. It's cool.

March is next month. :D

[Hoodrat]

It's not just the bldg...the location is fantastic.

I think the view (of the bay/Olympics)will be more interesting w/ the towers and library to give it some variety. The lights of the skyline at night will be cool, also.

I guess the main drawback of that area would be the lack of activity during the evening. I used to work at 999 3rd, and the only action around there was the Met Grill on the SE corner of 2nd and Marion.

[JBinCalgary]

that 5th and madison building is very attractive

[Hoodrat]

Come on, Seattle!

Let's see some action on this thread!!!

[mSeattle]

It's not just the bldg...the location is fantastic.

I think the view (of the bay/Olympics)will be more interesting w/ the towers and library to give it some variety. The lights of the skyline at night will be cool, also.

I guess the main drawback of that area would be the lack of activity during the evening. I used to work at 999 3rd, and the only action around there was the Met Grill on the SE corner of 2nd and Marion.


They can catch a bus on 4th Ave to Pine/Pike. Getting back home will be the issue. Fifth Ave. seems very weird in its selection of buses. I'm not sure that the residents in this building will be the "hanging out on the streets" type.

[mSeattle]

Come on, Seattle!

Let's see some action on this thread!!!

I posted stuff in the Northwest section.

Where's Rainier Meadows? He should have some pictures of the Denny Triangle area and Cascade stuff from his building.

[mSeattle]

Found these different ones than what I posted in NW forum

2200 Westlake from Belltown

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e156/mseattle/Denny%20Triangle/PICT0124_640.jpg

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e156/mseattle/Denny%20Triangle/PICT0125_640.jpg

[mSeattle]

Another picture from Denny Triangle.

Cosmo (left) 2200 Westlake (right)
http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/8489/pict10946401cl.jpg

[mSeattle]

More of the many little things going up.

Int'l Dist. - 705 Weller
http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/5003/pict23006409of.jpg

[mSeattle]

The Martin - http://www.themartinseattle.com
http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/1926/themartinbelltown6rw.jpg