SEATTLE | Downtown Projects: Completed, U/C, Proposed/Approved - Page 154

alki · #**3061** Posted **Dec 9, 2013, 12:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by mhays

The North Lot is a big part of that...housing, hotel, office, retail. It's a sizeable part of the upward spiral, by adding a chunk of activity by itself and by encouraging more to follow. In terms of offices, Home Plate Center and the North Lot (future phase) are taking things in the right direction.

Definitely. That's going to be a big contribution.

Chinook11 · #**3062** Posted **Dec 10, 2013, 10:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by alki

Yowser. A supertall!

77-story tower planned for downtown Seattle

Seattle real estate development company Urban Visions on Thursday announced plans for a 77-story skyscraper at Second Avenue and Marion Street.

Marc StilesStaff Writer- Puget Sound Business JournalEmail | Twitter

Real estate developer Greg Smith said he plans to build the tallest skyscraper in downtown Seattle on a site where the famous Metropolitan Grill steakhouse operates.

At 77 stories, it would be one floor taller than Seattle's tallest building, Columbia Center.

read more...............

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/n...tower-for.html

A 77 story tower is announced and gets all of one post. I thought you guys would be going ape-shit over this news. I know its really early for even renderings, but come on. This is huge.

supertallchaser · #**3063** Posted **Dec 11, 2013, 12:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by Chinook11

A 77 story tower is announced and gets all of one post. I thought you guys would be going ape-shit over this news. I know its really early for even renderings, but come on. This is huge.

your right ill be going through other city compilations and theyll have a proposed tower just announced and they arecompletely void o knowing how lucky they are

mSeattle · #**3064** Posted **Dec 11, 2013, 12:50 AM**

^ I think we've been taught that we are unworthy, so we don't make a big deal and just hope that we keep improving. It's also a big dream coming out of the great recession (depression for some) and where too many remain. My feeling is "Good luck. I hope they can. And hope it starts a chain reaction so I can move into a real apartment."

JiminyCricket II · #**3065** Posted **Dec 11, 2013, 1:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by Chinook11

A 77 story tower is announced and gets all of one post. I thought you guys would be going ape-shit over this news. I know its really early for even renderings, but come on. This is huge.

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Originally Posted by supertallchaser

your right ill be going through other city compilations and theyll have a proposed tower just announced and they arecompletely void o knowing how lucky they are

There are a couple reasons why. 1) Almost all the Seattle forumers are at Skyscrapercity, where the Seattle subforum is extremely active. and 2) Nobody believes a word this developer says, because they have never built anything of significance in their existence, despite several ambitious "proposals" like this one. If news comes that they got a partner or they sold the plans and property to a real developer, then you'll see some of the Seattle forumers get excited.

mSeattle · #**3066** Posted **Dec 11, 2013, 2:22 AM**

^ That too. But I always hope the little guy has a win at some point.

chris08876 · #**3067** Posted **Dec 12, 2013, 12:34 AM**

15-Story Hotel Coming Soon To South Lake Union

Stanford Hotels Corp. is taking its plans for a 15-story hotel at 300 Terry Ave. in front of the design review board tonight in hopes to kickstart development by late 2014. The hotel will include approx. 283 rooms, a conference center, restaurant and roof garden. The total square-footage will top out around 139K. There won't be any parking on site, but there are nearby garages as well as a streetcar stop. It's TBD who the official hotel brand will be, though with a location close to Amazon, it should make for an attractive property.
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http://seattle.curbed.com/archives/2...lake-union.php
Wednesday, December 11, 2013, by Sean Keeley

chris08876 · #**3068** Posted **Dec 12, 2013, 12:36 AM**

Amazon's Giant Downtown Spheres Are Officially Approved

Everyone's all "Amazon drones this" and "Amazon drones that," but everyone seems to have forgotten that before they were planning on delivering t-shirts via aircraft, they were planning on erecting giant spheres in the middle of downtown Seattle. Those plans were officially approved by the Seattle Department of Planning and Development on Thursday, ensuring that Amazon's three-block, 3.3M square-foot campus will happen sooner than later. The first phase, which includes, office high-rise and a meeting center, is scheduled to open in 2015. The second phase, which includes the spheres, is set for completion in 2016
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Sean Keeley, http://seattle.curbed.com/archives/2...y-approved.php

alki · #**3069** Posted **Dec 12, 2013, 7:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by Chinook11

A 77 story tower is announced and gets all of one post. I thought you guys would be going ape-shit over this news. I know its really early for even renderings, but come on. This is huge.

Its like mSeattle said......we don't take ourselves too seriously.....and like JC II pointed out.......... Urban Visions is a small time developer. I posted the article because I liked the headline

......and we can always dream, can't we?

alki · #**3070** Posted **Dec 12, 2013, 7:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by chris08876

15-Story Hotel Coming Soon To South Lake Union

Stanford Hotels Corp. is taking its plans for a 15-story hotel at 300 Terry Ave. in front of the design review board tonight in hopes to kickstart development by late 2014. The hotel will include approx. 283 rooms, a conference center, restaurant and roof garden. The total square-footage will top out around 139K. There won't be any parking on site, but there are nearby garages as well as a streetcar stop. It's TBD who the official hotel brand will be, though with a location close to Amazon, it should make for an attractive property.
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http://seattle.curbed.com/archives/2...lake-union.php
Wednesday, December 11, 2013, by Sean Keeley

Like it..........the area needs a hotel.

alki · #**3071** Posted **Dec 13, 2013, 2:05 AM**

Touchstone lands investment partner for big South Lake Union office project

Marc StilesStaff Writer- Puget Sound Business JournalEmail | Twitter

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/b...y-for-big.html

Vashon118 · #**3072** Posted **Dec 16, 2013, 4:02 AM**

802 Seneca

802 Seneca 2013-12-14 by planet_lb, on Flickr

802 Seneca 2013-12-14 by planet_lb, on Flickr

815 Pine

815 Pine 2013-12-14 by planet_lb, on Flickr

815 Pine 2013-12-14 by planet_lb, on Flickr

2021 7th Ave

2021 7th Ave 2013-12-11 by planet_lb, on Flickr

2021 7th Ave 2013-12-11 by planet_lb, on Flickr

2030 8th

2030 8th 2013-12-11 by planet_lb, on Flickr

2030 8th 2013-12-11 by planet_lb, on Flickr

2720 4th Ave

2720 4th Ave 2013-12-11 by planet_lb, on Flickr

2720 4th Ave 2013-12-12 by planet_lb, on Flickr

2720 4th Ave 2013-12-12 by planet_lb, on Flickr

Dimension by Alta

Dimension by Alta 2013-12-11 by planet_lb, on Flickr

Dimension by Alta 2013-12-14 by planet_lb, on Flickr

Insignia

Insignia 2013-12-11 by planet_lb, on Flickr

Insignia 2013-12-11 by planet_lb, on Flickr

Victoria Apartments

Viktoria Apts 2013-12-11 by planet_lb, on Flickr

mSeattle · #**3073** Posted **Dec 16, 2013, 9:38 PM**

Vashon, you are thorough!

While none of these are supertalls, they will add greatly to the look and feel of downtown. What's even more exciting is the scores of lowrise and midrise buildings u/c totally changing the feel on the street and beefing things up below and around the skyline. We're very lucky.

mhays · #**3074** Posted **Dec 16, 2013, 11:48 PM**

Yes, including the tide of buildings not tall enough to make this list, which account for maybe 1/2 of the square footage underway in greater Downtown.

alki · #**3075** Posted **Dec 19, 2013, 5:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by Vashon118

802 Seneca

This bldg is cool. Its considerably taller than its neighbors so the architect designed its windows so they mimic its neighbors' windows, helping it to blend in.

Vashon, great photos........and yes, you are thorough.

Vashon118 · #**3076** Posted **Dec 23, 2013, 3:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by alki

Vashon, great photos........and yes, you are thorough.

Thanks. I try to do my very best.

The exterior elevator and tower crane at Stadium Place came down last week (the elevator was removed before the crane... it's generally the other way around).

Stadium Place 2013-12-21 by planet_lb, on Flickr

mSeattle · #**3077** Posted **Dec 23, 2013, 6:10 PM**

December 23, 2013

Another SLU tower for MacFarlane?
By JON SILVER
Journal Staff Reporter
http://www.djc.com/news/re/12060605.html

MacFarlane Partners, a San Francisco developer and real estate investment manager, is looking at another South Lake Union site for an apartment tower.

A preliminary proposal filed with the city calls for a 240-foot building at 901 Harrison St.

alki · #**3078** Posted **Dec 24, 2013, 6:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by Vashon118

Thanks. I try to do my very best.

The exterior elevator and tower crane at Stadium Place came down last week (the elevator was removed before the crane... it's generally the other way around).

Stadium Place 2013-12-21 by planet_lb, on Flickr

So Vashon and others, what do you all think of this bldg? I wasn't into it when it was first proposed and still not loving it. It looks to me like an overgrown telecom bldg.

alki · #**3079** Posted **Dec 27, 2013, 6:28 AM**

Hope these two make it........they both have a Vancouver feel to them:

600 Wall Street

Actually this one is under construction:

2030 Eighth Avenue

mhays · #**3080** Posted **Dec 27, 2013, 5:01 PM**

Our buildings generally have larger floorplates than Vancouver projects, and are often shorter, due to our common 240' zoning. Also our building envelope regs (I don't know the details) require glass to be more insulating than previously. Put all of that together and Vancouver's glassy, skinny-looking towers aren't happening here...except now we're doing a number of 440' towers so the height part changes the equation.