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With Amazon support, plus Cliff Avril’s backing, Exxel Pacific to build affordable Capitol Hill units

With Amazon support, plus Cliff Avril's backing, Exxel Pacific to build affordable Capitol Hill units By BRIAN MILLER Real Estate Editor Rendering via Atelier Drome The future apartments. The 1960s-era Town House apartments, at 228 11th Ave. E. on Capitol Hill, are now fenced and vacant. Builder Exxel Pacific has hung its shingle outside, and demo will soon begin. B9 Architects and Atelier [...]

With Amazon support, plus Cliff Avril’s backing, Exxel Pacific to build affordable Capitol Hill units2026-06-22T16:15:13-07:00

Construction starts at Issaquah Highlands’ senior housing development

Construction starts at Issaquah Highlands' senior housing development By EMMA LAPWORTH A/E Editor Images courtesy The Springs Living [enlarge] The Springs at Issaquah Highlands is set to open in late 2028. Ground was broken last week on The Springs at Issaquah Highlands, a new 225-unit senior housing community. The community is being built on a 3.5-acre undeveloped [...]

Construction starts at Issaquah Highlands’ senior housing development2026-06-10T10:16:29-07:00

225 seniors units to follow $14M land sale in Issaquah Highlands

225 seniors units to follow $14M land sale in Issaquah Highlands By BRIAN MILLER Real Estate Editor Rendering by GBD Architects A groundbreaking appears near, under Exxel Pacific, with construction loan secured. A 3.5-acre development site, with no address yet assigned,sold last week for $14 million, according to King County records. The seller was IHIF Commercial [...]

225 seniors units to follow $14M land sale in Issaquah Highlands2026-06-10T10:14:00-07:00

Ribbon snipped at Parkshore Juanita Bay, with 50 senior units

Ribbon snipped at Parkshore Juanita Bay, with 50 senior units By BRIAN MILLER Real Estate Editor Photo by Brian Miller The new building replaced the owner’s old retirement complex from the 1970s. A little north of Juanita Bay in Kirkland, Exxel Pacific began work two summers ago on what recently opened as Parkshore Juanita Bay. It replaced the [...]

Ribbon snipped at Parkshore Juanita Bay, with 50 senior units2026-05-29T11:11:15-07:00

Exxel Pacific starts work on 195 Kennewick units

Exxel Pacific starts work on 195 Kennewick units By JOURNAL STAFF Rendering courtesy Evergreen Housing [enlarge] Work started in April on the multifamily, garden-style community in Kennewick. General contractor Exxel Pacific is underway on a new 195-unit apartment project in the Southridge neighborhood of Kennewick. Havenridge Apartments, located at 4303 S. Zintel Way, is the Bellingham-based contractor's sixth project for Evergreen [...]

Exxel Pacific starts work on 195 Kennewick units2026-05-29T11:07:41-07:00

Ribbon snip today for 84 affordable units at St. Luke’s in Ballard

Ribbon snip today for 84 affordable units at St. Luke's in Ballard By EMMA LAPWORTH A/E Editor Photo courtesy Exxel Pacific [enlarge] Perkins Eastman designed St. Luke’s Apartments. Mayor Katie B. Wilson will join local leaders and members of the project team this morning to snip the ribbon on an 84-unit affordable apartment building in Ballard. The [...]

Ribbon snip today for 84 affordable units at St. Luke’s in Ballard2026-04-13T08:27:54-07:00

Exxel Pacific soon to build 360 Shoreline units near

Exxel Pacific soon to build 360 Shoreline units near station By BRIAN MILLER Real Estate Editor Renderings via Tiscareno [enlarge] LEED Platinum certification will be sought for the nearly 400,000-square-foot project. A second-quarter groundbreaking will come soon for the 360-unit Leeway apartments in Shoreline. That's the north of a pair of multifamily projects from Evergreen Point Group, architect Tiscareno [...]

Exxel Pacific soon to build 360 Shoreline units near2026-04-06T07:41:59-07:00

Gold Winner – Multi-family – The Confidential

Gold Winner — Multi-family Photo courtesy of Exxel Pacific  [enlarge] The masonry base anchors the 29-story mixed-use building along Bell Street Park, and includes detailed brick openings. The Confidential, Seattle Mason contractor: J&S Masonry Architect: Perkins Eastman General contractor: Exxel Pacific Masonry supplier: Mutual Materials The Confidential, a 29-story mixed-use residential tower in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood, reinforces the [...]

Gold Winner – Multi-family – The Confidential2026-03-20T09:55:10-07:00

Internships building female leaders at Exxel Pacific

By MERRISSA WESTERMAN Exxel Pacific Internships provide invaluable opportunities for young professionals to gain hands-on experience and develop crucial skills in the construction industry. At Exxel Pacific, internships also empower young women and prepare them to thrive in the industry, serving as a bridge between academic learning and professional success. For women, particularly in traditionally male-dominated industries [...]

Internships building female leaders at Exxel Pacific2026-03-20T09:52:25-07:00

St. Luke’s Apartments – Project of the Week

By JOURNAL STAFF Photos from Exxel Pacific [enlarge] St. Luke’s Apartments is the first of two Ballard apartment projects to rise on the St. Luke’s Episcopal Church property at 2035 N.W. 58th St. The eight-story, 84-unit building has rents affordable to households earning between 50% and 60% of area median income. Examples include a studio with 408 [...]

St. Luke’s Apartments – Project of the Week2026-03-20T09:44:40-07:00
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