October 26, 2020 Excellence in Innovation Photo from Exxel Pacific The heat-recovery system collects wastewater from the apartments and pumps it into a vault. Exxel Pacific Block 11’s wastewater heat-recovery system collects wastewater from the apartments and stores it in a vault in the garage. Water-source heat pumps are connected in a closed loop [...]
October 26, 2020 Private Building $50 million to $100 million Photo from Exxel Pacific An interior courtyard at Sitka includes a “treehouse” for residents. Sitka Location: Seattle General contractor: Exxel Pacific This mixed-use project is comprised of 365 apartments, 19 townhouses and 3,300 square feet of retail space, as well as two levels of [...]
October 26, 2020 Grand Award: Safety General Contractor 350,000 to 500,000 worker hours Photo from Exxel Pacific Safety is everyone’s responsibility at Exxel Pacific. The company built this office campus at Southport in Renton. Exxel Pacific Exxel Pacific says safety success is a result of empowering its workforce to meet the expectation that safety [...]
October 22, 2020 Aegis Laurelhurst has permits and bare slabs, hopes to break ground next spring By BRIAN MILLER Real Estate Editor Rendering by Ankrom Moisan [enlarge] Aegis has preserved and removed the old Benton’s Jewelers sidewalk clock, which will return after construction. The old Baskin-Robbins and other small retail/restaurant buildings have all been removed from [...]
October 6, 2020 Bumgardner to present hybrid design for 136 Magnolia units above new Safeway By BRIAN MILLER Real Estate Editor Renderings by Bumgardner Architects [enlarge] Renderings for the new grocery and apartments are still preliminary, but they indicate the central “eroded bluff” feature. [enlarge] Bumgardner’s preferred design, dubbed “Hybrid,” allocates about 25,000 square feet for [...]
October 5, 2020 Greystar pays $20M for U District high-rise site The sale included the recently landmarked Villa Camini apartments. By BRIAN MILLER Real Estate Editor Rendering by Weber Thompson [enlarge] Lakeview will have nearly 600 student beds in a tower near U District Station. Photo by Greystar [enlarge] The century-old Villa Camini apartments will be [...]
Oct 1, 2020, 3:06pm PDT WEBER THOMPSON RENDERING Construction is starting started on Lakeview Student Housing, a 21-story tower in Seattle at 4126 12th Ave. NE. The site is a block from the U District light rail station and three blocks from the University of Washington campus. Greystar has closed on the acquisition of [...]
September 23, 2020 Saratoga's Ballard apartment ready for final design review By BRIAN MILLER Real Estate Editor Rendering by GGLO [enlarge] 57 Ballard is one of two apartment projects planned by Saratoga Capital in the same area. GGLO is the architect for both. Property owner Saratoga Capital and architect GGLO are now planning a 75-unit apartment [...]
September 23, 2020 Plans take shape for Hamlin Robinson School expansion on Oberto block in Rainier Valley By BRIAN MILLER Real Estate Editor Rendering by NAC Architecture [enlarge] NAC Architecture is designing the new space. It also designed the school’s current campus on the block to the west. Hamlin Robinson School bought the Oberto store property [...]
September 2, 2020 More team members for 22-story U District apartment tower By BRIAN MILLER Real Estate Editor Rendering by Runberg Architecture Group [enlarge] In this rendering, looking southwest, U District Station is hidden by the proposed B45 tower. Cahill Equities of San Francisco owns the corner at 1300 N.E. 45th St. in the University District, where the [...]
