Alliance starts 248 apartments at 10th & Union on Capitol Hill By JOURNAL STAFF Alliance Residential Co. said it is starting construction on 248 apartments at 1414 10th Ave. on Capitol Hill. Ankrom Moisan is the architect and Exxel Pacific is the general contractor. The facades of three early 20th-century commercial buildings will be [...]
Harbor Urban breaks ground on bike-friendly Velo in Fremont By NAT LEVY Journal Staff Reporter Velo will have 171 units — including townhouses and live-work spaces — as well as a conference space like those found at Google or Amazon. Harbor Urban has started construction on its latest project: a four-story, 171-unit apartment building [...]
N.J. company pays $62M for the Alto in Belltown By JOURNAL STAFF Secaucus, N.J.-based Hartz Mountain Industries said it bought the 17-story Alto apartments at 311 Cedar St. in Belltown from Harbor Urban and Cigna Realty Investors for $62.3 million. The price works out to $338,586 per unit. The 184-unit building opened in 2012 [...]
Essex sells apartments on Eastlake By JOURNAL STAFF Palo Alto, Calif.-based Essex Property Trust sold Eastlake 2851, a 127-unit luxury apartment complex at 2851 Eastlake Ave. E. for $40.86 million, property records show. The buyer is listed as an entity related to ZERC LLC, which shares a New York address with Zurich Alternative Asset [...]
First Hill school tops out building with a sports field on the roof By JOURNAL STAFF Crews last week set the last truss for a 31,000-square-foot multipurpose building for Northwest School on First Hill. The $15 million project is at 401 E. Pike St., across the street from the school's main building. The two-story [...]
Construction Award -- Private building $25 million-$50 million Exxel Pacific completed Alto apartments two months ahead of schedule. Alto Location: Seattle General contractor: Exxel Pacific Owner/developer: Harbor Urban Primary designer: Hewitt This apartment tower site contained contaminated soils, which added to the complexity of the 35-foot-deep excavation on a small, 11,600-square-foot lot. All [...]
Jasper By Alta sold for $29M By JOURNAL STAFF SEATTLE — Wood Partners sold the four-story Jasper By Alta apartments for $29.3 million, property records show. The buyer is Jasper 91 LLC. It has not listed its officers with the state. Wood Partners completed the 91-unit complex at 8606 35th Ave. N.E. last year. [...]
Seismic High-Rise in Seattle Debuts Steel Fiber as Link-Beam Rebar Decongestant By Nadine M. Post Unlike the conventional shear-wall concrete, the dense steel-fiber-reinforced concrete had to be bucketed in by crane, rather than pumped. Trailblazers seeking a faster, safer and less costly way to build concrete shear walls in seismic-zone high-rises have pioneered the [...]
Keeping up a facade can help developers add height, and hold onto a bit of the past By BENJAMIN MINNICK Journal Construction Editor Eyebrows were raised recently when crews tore down the frame of the Cosmopolitan Motors Building at the corner of Eighth Avenue and Lenora Street to make room for a 39-story apartment [...]
Steel fiber concrete cuts need for rebar A new mix allowed crews to build shear wall link beams with 40 percent less rebar at The Martin apartments in Belltown. By LUCY BODILLY Special to the Journal Pouring concrete into congested rebar is difficult: Concrete is hard to place and vibrating around the tangle of [...]
