California firm starts 295 apartments for seniors in Reserve at Lynnwood By JOURNAL STAFF Construction has begun on Reserve at Lynnwood, a 295-unit apartment building at 19815 Scriber Lake Road in Lynnwood. The five-story project will provide affordable housing for seniors age 55 and over. AVS Communities of Laguna Beach, California, is the developer. [...]

California developer AVS has 2,300 apartments in Seattle area pipeline By JOURNAL STAFF The five-building Auburn complex will be on a vacant 10-acre lot. This image shows The Villas @ Auburn, which will have 295 apartments with no age restrictions. California developer AVS Communities is taking a liking to the Puget Sound area. In [...]

General contractor: Safety 300,000-500,000 hours Exxel hired five new safety coordinators in 2016.  Exxel Pacific believes that sharing best safety practices and lessons learned within the community is vital for continuous improvement. Exxel takes every opportunity to accomplish this with its subcontractors and other general contractors, as well as on educational project tours with [...]

Construction Award • Private building Under $10 million Camp Parsons’ 14,000-square-foot dining hall can serve up to 600 people. Camp Parsons Boy Scouts dining hall Location: Brinnon, Jefferson County General contractor: Exxel Pacific Owner/developer: Boy Scouts of America, Chief Seattle Council Primary designer: Eysaman & Co. Camp Parsons on the Olympic Peninsula is the [...]

Smith & Burns By JOURNAL STAFF Photos by Aaron Leitz Photography [enlarge] Smith & Burns — named for the people who owned the site in the late 1800s — is a new mixed-use project at 4455 Interlake Ave. N. in Wallingford. The 150-unit building has open studios, and one- and two-bedroom units. There is 5,796 [...]