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

[alki]

Originally Posted by RumbleFish

Maybe the reasons you gave are valid, but cities in Canada, South America or Asia seem to find a way overcome these type of obstacles. I honestly think most people here hate tall building and use every excuse they can find to avoid taller skinnier buildings from getting built. Seattle has 84 square miles, how many of those square miles are zoned to where you can build over 200 ft? Under 5? I am not talking super talls here.

I think most people here are more concerned with quality of life issues and not how tall the bldgs are. Besides, the whole point of tearing down the Viaduct is to open up Eliott Bay to the public; to make it a place for recreation and fun. Other cities are doing the same thing. When they redid lower Manhattan, they put in an esplanade along the river front and most of the bldgs in Chelsea are 10-15 stories like the hotels planned near the water here. I don't think tearing down the Viaduct was ever intended to expand DT's commercial/office footprint.

[mSeattle]

The design quality of most low-slung buildings is mediocre at best. I can see where fear can arise with images of bland boxes popping up along the waterfront. I hope that city council asks for high design appeal and place-making with the larger buildings.

[chris08876]

Rising on Seattle's waterfront: 11-story residential tower

Gerding Edlen plans to build an 11-story residential tower on Seattle's waterfront with construction starting in mid-2015 at the earliest, company President Kelly Saito said Monday.

The project at 316 Alaskan Way S. will have around 200 housing units above retail space and parking for about 80 vehicles.

The plan is for the building to go up after the viaduct is demolished, which Saito noted "has become increasingly difficult" to predict, Saito said, with the tunneling machine, Bertha, down until at least next year.
Gerding Edlen plans to have a deck on the second story and "a rooftop enclosed recreation space," according to early plans submitted to the city. The project will have studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Saito said he anticipate the units will be apartments.

Gerding Edlen, which is known for building environmentally sustainable projects, is shooting to develop a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) platinum project. Platinum is the highest level of LEED and the most difficult to achieve.

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July 14, 2014
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/b....html?page=all

[alki]

Along the waterfront we're talking mid rises........roughly fifteen stories. Those don't have to be fugly. Check out chris08876's NYC mid rise forum......I think there is some very well designed bldgs along with some dogs too:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=210918

[mSeattle]

April 14, 2014

Insignia really started to make an appearance.


Insignia 4/14/14 by mSeattle, on Flickr

[mhays]

Three months later, it's significantly taller than the black building to the left.

Still not topped out. They appear to be forming concrete for the first level above the main roofline this week.

[chris08876]

Just a reminder if anybody wants to get involved:

Development Map: http://devmap.io/cities/seattle/developments

I posted this a long time ago. Cities that have tons of projects listed are Houston, Atlanta, and Miami but the Seattle section is empty.

Might be something to pass the time or contribute if interested.

[alki]

Thanks Chris for the link.

Stanford Hotels Eyeing 50-Story Tower at Fifth & Stewart



Thursday, July 10, 2014, by Sean Keeley

Stanford Hotels paid $16.75M for a freaking parking lot back in September, setting off speculation that either the downtown property market was out of control or the hotel group had something big planned. Turns out...yeah, big plans. PSBJ is reporting that Stanford has filed plans with the city to build a 50-story, mixed-use hotel tower at Fifth and Stewart. The proposal calls for 225 residential units and 200 parking stalls on eight levels. The hotel would be about 30% of the 677K sq. ft. building with residences and parking taking the rest. Bellevue architecture firm MulvannyG2 is working on the design. Stanford is making a serious move in Seattle with this and another hotel project planned near Amazon's HQ.

http://seattle.curbed.com/archives/2...th-stewart.php

[chris08876]

^^^^^^

Made a thread the other day for this project. Given the 50 floor figure, I estimated the height at 500 feet plus. Could be larger given the standard floor heights nowadays. Can't wait for a rendering, should be something nice given the trend of skyscrapers downtown.

Thread: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=212197

SEATTLE | 1903 Fifth Ave | 50 FLOORS | 500+ FT

[mhays]

It would presumably be just under 550'. The 50 stories would have to fit in 500'. Residential (which would be on top) gets another 10% for mechanical and architecture.

[navyweaxguy]

I didn't see a need for a photo thread for three pictures. These are from Friday.
If they are too big i will resize.




images are mine

err i need to fix the stitching lines... i will post a better one when i get a chance

[mSeattle]

Nice shots Navy! The last pic has the crane for 8th & Seneca peeking through. I think there's going to be one more crane jump so possibly will be able to see the building from the bay.

Does anyone know what's going on with 6th & Wall?

Insignia has really put a stopper in the gap. Will be even more so when fully completed.

[navyweaxguy]

Insignia is really going to make a difference when the second tower gets built. Later this summer I will try to get up in the Space Needle to get more pics.

[alki]

Not apartments? Buyer of prime Seattle waterfront site is going with condos

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/b...aterfront.html

[alki]

Here's the latest high-rise proposal for Construction Central in Seattle



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

[alki]

Like to see this on some downtown streets and on some neighborhood streets like CA Ave in W. Seattle.

How to Reimagine Our Streets Around the Concept of Shared Space

By Jocelyn Gibson ― July 11, 2014


CNU22 featured speakers from all over the world, from Bogotá to Toronto to Brighton. One plenary speaker from Bristol moved the audience with an idea called Shared Space that was beautifully simple and innovative, yet entirely new to most of the crowd.

Ben Hamilton-Baillie is a British urban designer, “recovering” architect and self-taught in the area of transportation planning. His presentation focused on explaining Shared Space as an urban design technique that can alleviate the frequently problematic interface between pedestrians, cyclists, automobiles and the public realm.

As the name would suggest, Shared Space advances the idea that streets themselves can be a seamless part of public space that is shared by all users. The method came from the Netherlands, where Hamilton-Baillie studied under transportation engineer Hans Monderman and Joost Váhl, who developed the Dutch woonerfs where pedestrians and cyclists have priority on roadways.




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

http://www.urbancincy.com/2014/07/ho...-shared-space/

[seaskyfan]

Nice to see some more height proposed for South Lake Union.

[alki]

Report: 8.7 million square feet of offices being built in Seattle

http://www2.comre.com/flyers/GDankle...Map_052714.pdf

[alki]

What will Seattle's new waterfront look like? New center will show you



http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/b...-like-new.html

[chris08876]

In terms of 100m or 328 ft:

The CTBUH reports that Seattle has 37 towers over 101m.

Emporis reports that Seattle has 20 towers u/c, and 20 planned .

7 of those are over a 100m (u/c). 4 are over 150m (u/c).

And thats just for that height. Its much greater when you get down to the 40m-99m range.