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Old Posted Sep 8, 2014, 7:59 PM
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The white 3 story structure shown in the Madison Centre site photos was almost completely demolished as of Saturday afternoon. I sat across the street and watched for awhile - demo work is so interesting!
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First glimpse: Here’s what Seattle’s latest hotel high-rise could look like



The Stonebridge project is one of more than a dozen hospitality projects teed up for downtown Seattle (subscription required). Seven projects with hotel components are either already under construction or soon will be, and another nine are proposed. Together these 16 projects would, if they all get built, add 3,150 rooms to downtown. The current inventory of downtown hotel rooms is around 10,750.

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I like more hotels but this looks suburban-slabby. Not good.
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Old Posted Sep 8, 2014, 8:44 PM
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I like more hotels but this looks suburban-slabby. Not good.
Agreed - that looks like it would be at home down by SeaTac or something.
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Old Posted Sep 8, 2014, 8:51 PM
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I like more hotels but this looks suburban-slabby. Not good.
That sucker is fugly, isn't it?
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Old Posted Sep 8, 2014, 11:01 PM
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There should be clear minimum design standards downtown where these kinds of suburban proposals aren't even offered by developers because they are not allowed, period.
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There should be clear minimum design standards downtown where these kinds of suburban proposals aren't even offered by developers because they are not allowed, period.
I agree. Its not like Seattle is desperate for development.
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Seattle's New Bike Lane Wows Cyclists, Confuses Cars

http://kuow.org/post/seattles-new-bi...-confuses-cars


The new 2nd Ave bike lane revolutionizes biking downtown



http://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2014/...king-downtown/
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Kevin Daniels of Daniels Real Estate, who bought the church building several years ago, said he terminated the church's lease in July in advance of his plans to start construction of a the Fifth + Columbia high-rise office/hotel project that will rise on the lot just to the south of the sanctuary.

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/b...ommercial.html
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No nuance needed: Big expansion plans for communications company in downtown Seattle



Nuance Communications, a global company with 12,000 employees, is more than doubling the amount of space it occupies in downtown Seattle's historic Exchange Building.

Commercial real estate broker Rod Keefe of Kidder Mathews on Monday said that Nuance has signed a long-term lease for three more floors in the 22-story building at 821 Second Ave. This will give the company around 82,000 square feet in the building, where Nuance already occupies two floors, or about 30,000 square feet.

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Old Posted Sep 11, 2014, 12:11 AM
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Well now things are getting interesting down there. Thanks for snapping and sharing, Vashon.
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And they keep on coming...............

Expansion continues: Amazon to add 778K square feet of office space with two more buildings in Seattle

by Taylor Soper on September 11, 2014 at 12:15 pm


Another day, another Amazon building going up in Seattle.

Amazon has submitted proposals with the city to construct two buildings on a block near the company’s new 3.3 million square foot campus in the Denny Triangle area that’s currently under construction.

As noted this morning by the Puget Sound Business Journal, Amazon plans to build one 24-story tower and another 6-story building on the block between Seventh and Eighth avenues, and Bell and Blanchard streets. There are also proposals to build a 1-story retail building, and two “office podiums” at 3- and 5-stories each.

In total, the buildings will provide an extra 778,000 square feet of office space. Amazon paid $52 million earlier this year for the block, which is just north of the new campus and currently serves home to the Hurricane Cafe, a Budget Car Rental office, a Cornish College of the Arts residence hall and parking lots — all of which will be taken out to accommodate for Amazon’s new properties.

Here’s a look at the permit filing:


Here’s an angle from the Seventh Avenue and Bell Street intersection:



And here’s the view at Seventh Avenue and Blanchard Street:


Amazon has been gobbling up land near downtown Seattle for the past few years to accommodate its explosive growth. The online giant plans to build three 38-story office towers and an eye-catching three-sphere biodome on the new 3-block campus that it acquired for more than $1.1 billion, which will compliment Amazon’s current headquarters campus in South Lake Union.
Amazon also has options to buy another large chunk of land just to the north and west of the block purchased in January.

On top of all this, Amazon expanded again last year with a new 10-year lease for about 140,000 square feet at the Metropolitan Park North building. In addition, it has begun work on the 380,000-square-foot project of two connected buildings and open space along Westlake and 9th Avenues, between Mercer and Republican Streets.

Taylor Soper is a GeekWire staff reporter who covers a wide variety of tech assignments, including emerging startups in Seattle and Portland, the sharing economy and the intersection of technology and sports. Follow him @taylor_soper and email taylor@geekwire.com.

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A lot of new jobs are coming to downtown thanks to Amazon. Good to see such an investment come to life for the good of the people.
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Don't fret: Vulcan proposes new 12-story tower in Guitar Center space

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Sep 11, 2014, 1:21pm PDT Updated: Sep 11, 2014, 4:41pm PDT

Vulcan Real Estate has proposed a new 12-story building in the block between Mercer and Republican streets on Westlake Avenue North in South Lake Union.

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http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/b...-tower-in.html
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Old Posted Sep 14, 2014, 5:35 PM
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A lot of new jobs are coming to downtown thanks to Amazon. Good to see such an investment come to life for the good of the people.

Its not just Amazon....a number of companies are moving into DT Seattle either from the suburbs or from outside the area.
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Miami Condo Developer Buys Denny Triangle Block For $18.5M



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Miami-based luxury condo developer Crescent Heights wants in on all this Denny Triangle tower-building action. That's why they just paid $18.5M total to two different sellers on the northwest corner of Minor Avenue and Stewart Street. At just over six-tenths of an acre, the developer plans to turn that lot into either a "high-rise condo or apartment project." That's a prime location given what's coming to Denny Triangle. It's right next door to the Daola Tower hotel/condo project and walking distance from Touchstone's Tilt49 & Hill7 projects.
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Old Posted Sep 18, 2014, 3:15 PM
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That's funny. Their photo is the wrong side of the street.

That block has three other 440' projects planned, by three developers, which itself is pretty remarkable for less than two acres, by Seattle standards.
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Old Posted Sep 18, 2014, 6:00 PM
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That's funny. Their photo is the wrong side of the street.

You're right. Its the NE corner...............here:

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6176...HvjQ!2e0?hl=en

Article got it wrong.
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Old Posted Sep 18, 2014, 6:30 PM
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That's interesting. I thought it was just a site that a previous proposal was on, a twin tower highrise, but it looks to be just south/southwest? of that one.
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What are the nicest looking residential towers (around 20 floors) in Seattle?
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