Laura Appointed to CEO’s Against Cancer

Thank you, Laura, for bringing your invaluable real estate industry experience and community leadership to ACS’s PNW CEO Chapter. #CEOsAgainstCancer American Cancer Society. According to ACS, “The PNW CEOs Against Cancer Chapter consists of motivated c-suite executives and regional leaders that have a desire to collaborate with other executives to solve for major barriers in reducing disparities and improving treatment … Read more

Towers of Power – Amazon’s HQ2 is Here. There’s a Lot Banking on it.

[Seneca Note:  Exciting day for Seneca Group and all the project partners delivering HQ2. Congratulations to Amazon and the entire SG team working on the project over the past 4 years.  We are proud to have provided Amazon development management services from site evaluation and team assembly to design, permitting and construction.] Looking out from … Read more

Seneca Group and Amazon’s HQ2 Featured in GreenBiz

Seneca Group played a crucial role in guiding Amazon’s decarbonizing efforts for their HQ2 project, benefiting the climate and the community. Charlie Gronek and the Seneca Group team recommended and oversaw implementation of climate-friendly solutions, including low-carbon concrete, mass timber, energy-efficient buildings systems, water reuse, and expansive green spaces. Read more about HQ2’s impressive sustainability … Read more

People on the Move

Excited for Nick and Elaine to relocate from Seattle to our Mid-Atlantic office in Washington DC. They will assume day-to-day leadership as part of our ongoing dedication to the Mid-Atlantic region. Along with Jeff Giuzio’s longstanding regional leadership, they will drive our expansion on the East Coast.

The Climate Pledge

Seneca Group is proud to announce that we have joined The Climate Pledge.  Together with 375+ other leading companies, we’re committed to reaching #netzerocarbon by 2040. https://www.theclimatepledge.com/us/en/Stories/impossible-foods-cotapaxi-among-new-signatories https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6977609567807438849

LMN Refines Design for New SAAS High School

Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences is planning to demolish some old industrial buildings, directly south of its existing Vanderbilt Building, for a new upper school building. LMN Architects is designing the five-story, 85,000-square-foot project at 1120 12th Ave., which will complete the school’s Capitol Hill campus. SAAS shared new details and renderings in April for the … Read more

Amazon closes $198M PenPlace purchase, another key step for HQ2’s development

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has acquired the roughly 11 vacant acres in Pentagon City that will soon be developed as PenPlace, the massive second phase of HQ2. The $198 million deal with JBG Smith (NYSE: JBGS), as expected, follows Arlington County’s late April approval of PenPlace, a nearly 3.3 million-square-foot project slated to include three … Read more

Expedia pulls back curtain on new Seattle Campus

Seattle-based Expedia Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPE) has officially opened its Interbay headquarters. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, Expedia had started moving employees into its new Seattle campus. The company had joined other tech giants, such as Amazon and Microsoft, in delaying its office reopening as Covid cases spiked. The pandemic stifled Expedia’s business at a … Read more

Take a sneak peak inside the Amazon Nashville office

[Seneca Note: Congratulations to Amazon on the completion of their first of two office buildings in Nashville! Seneca Group was proud to provide development management services for the tenant improvements which includes collaborative office and communal space, cafés, and exterior amenity decks with sweeping views of Nashville.] With more than 2,500 employees already hired in Nashville, … Read more