Starbucks opened its Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room in Seattle two years ago as the first step toward creating a premium coffee brand. Roastery sales are up 24 percent in fiscal 2016 over the previous year and the average Roastery customer spends four times more than at a typical Starbucks store, CEO Howard Schultz said. … Read more
Construction is under way on the third tower in Amazon’s Seattle high-rise campus. When this phase is completed in 2019, the full block at Westlake and Lenora avenues will have a 37-story tower and a seven-story building with a total of 1.1 million square feet of office, more than 43,000 square feet of retail and … Read more
The Museum of Flight will open the $28.2 million Aviation Pavilion on June 25 with a collection of rare aircraft below the massive nine-story canopy. The museum is at 9404 E. Marginal Way S. The pavilion is on the west side of the street, between Charles Simonyi Space Gallery and Raisbeck Aviation High School. The … Read more
Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences is planning a new project for its campus on Capitol Hill. The private prep school is raising funds for to build a $48 million middle school and gym at 1215 E. Union St. LMN Architects is the designer. The project will seek a LEED gold certification. The five-story, 87,500-square-foot … Read more
The Museum of Flight has filed plans with the city of Tukwila to build a structure to cover historic aircraft that now are displayed outside. Mike Bush, director of marketing and public relations, said the idea is to protect the aircraft from the elements. They include a British Airways Concorde, the first Boeing 747, a … Read more
The Bezos Center for Innovation opened at Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry. Supported by Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos, the center is an exhibit of innovation, using multimedia and hands-on experiences as well as artifacts, images and oral histories that explore Seattle’s creative history. The 5,000-square-foot exhibit begins with the question, “What is innovation?”. Visitors … Read more
Seattle Children’s Building Hope expansion was awarded LEED gold by the U.S. Green Building Council. The 330,000-square-foot, eight-story building is on the campus on Sand Point Way Northeast. It was designed by ZGF Architects and built by Sellen Construction. Other team members include Seneca Group, development manager; Coughlin Porter Lundeen, civil and structural engineer; Affiliated … Read more
