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Michael Fischer Interview on Patient-Centered Design Trends

October 16, 2024

Earlier this month, Michael Fischer shared his insight on patient-centered design trends in healthcare facilities. Drawing from his extensive experience with in-patient and outpatient construction projects, pharmacies, and campus renewal efforts, Fischer discussed how future facilities will prioritize flexibility, more resiliency, and thoughtful planning to better service evolving healthcare needs. […]

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Charlie Gronek Invited to Sustainable Healthcare Facilities Panel

October 2, 2024

Charlie is speaking at the Pacific NW Healthcare Conference on 10/15, joining other sustainability experts to discuss Sustainable and Future-proofed Healthcare Facilities. He joins Mike Denny (Providence), Devin Kleiner (Perkins & Will), John Bernatz (Shaw Industries), Chris Olmsted (Creative Energy) and Kurt Kruckeberg (Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson) in discussing decarbonization, sustainable design, energy efficiency, […]

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Transformative Sustainability: The Story of Amazon’s HQ2 in Arlington

May 17, 2024

The built environment has a significant impact on the climate, with buildings alone contributing nearly 40% of global CO2 emissions and consuming more energy than both the industrial and transportation sectors. Implementing low carbon solutions on large developments can be challenging due to impracticality at scale, lack of proven effectiveness, regulatory constraints, and the need […]

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Lavina Sadhwani Joins Lund Opsahl Panel on Women in A&E

March 27, 2024

One of our talented women engineers, Lavina, joins other Women in Architecture and Engineering in discussing their careers, milestones along the way, unforeseen challenges and advice for today’s women. Michelle Chung, host of the Propelling Women in Power podcast, will be moderating the discussion. Thank you, Lavina, for sharing your journey and empowering others. […]

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Charlie Gronek Featured in USGBC+ Article on Met Park’s Sustainability Strategies

March 20, 2024

Charlie and other sustainability leaders from Amazon’s Met Park featured in a USGBC+ article highlighting the sustainability features, materials, and belief system that helped Amazon’s HQ2 become the world’s largest LEED v4 BD+C Platinum project. […]

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New Fred Hutch building headed to design review in 2024

January 24, 2024

[Seneca Note: Seneca Group Tapped for New Stuart and Molly Sloan Precision Oncology Institute at Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle WA Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center selected Seneca Group in June 2023 to provide development management services for the Seattle-based Center’s new Stuart and Molly Sloan Precision Oncology Institute. The new Institute will support the Center’s initiative […]

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Charlie Gronek Joins WTOP + Amazon Sustainability Panel

November 30, 2023

Charlie joins other project team sustainability leaders on WTOP’s panel to highlight Amazon’s Met Park strategies for achieving net-zero . Listen and watch here. WTOP YouTube Video […]

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A duo of honors for Amazon-backed shelter

November 28, 2023

The center’s design creates a welcoming, home-like environment. [Seneca Note: Our Mary’s Place Seneca Group Development Management team of Ian Kell and Matt Blakeney is proud to stand alongside Amazon and our project partners in celebration of the AIA and CTBUH awards for Mary’s Place Family Center located at Amazon’s Nitro South! Borne of Amazon’s […]

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BNBuilders Starts on New Upper School for SAAS

November 2, 2023

Demolition overseen by general contractor BNBuilders has now begun at 1120 12th Ave. on Capitol Hill, just south of East Union Street. Once four small old industrial buildings are scraped, construction will begin on the new LMN-designed upper school for SAAS, aka Seattle Academy. The plan had been to start construction after the past […]

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Elaine Wine Speaks at Clark’s Greenbuild Reception

September 29, 2023

Elaine Wine joined other regional leaders at Clark Construction Group’s Greenbuild Reception and Dinner Monday, 9/25/23 at the National Building Museum in Washington DC. She shared her project leadership approach to encourage carbon-reduction strategies. Pictured (l to r): Catriona Winter (Panel Moderator), Vice President, Clark Construction Group; Raj Deshpande, PhD MBA, Director of Sustainability, Saint-Gobain North America; Arathi Gowda, Principal, ZGF Architects; Elaine […]

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Delivering Amazon’s NYC Tech Hub – Our Noted Role

September 21, 2023

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Remembering Rishi – Mr. 100%

September 20, 2023

It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of Rishi’s passing on August 17, 2023, marking the end of his valiant battle against cancer. Rishi’s absence has left a void that resonates deeply within all of us, as he was not just a colleague but a cherished friend, loving partner to Ritu and […]

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Welcome to Midtown Manhattan, Amazon!

September 12, 2023

Exciting day for Seneca Group, Amazon and all the project partners bringing “Hank,” Amazon’s NY tech hub, to life. We celebrate this sustainable, adaptive reuse effort of the former Lord & Taylor building that now provides space for more than 2,000 employees. Congratulations to the whole team. […]

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Laura Appointed to CEO’s Against Cancer

September 7, 2023

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 […]

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

July 20, 2023

[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 […]

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Seneca Group and Amazon’s HQ2 Featured in GreenBiz

July 5, 2023

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 […]

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Executive Team Transition

June 28, 2023

As part of an intergenerational transfer of leadership at the firm, Jeff Giuzio and Laura Lohman have joined Craig Parsons as Managing Principals. They along with Chief Financial Officer, Chris Jones, comprise the firm’s Executive Leadership. David Victor, one of the firm’s original founders, continues to serve as Chairman of the Board, providing strategic input […]

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New Principals for Seneca Group

June 28, 2023

We are thrilled to welcome Ann, Jacob and Reeve as principals. Their continued dedication brings immeasurable expertise, client service, and leadership to every project. […]

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People on the Move

June 28, 2023

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. […]

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Seneca Group Volunteers Celebrate Earth Day by Planting 300 Saplings with Chesapeake Bay Foundation

May 1, 2023

Our Northern Virginia Seneca Group volunteered last week with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation at Clagett Farm. Together, we assisted in repotting over 300 saplings that will eventually find permanent homes along local waterways. Shoreline trees help to filter the air and environment above and hold soil below to curb pollution and outflow before they hit […]

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Vivian Ramirez Joins Esteemed Panel for Open Discussion on Equity and Career Development in Design

April 23, 2023

Our own superstar Vivian Ramirez joins other talented women on 4/25 for the Gensler/AIA DC Equity Committee’s Wield panel. She’ll be part of an open discussion around equity and career development in the design field. Come join Seneca Group, HITT Contracting, Gensler and more. https://lnkd.in/dpxpdnwd. Thank you for helping transform and strengthen our industry, Vivian. […]

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Seneca Group – Arlington, Liberty Promise, and AWS host Alexandria High School youth

April 18, 2023

Seneca Group (Sergio Curro), in conjunction with Liberty Promise and AWS, facilitated Alexandria High School youth visit to the Amazon Skills Center in Crystal City. This interactive space created as part of Amazon’s HQ2 hosts interactive exhibits about cloud computing and AI technologies designed to power future generations. The high school students experienced thought-provoking and […]

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

June 9, 2022

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 […]

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LMN Refines Design for New SAAS High School

June 2, 2022

Looking southwest, the upper school will partly wrap around the Vanderbilt Building, at left (renderings by LMN). 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 […]

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Expedia pulls back curtain on new Seattle Campus

June 1, 2022

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 […]

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Olson Kundig’s The Century Project at the Space Needle wins AIA Award

February 23, 2022

[Seneca Note: The Century Project at the Space Needle is a redesign of an international icon in Seattle. The project includes the world’s first rotating glass floor on the restaurant level just below the observation deck. Seneca was involved in the early phases of entitlement and Landmarks approval, and also provided full development management services […]

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Amazon’s Second Bellevue 600 Tower Gathers more Steam

January 10, 2022

There are two components to Amazon’s Bellevue 600 project, at 600 and 640 108th Ave. N.E. in downtown Bellevue. Phase I, the 43-story east tower, is now underway. That project replaced an old structured parking garage. It’ll probably open in 2024, after the 2023 opening of Bellevue Downtown Station, practically at its doorstep. Phase II, […]

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Take a sneak peak inside the Amazon Nashville office

December 6, 2021

[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 […]

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ENR Northwest Best Office/Retail Project for 2021

December 6, 2021

Seneca is proud to be a part of the Alaska Airlines Copper River Phase I project which was awarded the ENR Northwest Best Office/Retail project for 2021! […]

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Amazon moves into first Nashville Yards tower as headcount eclipses 2,000

August 19, 2021

Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) has hired more than 2,000 employees for its downtown Nashville office hub, and some of them began working from the company’s first new high-rise within the last month. Both milestones, which a top executive disclosed in an interview with the Business Journal, signal that not even a pandemic appears to have […]

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LMN Seattle School Project Wins AIA Award

April 19, 2021

Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences Middle School building, designed by Seattle-based LMN Architects, is one of seven winners of the 2021 Interior Architecture Awards of the American Institute of Architects. The awards program celebrates the most innovative interior spaces, the AIA said in a press release. Entries are evaluated on design achievement, including sense […]

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Amazon’s Bellevue 600 Receives City Blessing

January 27, 2021

[Seneca Note: Congratulations to Amazon on the recent Bellevue 600 Phase 1 ADR and MDP approvals. Seneca Group is proud to provide Amazon development Management services for the entitlement, design and construction efforts.] Amazon’s Bellevue 600, a proposed two-tower office project, received an approval of its master development plan, design review and variance request from […]

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ACEC Honors Amazon Campus and Rainier Square Tower

December 15, 2020

The Amazon in the Regrade project in downtown Seattle won a grand award in the 53rd Annual Engineering Excellence Awards sponsored by the American Council of Engineering Companies. Magnusson Klemencic Associates of Seattle provided structural engineering for the development, which was one of five Pacific Northwest projects honored in the 2020 awards. A total of […]

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Amazon buys Pentagon City hotel, now has full control over superblock as vision for HQ2 expands

September 25, 2020

[Seneca Note: Seneca Group assisted throughout the transaction, leading the due diligence process.] Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has purchased the Residence Inn by Marriott in Pentagon City with plans to demolish it and expand its second headquarters, the company tells the Washington Business Journal. Acorn Development LLC, an Amazon subsidiary, paid $148.5 million for the […]

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Amazon’s Seattle campus now hosts the largest family shelter in Washington

May 24, 2020

[Seneca Note: Seneca Group served as development manager of the Mary’s Place Family Center in the Regrade. The new shelter was provided by Amazon and included in the multi-tower Denny Regrade development block.] Amazon has opened its homeless shelter on its downtown Seattle campus. Mary’s Place Family Center in The Regrade opened to families in […]

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Amazon provides additional HQ2 details, from community gardens to a banana stand

August 19, 2019

[Seneca Note: Seneca Group is serving as Amazon’s owner representative of the Arlington HQ2 project. We are supporting the overall HQ2 development process from site evaluation and team assembly to design, permitting and construction.] From local retailers to a banana stand, Amazon.com Inc. Wednesday offered a taste of what’s to come for the residents and […]

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$48M SAAS Middle School is ‘a new front door’

June 4, 2019

The 69,900-square-foot Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences Middle School building at 1137 13th Ave. on Capitol Hill was completed in late 2018. LMN Architects designed the $48 million project, and GLY Construction was the general contractor. In a press release, LMN said the middle school building is a new front door for the academy, […]

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From the Ground Up

May 17, 2019

Amazon’s new Arlington campus will feature energy-efficient offices, new community space, and neighborhood retail. As we develop plans for our second headquarters in Arlington, we are looking to foster a sense of place for our teams and community residents. We are looking to build an urban campus that will allow our employees to think creatively, […]

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Amazon taps Seattle firms NBBJ, Seneca, to help plan HQ2

May 16, 2019

Amazon has enlisted a trio of firms deeply involved with the development of its Seattle campus to help shape the plans for its second headquarters, an early indication the two campuses could share some common design elements. The Seattle-based company has been mum on what its new buildings will look like, but emails obtained by […]

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Seattle Children’s breaks ground on a $400 million campus expansion

December 4, 2018

Seattle Children’s is building a $400 million expansion to keep up with growth. Called Building Care, the 310,000-square-foot addition, will be north of the hospital’s Building Hope location in the Emergency Department parking lot. It will serve as the hospital’s new front door, according to a news release. The addition will have eight floors above […]

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Alaska Air to break ground, and silence, on major office expansion near SeaTac HQ

May 1, 2018

Alaska Air Group will unveil plans and break ground Thursday on a new building between its corporate headquarters and flight training center in SeaTac. The building is the first phase of the code-named Project Copper River, which the Business Journal first reported in December. Two weeks later Alaska paid nearly $32 million for the approximately […]

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Thanks to Amazon, Seattle is now America’s biggest company town

August 23, 2017

Amazon so dominates Seattle that it has as much office space as the city’s next 40 biggest employers combined. And the growth continues: Amazon’s Seattle footprint of 8.1 million square feet is expected to soar to more than 12 million square feet within five years. Amazon’s extraordinary growth has turned Seattle into the biggest company […]

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The Needle’s $100M rehab set for fall

June 13, 2017

Construction is set to begin this fall on a $100 million renovation of the Space Needle. The work will update systems on the 605-foot structure, and redo the restaurant and observation areas. Olson Kundig is the architect, and Hoffman Construction Co. is the general contractor. Seneca Group is development manager. Tihany Design is working on […]

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F5 is taking Daniels’ tower at 801 Fifth for its headquarters

May 4, 2017

Kevin Daniels’ 48-story tower under construction at 801 Fifth Ave. has a big new tenant — and a new name. F5 Networks announced Wednesday it will lease all 516,000 square feet of office space in the project, which has been known as The Mark. The new name is F5 Tower. Construction is expected to wrap […]

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F5 Networks takes new Seattle high-rise in biggest lease of 2017

May 3, 2017

F5 Networks will move its headquarters from Seattle’s waterfront to a new downtown skyscraper where it has agreed to lease all of the office space in the 44-story tower. Formerly known as the Mark, the new tower at 801 Fifth Ave. is now F5 Tower. The computer networking company said Wednesday it will move in […]

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SAAS starts $48M middle school

March 8, 2017

Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences said on Tuesday it’s breaking ground this week on the $48 million Cardinal Union middle school building on its Capitol Hill campus. The five-story, 74,300-square-foot structure will be built on the southwest corner of 13th Avenue and East Union St. LMN Architects is the architect and interior designer. GLY […]

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Aviation Pavilion at The Museum of Flight / SRG Partnership

February 24, 2017

From the architect. The Museum of Flight’s Aviation Pavilion is a 135,000 square foot roof supported by steel columns and brace frames with a twelve-inch concrete paving slab. It houses twenty aircraft for augmented protection from the elements and patron access. Exhibited planes include the iconic Boeing 747 and 787 prototypes, Air Force One, Concorde, […]

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Starbucks’ luxury Roastery brand is paying off, CEO Howard Schultz says

November 8, 2016

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. […]

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It’s a go: Construction starts on Amazon’s third tower

November 8, 2016

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 […]

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Museum of Flight’s $28M Big Top

June 17, 2016

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 […]

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Next up at Seattle Academy: $48M middle school, gym at 12th & Union

November 12, 2015

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 […]

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Impatient Optimist: Install at the Gates Foundation

January 8, 2015

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Flight museum considers putting a roof over planes stored outside

December 5, 2014

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 […]

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Bezos Center for Innovation

March 10, 2014

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 […]

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LEED gold for Building Hope

January 13, 2014

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 […]