Project Milestones
Welcome to Midtown Manhattan, Amazon!
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.
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
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
Olson Kundig’s The Century Project at the Space Needle wins AIA Award
[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 … Read more
Amazon’s Second Bellevue 600 Tower Gathers more Steam
This view looks west at the Phase II Tower, with the green canopies of the old Bellevue Transit Center in the foreground. The corner of the Phase I podium is peeking out at right. 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 … 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