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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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