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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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Seneca + Outdoors for All Volunteer Day

August 18, 2016

This year we are supporting Outdoors For All by assisting with a cycling event and BBQ at one of their summer day camps, and making some improvements to their Adaptive Cycling Center while we’re there at Magnusen Park. […]