Matt Elliott
PEAssociate Principal
- 20+ years experience across commercial, civic, residential, retail, and energy sectors
- Managed delivery of over 6.5M+ SF of ground-up, TIs and international corporate projects
- Extensive experience leading phased redevelopment projects within occupied buildings
- Leads portfolio-wide capital planning, budgeting, and financial reporting for large corporate real estate programs
About
Matt is a seasoned project delivery leader with more than 20 years of experience driving complex developments across planning, design, construction, and occupancy. Known for delivering high-impact results at scale, he brings multidisciplinary expertise spanning corporate office, civic, retail, residential, and energy projects across both public and private sectors.
At Seneca Group, Matt leads Amazon’s portfolio of tenant improvement projects across the United States, serving as a key liaison between client leadership, project teams, and stakeholders. He provides portfolio-level capital planning, budgeting, financial reporting, and strategic oversight, driving consistency, accountability, and alignment across a complex real estate program. Matt also partnered with Amazon to develop portfolio planning, reporting, and capital management tools that have since been deployed globally across its capital project delivery teams.
Over the course of his career, Matt has delivered more than 6.5M SF of development, ranging from ground-up, first-generation workplace buildouts, occupied-building modernizations, and complex multi-phased redevelopments. He is particularly skilled at tailoring delivery strategies to meet the unique operational, stakeholder, and business needs of each project environment.
A respected leader in the Puget Sound market, Matt brings deep expertise in lease negotiations, permitting, entitlements, and stakeholder engagement throughout Seattle and Bellevue. His broad experience enables him to navigate complexity, manage risk, and consistently deliver successful outcomes on large-scale development programs.
Before joining Seneca Group, Matt spent 10 years with leading engineering and construction firms, delivering major infrastructure, high-rise, commercial, and energy projects. His experience includes work on the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, complex mixed-use and high-rise developments, and renewable energy and water resource projects, providing the technical foundation that continues to inform his leadership today.
Matt holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and Architecture from the University of Washington.
RECOGNITIONS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Commercial Real Estate Certificate from University of Washington
- University of WA Commercial Real Estate Certificate Program Coach
- Licensed Professional Engineer in WA and CA
- ULI Member
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