The Seattle Condo Blog | Seattle Condos and Lofts » 114 Pike http://seattlecondosandlofts.com Wed, 23 May 2012 17:12:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Condo Chatter http://seattlecondosandlofts.com/2008/02/condo-chatter http://seattlecondosandlofts.com/2008/02/condo-chatter#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:37:37 +0000 Ben Kakimoto http://seattlecondosandlofts.com/2008/02/condo-chatter Seneca Towers
The DJC reported that Laconia Development (formerly Levin Menzies) plans to start work on Seneca Towers this summer and anticipates completion in the summer of 2010. Seneca Towers, located at 8th & Seneca, will consist of 294 units in two towers.

Icon Tower
The other project Laconia is developing in Seattle is the sleek & slender Icon Tower at 6th & Wall. Laconia expects to start construction in August. Completion is slated for the first half of 2011.

Insignia Towers
Work on Insignia Towers (5th between Bell & Battery) may begin as soon as next month according to the developer, Embassy Development, as mentioned in a recent DJC article. That is, of course, dependent on the market showing signs of improvement. The 643-unit project will be constructed in phases with each tower taking up to 37 months to complete.

1 Hotel & Residences
1 Hotel recently announced they’ve completed commercial leasing for the one-block project. Retail tenants will include Equinox Fitness, 1 Spa, the Ocean Restaurant by B.R. Guest who’ll also operate the urban grocer market, and a new retailer for the adjoining Macy’s garage. Completion is anticipated for early 2010.

AVA
AVA noted that they will begin private previews in their new sales center starting in March. The sales center will include a scale-model of the tower, kitchen and bath vignettes, floor plans, representative views and finishes. AVA is one of the few new condo projects to offer homes starting below $400,000. The project recently obtained its master use development permit with groundbreaking scheduled for later this year. Completion is slated for 2011.

114 Pike
There are some new renderings floating around for this project. Though, sources indicate that this project is being placed on hold. I believe occupancy for this project had changed from office/condo to office/apartment.

7th & Westlake
The latest casualty in the condo market shakeup is the office/condo project at 7th & Westlake, confirmed by a principal with Murray Franklyn.

]]> http://seattlecondosandlofts.com/2008/02/condo-chatter/feed 5 Design Insights http://seattlecondosandlofts.com/2007/05/design-insights http://seattlecondosandlofts.com/2007/05/design-insights#comments Thu, 31 May 2007 22:08:37 +0000 Ben Kakimoto http://seattlecondosandlofts.com/2007/05/design-insights Came across the website for the architect of 5th and Madison, Ruffcorn Mott Hinthorne Stine, and noticed they had designs for number of downtown/Belltown projects. Most were office space but they did have renderings for 114 Pike, the old Liberty Loan and Pawn building. The design includes 7 levels of office space and 5 residential levels of 1 or 2 homes per floor.

They also had renderings for 3rd and Battery which at one time was going to be the home for the relocated First United Methodist Church. However, the design is for a low-rise office and retail building. In any case, it’ll be a nice addition to this part of Belltown.

Ruffcorn Mott Hinthorne Stine also designed the IDX Tower and Millenium Tower.

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