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SkB Architects’ WSECU Building in Seattle’s University District Defined
By Jack Stubbs “When it comes to commercial buildings like this…it’s important to consider a development in its specific context. We wanted to...
BOMA 2017 Just Increased Your Footprint by 3%
By Dan Mihalovich In our earlier piece, “Office Tenants Pay for More Phantom Space than Ever,” we called out the landlord community, its...
R.C. Hedreen’s 824 Howell 475-Room Hotel Project Hits Snag with Seattle’s Design Review Board
By Vladimir Bosanac Maybe it was the anticipation of the upcoming long Thanksgiving weekend or simply a developer testing the market, but the...
Seattle’s Slimmest Tower Granted Design Review Approval
By Vladimir Bosanac Seattle may be getting it’s slimmest tower yet, as the proposal to construct a 42-story, 312-unit apartment building with ground...
Seattle Design Commission Recommends the $1.5MM Lid Feasibility Study as a Public Benefit
By Jack Stubbs The Lid I-5 Campaign, an effort to geographically reconnect the city by lidding a portion of the Interstate-5 that runs...
Enough of the Millennials, Gen Z is Now the Forefront of Workplace Design Strategies in Commercial Real Estate
By Jack Stubbs “When people in the new generation say they want a private office, sometimes they just mean that they want private...
Q&A: Atlas Geosciences NW
By Jack Stubbs The need for any company to undertake environmental and geological due diligence measures is an integral part of the approval...
We Can (Co)Work it Out: How Coworking Continues to Drive Workplace Design in Corporate Real Estate
By Jack Stubbs “The majority of people using coworking spaces want to connect with other people. We’re pack animals, we really feed of...
141-Unit Othello Project in Seattle Approved to Proceed at Design Review Recommendation Meeting
By Jack Stubbs “A lot of the conversations and discussions you’ve had with the community have helped the project to come a long...
Large-Scale Changes Planned at the University of Washington
By Jack Stubbs Big changes are afoot at the University of Washington’s Seattle campus, the sprawling 700 acre city within a city. With...
AutoCamp: Paving the Way for a New Industry
By Meghan Hall Glamping—a term with a slightly negative connotation that describes “glamorous camping”—is getting a makeover. While the word is stereotypically met...
250-Unit Mixed-Use Development in Queen Anne Denied Approval to Proceed at Early Design Guidance Meeting
By Jack Stubbs “Some serious discussion needs to happen about whether a building of this size is appropriate for the neighborhood,” said one...
