First Hill’s High-Rise Condominium Welcomes New Residents This Month
SEATTLE—September 7, 2016 – With construction complete and 85 percent of the building pre-sold, LUMA Condominiums begins welcoming new residents this month, opening the doors to its modern homes, impressive amenities and a one-of-a-kind collection of commissioned Northwest artworks. Sales for the 168 unit, 24-story condominium tower total 143 homes now under contract.
“Buyers have really responded to the iconic First Hill neighborhood location as well as the classic finishes with a modern twist and boutique size of the project.” says Suzi Morris, Development Director for Lowe Enterprises. “In our first week of being able to tour prospects through the entire building and show finished units, we’ve had 11 sales!”
Not only does LUMA possess an outstanding address, being sited on one of the highest hills in Seattle amid tree-lined streets and adjacent to the Pike-Pine Corridor, one of the City’s most exuberant and interesting neighborhoods, it is the first condominium project built in First Hill since 1982. LUMA also features LEED Silver design and award-winning interiors from Seattle architect Weber Thompson along with an array of community-oriented amenities.
One of LUMA’s most engaging features is its 24th floor. The rooftop community space offers an expansive clubroom and fireplace lounge, cozy library with a private dining room with seating for eight or more and a catering kitchen. The outside terrace affords numerous gathering spaces, including a fire pit, a barbecue grill station and tiled soaking pool overlooking expansive views of downtown Seattle, Mount Rainier, Elliott Bay and Lake Union. The second floor features a fitness center complete with TRX system, water propelled rowing machines as well as traditional equipment, while at ground level, LUMA provides a full-time concierge staff to tap for restaurant recommendations, connections and reservations, theater and concert tickets, service and repair appointments. And lest a favored member of the family be forgotten, there’s a pet run more closely resembling an indoor putting green for those days when the weather outside is not so accommodating. The pet lounge comes complete with viewing parlor for pet parents and a salon for bathing and grooming the more adventurous breeds.
For the human inhabitants of LUMA, Lowe Enterprises worked with curator Stacie Feinstein to commission a group of Seattle artists to create a custom collection of works for LUMA’s public spaces. The collection ranges from abstract pieces by Nicholas Nyland and Jennifer Ament reflecting the project’s clean, modern design to more whimsical selections of Brent Smith and Jules Frazier’s back-lit photography and Celeste Cooning’s elegant cutwork sculpture suspended from the lobby ceiling.
To celebrate the grand opening, LUMA is hosting a summer rooftop party, complete with a celebrity chef burger battle, craft cocktail pairings by local bartenders and furnished model tours. The event is set for September 22, from 6 to 9 pm.
Located at 1321 Seneca Street, LUMA houses 168 condominium residences ranging in size from 600 square feet to more than 1,700 square feet. A variety of homes are still available with one-bedroom residences offering spectacular views and priced from the high-$500,000s, and two-bedroom homes ranging from the high-$700,000s to the low-$1,300,000s.
The LUMA sales center is now located in the building and is open daily from 11 am to 5 pm to provide prospective buyers with the opportunity to tour finished units and amenities spaces and take in the dynamic city views. Although walk-ins are welcome, appointments are recommended.
Residential marketing and sales company Red Propeller co-listed the project with McAvoy Real Estate. Lease Crutcher Lewis is the general contractor for the project and Weber Thompson served as architect, interior designer and landscape architect for LUMA.
For more information, please visit www.liveluma.com, download the LUMA Condominiums mobile application here or call 206-749-5862.
About Lowe Enterprises Investors and Lowe Enterprises
Lowe Enterprises Investors (LEI) provides real estate investment management services on behalf of a select list of institutional and high net worth clients and partners through individually managed accounts, joint venture partnerships, commingled fund relationships and targeted investment programs. The firm has been responsible for $7 billion in real estate assets, including residential, commercial, hospitality and debt investments, since inception in the late 1980s.
LEI is an affiliate of Los Angeles-based Lowe Enterprises, a leading national investment, development and management firm active in commercial, hospitality and residential real estate. Over the past 45 years, Lowe has acquired, developed or managed more than $24 billion of real estate assets nationwide. The firm’s Washington DC office was established in 1980, with additional regional offices in Seattle, Denver, Philadelphia, Southern California and Northern California.
About Red Propeller
Red Propeller is a Seattle-based real estate brokerage and marketing firm that provides marketing, sales, communications and strategic planning for developers and real estate related companies. The company’s focus is on new development and repositioning efforts for condominium, apartment and resort assets. To date the Red Propeller team has worked on over 25,000 units of housing in mixed-use, condominium and multi-family projects throughout North America with a significant focus on the urban infill projects. More about Red Propeller at www.TeamRedPropeller.com.
About McAvoy Real Estate
Julie McAvoy is a licensed real estate broker who has been providing uncompromising, personalized service to buyers, sellers and developers of in-city homes and properties for more than 20 years. Julie has worked on some of the region’s largest and most successful urban communities. She repositioned and sold-out both Olive 8 in downtown Seattle, and Tribeca in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood. Other recent projects include the Four Seasons Private Residences, Thornton Place, Washington Square and 2200 Westlake. McAvoy Real Estate is located at 2000 First Avenue, #1902, Seattle, WA 98121.
