Real Estate Buzz: Wolff Co. revs up Pike Motorworks again Pike Motorworks at 714 E. Pike will open in the spring of 2015. After putting it on the shelf earlier this year, the Wolff Co. is moving ahead with a seven-story, 260-unit project at 714 E. Pike in Capitol Hill's popular Pike/Pine corridor. Greg [...]
Wolff to start work on 260 units in Nov. By JOURNAL STAFF SEATTLE — The Wolff Co. plans to start demolition work in November at 714 E. Pike St. where it will build two seven-story buildings with 260 units. The project was on the shelf for about five months, said Greg Van Patten of [...]
Alliance Residential Co. has opened Broadstone Koi apartments at 1139 N.W. Market St. in Ballard. The 166-unit, two-building complex has a mix of studio to two-bedroom floor plans and 12 live-work units at street level. Units average 708 square feet, ranging from 450 to 1,100 square feet. Alliance said it wanted the six-story project [...]
60 new units at El Dorado West The first phase of redeveloping El Dorado West, an assisted living and retirement community at 1010 S.W. 134th St. in Burien, will be completed soon. This phase has 60 units. A second phase is expected to be done in a year and will have 42 units. The [...]
Runberg wins 7 Gold Nugget awards By JOURNAL STAFF The Sanctuary. Four Seattle projects designed by Runberg Architecture Group won seven 2013 Gold Nugget Awards at the Pacific Coast Builders Conference. The awards honor design and planning for residential, commercial and industrial projects. The Sanctuary at 1841 16th Ave. on Capitol Hill was named [...]
Alliance starts 248 apartments at 10th & Union on Capitol Hill By JOURNAL STAFF Alliance Residential Co. said it is starting construction on 248 apartments at 1414 10th Ave. on Capitol Hill. Ankrom Moisan is the architect and Exxel Pacific is the general contractor. The facades of three early 20th-century commercial buildings will be [...]
Harbor Urban breaks ground on bike-friendly Velo in Fremont By NAT LEVY Journal Staff Reporter Velo will have 171 units — including townhouses and live-work spaces — as well as a conference space like those found at Google or Amazon. Harbor Urban has started construction on its latest project: a four-story, 171-unit apartment building [...]
N.J. company pays $62M for the Alto in Belltown By JOURNAL STAFF Secaucus, N.J.-based Hartz Mountain Industries said it bought the 17-story Alto apartments at 311 Cedar St. in Belltown from Harbor Urban and Cigna Realty Investors for $62.3 million. The price works out to $338,586 per unit. The 184-unit building opened in 2012 [...]
Essex sells apartments on Eastlake By JOURNAL STAFF Palo Alto, Calif.-based Essex Property Trust sold Eastlake 2851, a 127-unit luxury apartment complex at 2851 Eastlake Ave. E. for $40.86 million, property records show. The buyer is listed as an entity related to ZERC LLC, which shares a New York address with Zurich Alternative Asset [...]
First Hill school tops out building with a sports field on the roof By JOURNAL STAFF Crews last week set the last truss for a 31,000-square-foot multipurpose building for Northwest School on First Hill. The $15 million project is at 401 E. Pike St., across the street from the school's main building. The two-story [...]
