[Bond James Bond]

Might as well start a thread for this - it's not a previously abandoned project, is it? :?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2018878185_mja09.html

 

[testdrive]

Nope this is a new one and I might say exciting. This will will show up nicely for part of the skyline

 

[WESTSEATTLEGUY]

It would be nice if the incorporated the facade of the old building into their design.

 

[BoulderGrad]

sounds like its this building: http://goo.gl/maps/kXB3s

But unclear if the old Norstrom Rack building is going with it. Hoping not, but doesn't seem like much of a site to build something on without getting rid of it.

 

[Ruffhauser]

I don't consider the old Rack building to be architecturally distinctive or historical, and from what I've gathered here on the boards, it wouldn't be the easiest candidate for renovation or rehabilitation, so there's only one thing to do.....

 

[Bond James Bond]

No! They can't get rid of Cafe D'Arte!

 

[testdrive]

I wonder if the 10 story behind it which is part of the deal will stay or go? If they get a 30 to 40 story across the street 2nd is going to start to look amazing.

 

[Rogue Linguist]

Although for a few years the Pine Street shopping corridor would be broken up by that and the parking lot across the street (unless that is redeveloped soon). However of course it would ultimately be nice to have the building there.

In the long term, it might be a good way of getting a major international retailer in there, since it would be a new building.

 

[CrazyAboutCities]

I'm having mixed feeling about this one. I usually excited about skyscrapers like this one but I don't want this beautiful two stories building to be demolished to make way for this tower. I'd feel better if that developer decide to keep that building and add a skyscraper on it.

 

[LCIII]

Yes! Great! Tear down that whole half block and clean that stretch up! What wonderful news!

 

[RMacherat]

Not so new; If I'm reading correctly, it looks like this is at least the fifth "revisit," of the project, according to the Department of Assessments site. They plan only to demolish the smaller building. Hope it goes through this time. I believe there is yet considerable potential for these hotel/condo combinations (still about 74,000,000 baby boomers to retire.)

 

[LCIII]

"KG's development director is listed by the city as the contact for the tower project, along with an architect at Seattle firm Weber Thompson."

Another WT tower?! That doesn't get me terribly excited to see the design...

 

[jessejb]

No! They can't get rid of Cafe D'Arte!

In the six years I've lived downtown and walked by there, I've seen it open like three times.

 

[Rogue Linguist]

In the six years I've lived downtown and walked by there, I've seen it open like three times.

Me too! It's never open.

If they're tearing down just the smaller building with Cafe D'Arte in it, that's a fairly small site, so a thirty-eight-storey tower built there would be fairly skinny. I like that thought.

 

[blackc5]

??? It's open every day...

Anyway, really interested to see this go forward - would be a great improvement for 2nd, although seems like a lot of the hotel rooms would have obstructed views.

 

[Rogue Linguist]

??? It's open every day...

Anyway, really interested to see this go forward - would be a great improvement for 2nd, although seems like a lot of the hotel rooms would have obstructed views.

I was being hyperbolic (a rhetorical device). It's never open when I walk by.

 

[BellevueBoy]

"KG's development director is listed by the city as the contact for the tower project, along with an architect at Seattle firm Weber Thompson."

Another WT tower?! That doesn't get me terribly excited to see the design...

Yeah I hear ya. Especially since this tower sits in between 1521 and Viktoria, both WT designed towers as well.

 

[RMacherat]

I wondered about that too. Even if they put all of the elevators and back-of-the-house facilities on that side, the open perimeter of the site won't have a lot of windows.