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SEATTLE | 1370 Stewart St | 44 Stories | Proposed

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SEATTLE HIGHRISE
GATEWAY TO THE EMERALD CITY

Our Seattle project is located a block away from I-5 Highway on Stewart Street and when complete will create an iconic ‘gateway’ structure and landmark for the City. Greeting drivers to downtown Seattle will be a 44-storey mixed use highrise designed by renowned architectural firm, Perkins + Will.

Inspiration of the building design located on this unique triangular site reflects a spinnaker on a sailboat similar to vessels plying Lake Union and Elliot Bay (just 7 blocks to the north). The two-storey podium of the building will include ground-level retail and a two level restaurant including a south facing roof-top patio. Anticipated amenities that residents can enjoy include a state-of-the-art fitness room, concierge services and 5000 square foot rooftop patio and lounge area offering spectacular views of the city and water.

https://www.arbutusproperties.com/projects/seattle-highrise/

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A sleek, non-boxy tower with what looks to be a curved crown. This is a great addition to the skyline and will be a wonderful tower to greet drivers driving southbound on Interstate 5.
Hopefully this is the start of a trend
I’m noticing a lot more Vancouver firms developing properties down here. The real estate downturn in Vancouver probably plays a part. I was reading in a Vancouver forum that presales in China have slowed to a trickle because Chinese nationals can’t get mo eh out of the country (legally).
It seems like there is still quite a few projects going up there though currently especially in places like Burnaby...
I'd love to see this make it through the design process without being killed. Or flattened out. This looks great along the I-5:tongue3:
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https://news.theregistryps.com/456-...finement-following-first-early-design-review/

Going to come back for another EDG review. Board was...mostly supportive. They didn't like the East side and how the podium is incorporated, however.
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I don't understand the DRB at all. Basic boxes have been allowed all over the city but on a truly unique design they quibble over the podium and one side.
I don't understand the DRB at all. Basic boxes have been allowed all over the city but on a truly unique design they quibble over the podium and on side.
I have no idea what they are really looking for anymore, other than bland boxes.
I think the DRB is trying hard not to consider the east façade of projects as the back of the project. The first two iterations of the Convention Center annex really had a back door feel on the Boren side. I know a lot on Capitol Hill were not happy about that.
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^^ makes sense....but in practice it seems like the DRB is fine if all four facades are dull - plain old boxes, but if 3 facades are great and 1 is arguably not (although in this case I'd say the East facade was a counterpoint to the curved ones), well then its back to the drawing board.
In theory the DRB should have a level of design quality that if you meet they let you off easy and if your don't they help applicants to achieve. In practice they seem more to just want to change whatever comes in a little regardless of quality. If someone comes in with a garbage building they will try to make it a slightly less horrible building but eventually it will be approved. And if someone comes in with a design masterpiece they still feel the need to make them change things.
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In practice they seem more to just want to change whatever comes in a little regardless of quality.
Because if they didn't...well what would be their purpose in life?
Some quick approvals would have a material effect on housing affordability (and commercial affordability, also a thing) in this city.
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Look...if the city expedited land use and other permit approvals, they'd make LESS money AND the projects would cost less...meaning that the buildings wouldn't need to charge as much...meaning that the politicians can't complain about how expensive living in Seattle is!

Can't we all agree that the politicians need their talking points more than prospective residents need that extra couple hundred $$$ a month?
That was fast...EDG meeting on 05/08. Excited to see what they've managed to do regarding the board's comments...if the "sail" theme can be incorporated more fully.

http://web6.seattle.gov/dpd/edms/GetDocument.aspx?id=4538942
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Enjoy the new plans!

161MB

http://web6.seattle.gov/dpd/edms/GetDocument.aspx?id=4559216

Edit: hahaha the board was dissatisfied with renderings of the pedestrian experience...80 pages of pedestrian experience renders. Beautiful new renders though :)
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All together now

Enjoy the new plans!
http://web6.seattle.gov/dpd/edms/GetDocument.aspx?id=4559216

Edit: hahaha the board was dissatisfied with renderings of the pedestrian experience...80 pages of pedestrian experience renders. Beautiful new renders though :)
Indeed nice renders. However, annoyingly, many of them were chopped in half -- one half on one page and then the other half on the next page. So in each instance I Photoshopped the two halves together. Here they are.





















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From todays DJC.

https://www.djc.com/news/ae/12121293.html

April 30, 2019

More design tweaks for 46-story residential tower planned near REI

By BRIAN MILLER
Journal Staff Reporter

Canadian firm Arbutus recently bought a triangular block at 1370 Stewart St., where it's planning a 46-story, 456-unit residential tower.

Most of the design tweaks relate to the materials, finessing how the podium meets the street, the north facade, and overall streetscape.

The quieter north side of the block, John Street, is meant to be more pedestrian-friendly than Denny. As before, the gently twisting tower is pushed north on its two-story podium. The tower's floor plates, shaped something like a guitar pick, won't have any straight lines on their three facades. Some units will have balconies.

The top floor will be a mostly enclosed “sky terrace” with terraces. The podium will also have a terrace on its south corner.

More recently, Arbutus has been eyeing the triangle east of Stewart for a second possible residential tower. Three different property owners there have expressed an interest in selling.

Arbutus has said that 1370 Stewart could be rentals or condominiums — though if the latter, there would only be 134 underground parking spaces for potential buyers.






The floor plates of the gently twisting tower are shaped something like guitar picks.
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Some units will have balconies.
"Some" units? It looks like the entire building has wrap-around balconies?
It looks like where the building faces primarily east most of the units do not have balconies
Probably the thought being who would sit on their deck with the freeway right there.
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