From todays DJC.
https://www.djc.com/news/re/12122163.html
May 29, 2019
VIA Architecture takes over Belltown high-rise design for Security Properties
By BRIAN MILLER
Real Estate Editor
During 2017-2018, Security Properties paid almost $17 million for the corner at 314 Bell St. (aka the Two Bells Tavern property). The proposed residential high-rise, called Belltown 36, had four design reviews — the last being in July 2018 — with Bumgardner Architects.
VIA Architecture has now taken over the job.
Notable changes to Belltown 36 include: 29 stories (down from 30); 212 units (down from 325); 8,700 square feet of retail (up slightly); 16,710 square feet of offices in the podium (new); and 243 parking spaces, which is about the same, with a mix of structured and underground stalls.
At the last design review, the developer was at an impasse with the review board regarding the podium. Security Properties had hoped to retain the future option of converting some of the structured parking — if there wasn't sufficient demand — into more residential units. At the same time, tower opponents were lobbying for a one-story podium, which would force all the parking into a more expensive and deeper foundation pit.
As for other design tweaks, the tower has also been moved farther north from Bell (a green street and de facto woonerf). The podium is now mostly masonry, interrupted by a glass facade above the tenant entrance (between retail bays facing Fourth Avenue).
Some renderings now bear the address of
2303 Fourth.
The podium is mostly masonry, and the tower is set back from Bell Street.
Updated plans call for office space in the podium and fewer residential units.
