There's too many projects, I'm getting confused. Make it stop, I can't take it anymore.
SEATTLE | Residence Inn (924 Howell St.) | 17 Stories
Definitely large enough to warrant it's own thread!From todays DJC.
http://www.djc.com/news/re/12064547.html
April 18, 2014
More hotels coming to downtown Seattle
By NAT LEVY
Journal Staff Reporter
Developers want to build two more hotels in downtown Seattle.
Permit records show a 300-room hotel is being planned at 924 Howell St. that would have parking, retail, restaurants and meeting rooms.
Talon Private Capital owns the land, which is a parking lot at the corner of Howell Street and Terry Avenue. Talon Managing Principal Bill Pollard said the company is under contract to sell the site to a developer, but he would not name the buyer.
While permit records show Talon is the owner of the site, an entity managed by Navin C. Dimond, president and CEO of Englewood, Colo.-based Stonebridge Cos., is listed as the applicant and financially responsible party. Stonebridge is a hotel developer and manager. Representatives from the firm did not return a phone call yesterday requesting comment.
Columbia West Properties and Pineapple Hospitality want to break ground in 2015 on a hotel at 1931 Second Ave. Columbia West's website says it will be called Hotel Clare but doesn't give other details or the number of rooms.
Columbia West recently sold a 19,440-square-foot site — also at Second and Virginia — to Continental Properties for $16 million. Representatives of Columbia West did not return a request for comments.
Weber Thompson is listed as the architect on the Howell Street project.
The hotel site is on a hot block, with an office building called 1800 Ninth that Talon bought, renovated and sold last year for $150 million, and Aspira, a 37-story apartment building that sold for $165 million in late 2012.
The site is not far from some other big hotel projects. One block east on Boren and Howell, Touchstone Corp. is building Hill7, which will have an 11-story office building and a 14-story hotel.
One block west, R.C. Hedreen Co. is planning a 40-story hotel at Ninth and Stewart.
All of these hotels could come in handy if the Washington State Convention Center moves forward with its expansion plans. The Convention Center recently paid $56.5 million for nearly 2 acres of land where it could build a $650 million expansion with 1 million square feet.
Stonebridge has tried to build a hotel in Seattle before. In June 2012 the company had a 13,000-square-foot parking lot at Fifth and Stewart under contract with plans for an 18-story hotel. The property went to auction last year after a long foreclosure process with the previous owner and Stonebridge was outbid by Stanford Hotels Corp.
In September 2012, AEW Capital Management of Boston and Stonebridge paid $60 million for a 28-story Hilton Seattle at 1301 Sixth Ave.
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"It's a beautiful area right now, I'd hate to see it polluted with that."Looks to be taking out this shitty parking lot.
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307 rooms
295ksf
1600 sf restaurant/bar
220-230 parking stalls
Ugh. Two above grade floors of parking (and two below). Is there any reason they couldn't dig down further?
Wait, and this is a 340' zone? More floors please.
(edit) Interesting, there's a maximum FAR of 10, which is what limits this building's size. I'm ok with building low instead of high as long as they're maxing out square footage. It does beg the question about the usefulness of FARs - are we really afraid of big buildings in this area?
307 rooms
295ksf
1600 sf restaurant/bar
220-230 parking stalls
Ugh. Two above grade floors of parking (and two below). Is there any reason they couldn't dig down further?
Wait, and this is a 340' zone? More floors please.
(edit) Interesting, there's a maximum FAR of 10, which is what limits this building's size. I'm ok with building low instead of high as long as they're maxing out square footage. It does beg the question about the usefulness of FARs - are we really afraid of big buildings in this area?
From todays DJC.
http://www.djc.com/news/re/12068089.html
July 25, 2014
A look at Stonebridge's 17-story hotel on Terry
By JOURNAL STAFF
Stonebridge Cos. has filed early design plans with the city of Seattle for a 17-story hotel at the corner of Terry Avenue and Howell Street.
The Denver-area developer is proposing a 307-room tower with meeting rooms, dining facilities, 1,300 square feet of retail and parking for up to 230 vehicles. The site is currently a parking lot.
Weber Thompson is the architect.
A design review board meeting is tentatively set for 5 p.m. Sept. 2 at Seattle City Hall, Room L280.
This image shows the hotel as seen from Terry Avenue, looking south. The building on the right is Aspira, an apartment tower completed in 2009.
A Regence Blue Shield office tower is on the west side of the site, across an alley. Plans show the preferred massing option would give the hotel an “L” shape to add “visual separation” between the buildings.
The site is owned by Talon Private Capital and Prudential Real Estate Investors, according to state records.
Talon Managing Principal Bill Pollard told the DJC earlier this year that the company is under contract to sell the site to a developer — presumably Stonebridge. Jim Neal of Talon is listed in city records as the financially responsible party.
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http://www.djc.com/news/re/12068089.html
July 25, 2014
A look at Stonebridge's 17-story hotel on Terry
By JOURNAL STAFF
Stonebridge Cos. has filed early design plans with the city of Seattle for a 17-story hotel at the corner of Terry Avenue and Howell Street.
The Denver-area developer is proposing a 307-room tower with meeting rooms, dining facilities, 1,300 square feet of retail and parking for up to 230 vehicles. The site is currently a parking lot.
Weber Thompson is the architect.
A design review board meeting is tentatively set for 5 p.m. Sept. 2 at Seattle City Hall, Room L280.
This image shows the hotel as seen from Terry Avenue, looking south. The building on the right is Aspira, an apartment tower completed in 2009.
A Regence Blue Shield office tower is on the west side of the site, across an alley. Plans show the preferred massing option would give the hotel an “L” shape to add “visual separation” between the buildings.
The site is owned by Talon Private Capital and Prudential Real Estate Investors, according to state records.
Talon Managing Principal Bill Pollard told the DJC earlier this year that the company is under contract to sell the site to a developer — presumably Stonebridge. Jim Neal of Talon is listed in city records as the financially responsible party.
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924 Howell
I thought this first slide was the most interesting, where it refers to Terry Street in alignment with the 'future Convention Center', like that whole thing is a done deal, right?
924 Howell by dr, on Flickr
the rest of these slides are pretty tame.....
924 Howell by dr, on Flickr
924 Howell by dr, on Flickr
924 Howell by dr, on Flickr
924 Howell by dr, on Flickr
924 Howell by dr, on Flickr
I thought this first slide was the most interesting, where it refers to Terry Street in alignment with the 'future Convention Center', like that whole thing is a done deal, right?
924 Howell by dr, on Flickr
the rest of these slides are pretty tame.....
924 Howell by dr, on Flickr
924 Howell by dr, on Flickr
924 Howell by dr, on Flickr
924 Howell by dr, on Flickr
924 Howell by dr, on Flickr
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