Seattle's 12th Man Isn't Discouraged
There's no sugarcoating what happened in the heartbreaking last minute of the game last night. But Seahawks fans are loyal. If you can be in the Super Bowl twice in a row, three times isn't out of the question.
Mortenson Construction made a point of showing its 12th Man pride during the game at its main office in Kirkland.
And at the Hill 7 hotel, office and parking garage project. Mortenson is building the project for Touchstone in the Denny Triangle area of downtown Seattle. We will give JLL Americas's Roger Staubach credit for calling the game this year. (Last year, he predicted that team from Colorado would win.) JLL also provided some comparative office marker stats for Seattle vs Boston. Seattle's the clear winner in office vacancies, 10.7% compared with 14.7%, while direct average rent is slightly higher for Boston at $31.74/SF vs. $31.60/SF. Also worth noting: NerdWallet ranked the Greater Seattle area as the second-best place for STEM graduates, and Fast Company voted it the smartest city in North America. |
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Austin Bisnow & Magic Giant in Seattle!
After several sold-out LA shows, Venice Beach-based folk revival band Magic Giant is going on its first nationwide headline tour, making its Seattle debut tomorrow at Sunset Tavern (5433 Ballard Ave NW) at 8pm. The lead singer is Austin Bisnow (you may recognize that last name). You can also listen live tomorrow at 9:30am on 90.3 FM, or on KEXP.org (and for two weeks after the live broadcast). This is happy-making music. Expect a lively dance party singalong. You can find tickets and info on MagicGiant.com/tour where they also have a video on the homepage that'll give you a sense of their vibe. You can also download four songs for free. We hope to see you there tomorrow!
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Blachard Plaza Trades for $122M
The Puget Sound Business Journal reports the AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust has acquired Blanchard Plaza for more than $122M; it traded hands back in '06 for roughly half that. Besides the simple passage of time, since then Amazon inked a deal to occupy the building last year that runs for roughly 11 more years. Shorenstein sold the building, which is near the 4.1M SF campus that Amazon is developing, to the union-backed trust. |
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NY Developer Plans MF Property Next to '50 Shades' Building
Douglaston Development of NYC is proposing a 50-story hotel and residential tower at Fifth Avenue and Virginia Street, the Puget Sound Business Journal reports. That's the current site of the Icon Grill and next to Escala (pictured), which is known worldwide these days as the setting for the book Fifty Shades of Grey (and soon to be even better known for it, since the building is the setting for the movie, too). The new building would have 360 residential units and 155 hotel rooms. |
KidsQuest Buys Downtown Site
KidsQuest, the Bellevue children's museum, has acquired the former site of the Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art in Downtown, according to the Bellevue Reporter. The nonprofit raised more than $6M over the last three years to make the deal possible, and now plans to raise $6M more by the end of the year, to make its relocation to the new site possible in early 2016. The new facility will have twice the exhibit space of the existing museum.
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