July 9, 2024

BNBuilders to construct new building for Lakeside School

Rendering by LMN Architects [enlarge]

The new building is expected to open in the fall of 2026.

BNBuilders is newly attached to the latest planned addition to the Lakeside School campus, at 14050 First Ave. N.E. The two-story academic building is being designed by LMN Architects, as the DJC reported last year.

The project will replace a soggy former softball field on the southwest corner of the 20-acre campus, just north of Northeast 140th Street. The private school values the project at some $60 million, to be entirely funded by alumni, student families and other donors.

LMN rates the future building at nearly 39,000 square feet. Construction is to be Type II-B, using steel, masonry and concrete. Ground work will begin this fall, with the building expected to open in time for the 2026-27 term.

About 60 new bike stalls will be created for the new building, to house classrooms for humanities and sciences, plus lounge areas and a small cafe. Rooftop solar panels are indicated

Design review wasn't required for the addition to the institutional master plan. No new surface parking is planned to the existing lots; nor is any increase to the school's population now planned.

Seneca Group is the project manager, for a team that also includes Coughlin Porter Lundeen, civil and structural engineer; Berger Partnership, landscape architect; Glumac, MEP engineer; Tree Solutions, arborist; Stantec, acoustic engineer; Dark Light Design, lighting; and Bush Roed & Hitchings, surveyor.

LMN also designed the last new building for the school, the Paul G. Allen Athletics Center, a decade ago.