May 26, 2009

Olive 8

The Olive 8, completed in April, is a 39-story mixed-use tower at Eighth Avenue and Olive Way in Seattle.

The $162 million building includes a 346-room Hyatt hotel that opened in February and 229 condominiums slated to finish soon.

The hotel includes a restaurant, coffee shop, meeting space, a ballroom and fitness center.

The remaining one- and two-bedroom condos begin at $750,000 and $1.1 million. Two penthouse condos are available for $3.8 million and $7.5 million.

The project is seeking LEED silver certification. Green features include biomass heating, low-VOC finishes, low-flow plumbing fixtures and an 8,400-square-foot planted roof. More than 95 percent of the construction waste was recycled or reused.

Owner: R.C. Hedreen Co., Seattle

General contractor: JTM Construction, Seattle

Design architect: Gluckman Mayner Architects, New York

Project architect: Mulvanny G2 Architecture, Bellevue

Structural engineer: KPFF Consulting Engineers, Seattle

Mechanical/plumbing engineer: McKinstry, Seattle

Electrical engineer: Sparling, Seattle

Civil engineer: Bush, Roed & Hitchings, Seattle

Acoustics consultant: BRC Acoustics, Seattle

Energy/LEED consultant: Rushing, Seattle

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Previous columns:

• Merrill Gardens at the University, 05-18-2009
• Providence Tanasbourne Health Center, 05-11-2009
• Hotel Vintage Plaza, 05-04-2009
• Carol Milgard Breast Center, 04-27-2009
• Cascadia Elementary, 04-20-2009
• Salmon Bay Landing, 04-13-2009
• Fouts Center for Visual Arts, 04-06-2009
• Helix Apartments, 03-30-2009