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February 25, 2021

Unloved brutalist office building makes way for 143 Uptown units

By BRIAN MILLER
Real Estate Editor

Photo by Brian Miller [enlarge]
Once the Century Building is removed, Compass will start on the new apartments.

Rendering by Grouparchitect [enlarge]
Grouparchitect is designing the planned eight-story, 143-apartment building.

Demolition has begun at 400 Queen Anne Ave. N., where Continental Properties has its master use permit for a planned eight-story, 143-apartment building.

Crews from Dickson are now razing the 56-year-old Century Building, on the corner of Harrison Street in Lower Queen Anne. Compass Construction is the general contractor. Continental's Claudio Guincher hopes to complete the project by the spring of 2023.

Before purchasing the old office building, Continental submitted it unsuccessfully for landmarking four years ago. Arne Bystrom designed the structure, gifted in 1999 to ArtsFund, which later sold to Continental. The latter also purchased two properties to the north, for a total land investment of over $15 million. Public records now indicate a recent $49.3 million construction loan from Wells Fargo.

Grouparchitect designed the new apartments. The team also includes Davido Consulting Group, civil engineer; LA Studio at Blueline, landscape architect; Yu & Trochalakis, structural engineer; Emerald City Engineers, MEP; Terracon, geotechnical, soils and shoring; Morrison Hershfield, envelope; Pace, surveyor; Sechrist Design, interiors; and Avenue5, property management.

The Uptown project is proceeding with phased construction permits. About 8,720 square feet of retail/commercial space is planned. Underground parking on three levels will have 137 stalls, to be accessed from the alley to the east. Tenant bike rooms will have 120 stalls.

Units will range from studios to three-bedrooms, with 462 to 1,120 square feet. Amenities will include a club room, fitness center and outdoor patio.

Total project size, including the parking and 600-square-foot roof deck, is about 169,841 square feet. The Mandatory Housing Affordability payment is calculated at a little under $2.7 million.

Nearby, Continental and Johnson Braund recently received design review approval for a new seven-story, 167-unit building at 100 Roy St. An owner of a neighboring apartment building to the north has appealed that decision to the city Hearing Examiner. That project will replace the old 66-unit apartment building there now, which Continental owns. Unlike the empty Century Building, the existing 100 Roy apartments still have tenants.

Continental and Compass are also now building a 141-unit project in downtown Kirkland.


 


Brian Miller can be reached by email at brian.miller@djc.com or by phone at (206) 219-6517.




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