Opus Center @ Union Station

OPUS CENTER @ UNION STATION

A special feature of DJC.COM, published Nov. 9, 2000.

FACTS

The Union Station office complex contains 1 million square feet of commercial space above a 1,100-stall parking garage.
An eight-story, 700-stall parking garage was built just south of Airport Way.

505 Union Station (Vulcan Northwest): 300,000 sf, 11 stories. Completed September. Tenants include: Vulcan Northwest, WatchGuard Technologies, Willis Corp., Specialty’s Café & Bakery, Starbucks Coffee Co., Burst Wireless and Trados Corp., Mavron, Perkins Coie LLP, Northwest Venture Associates, and Mohr, Davidrow Ventures.

Development group: The Seneca Group, development consultant to Vulcan; Nitze-Stagen & Co., Inc, managing partners; NBBJ, architects; Baugh Construction Co, general contractor; Murase Associates, landscape design; Coughlin Porter Lundeen, structural engineers; Sparling, electrical engineers; Holaday-Parks, Inc., mechanical engineers; Com Group, Inc., communication; Lighting Concepts International, lighting; M. Yantis & Associates, acoustical engineers; Colliers International, leasing

Union Station Great Hall (Sound Transit): value: $22 million (selling price to Sound Transit, the cost of the renovation); competed Fall 1999

Opus Center West (Opus Northwest): 255,000 sf, 9 stories, value (including Opus Center East building): $85 million

Opus Center East (Opus Northwest): 65,000 sf, 4 stories, completion August 2000

Opus Center South (Opus Northwest): 254,000 sf, 11 stories, completion April 2001, value: $65 million

Opus Center@Union Station project team:
Opus Northwest, general contractor and developer
Opus A&E, architect and engineer
Coughlin Porter Lundeen, structural and civil engineering
Murase Associates, landscape architect
Patriot Fire Protection, design-build of life safety systems
Stirrett Johnson, plumbing design-build
McDonald Miller, HVAC design-build
Cochran, electrical design-build
SAK, concrete contractor
United Iron, structural steel fabricator
The Erection Co., steel erection
Pardue International, brick panel system design-build
Eastside Glass, glass installation
Clark Pacific, glass-fiber-reinforced concrete
Opus' team includes Brian Fyall, senior project manager; Sam Giannini, superintendent; and Greg Smith, Mike Hlasta and Chris Harris, on-site project managers.

Fifth and Jackson building site (Martin Selig): 10 stories, 105,000 square feet

FEATURED STORIES

"Seattle’s biggest jigsaw puzzle,"
Fifteen years, a host of players and an elusive final picture made Opus Center.

"Making a home for Amazon at Union Station,"
For many businesses in today’s new economy, corporate identity is everything. This is no exception for Internet prodigy Amazon.com.

"From coal plant to depot to office complex,"
The speed with which the Union Station area has changed belies the years of planning and failed attempts that preceded the site's most recent development.

LINKS

DJC.COM

Opuscorp.com: Union Station

MORE

"Selig makes a deal to buy Union Station site for $6.4 million,"
April 7, 2000.

"Judge OKs sale of Union Station office building site to Martin Selig,"
April 17, 2000.

"Amazon.com gives back some of its Union Station space,"
July 11, 2000.

"More than meets the eye at 505 Union Station,"
Aug. 10, 2000.

"ID concerned over early design of Selig's Union Station,"
Aug. 16, 2000.

"Opus gets top dollar for Union Station buildings,"
Sept. 7, 2000.

"New digs for Vulcan NW,"
Oct. 6, 2000.

"NAIOP honors projects, players,"
Nov. 2, 2000.