With a tip of the hat to all the amazing brokers and owners who approach me with incredible properties to be featured, here are some of my favorites this year. Not surprising that all of these gems were snapped up and are off the market, except for the last one, a luxe residential tower which is more than half leased at this time.
Rainier Square in the News
NAIOP’s Night of the Stars honors Daniels, Abbott, Rainier Square and more
NAIOP's annual Night of the Stars gala was held in person last Friday at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue. The DJC will run a full roster of the winners next week, along with a comprehensive online photo gallery. Owing to the pandemic, which made last year's gathering a virtual affair, the shifted timeframe for nominees was for projects completed between July 1, 2020 and Aug. 1, 2021.
2021 NAIOPWA Night of the Stars Winners
SEATTLE – Presented on Friday night at the NAIOPWA 2021 Night of the Stars Gala, the awards honored an impressive slate of commercial real estate projects that serve the community with innovations in retail, office, industrial and multi-family development.
Moving in after Amazon backed out: Inside Rainier Square, Seattle’s new office and residential tower
Two and half years after Amazon backed out of plans to occupy a giant new skyscraper in downtown Seattle, commercial and residential tenants are moving into Rainier Square, a swooping glass tower that has assumed a prominent place in the city’s skyline.
400 University is done, says Wright Runstad, and ready for tenants
Wright Runstad & Co. recently announced that its 400 University office tower, companion to the new Rainier Square tower, has been completed. The sidewalks are again open, and the leasing signs are up for the project. Construction on the 10-story building, by BNBuilders, took about 13 months.
‘Jewel box’ office building opens at Seattle’s Rainier Square
Wright Runstad & Co., in partnership with Intercontinental Real Estate Corp., on Wednesday announced completion of the 10-story office building, which is part of the 1.2-million-square-foot Rainier Square development.
2021 Best Tall Building Worldwide and 26 Category Winners Awarded by CTBUH
The innovative hybrid steel-concrete structural system greatly improved the speed of construction, topping out in only 10 months, approximately twice as fast as a traditional concrete core.
Amazon lands 2 more subtenants at Rainier Square
The new deals bring its 720,000 square feet of office space to 29% subleased. But the tower's remaining 512,000 square feet is still the largest available block of sublease space in Seattle.
Rainier Square uses game-changing system to finish nearly a year ahead of schedule
A first-of-its-kind skyscraper, Rainier Square Tower, will open in Seattle soon — a shining example of what the future holds for American construction. Rainier Square, which is now Seattle's second tallest building, is a 58-story, 1.1 million-square-foot mixed-use skyscraper in the Metropolitan Tract.
View homes tower above downtown Seattle
You’ve watched it rise above the city — a steel tower wrapped in glass and reflective prism panels that ascended at a dizzying speed: Rainier Square. The top of this tower is home to a unique collection of for-lease homes simply known as The Residences at Rainier Square.