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Team
Architect
Pickard Chilton Architects, w/Kendall/Heaton Associates
Contractor
Skanska USA
Stats
PROJECT TYPE
Office
COMPLETION
2021
PROJECT SIZE
980,000 ft²
MKA ROLE
Structural Engineer
Seattle, WA
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This development features a 38-story, Performance-Based Seismic Design office tower and a street-level retail “village,” all over five levels of below-grade parking on a sloping site. The L-shaped office tower is lifted 60 ft above a city street with exposed, concrete-encased steel columns in various V-shaped layouts to create a large, open space for pedestrian access and landscaped terrace areas. ![2+U](https://www.mka.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/A1151_00_N59_indesign-jpg.webp)
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Image Credit: Magnusson Klemencic Associates