Ville Magazine l Insider Access for City Lifestyle Jan/Feb 2016 / Premiere Issue | Page 12

CITY SCENE

A GREATER SEATTLE
Written by: Charity Mainville

Feature artworks of the Seattle, Bellevue and Kirkland skylines that are hanging on the walls of homes and businesses across the area will
soon be historic pieces as every one will need to be updated. As more and more transplants move to the greater area, the cities are getting
ready to impress them with new developments and expansions. Investors from all the world are getting in on the action not sparring even a
penny to create their vision of record high architecture and complete remodels of what once was.
SEATTLE’S GETTING HIGH
This past September, Crescent Heights proposed bringing a new
skyscraper to downtown Seattle. It will tower Seattle’s current tallest
building, Columbia Towers located right across the street from the
proposed location and will be twice the height of the Space Needle
as well as the tallest building on the West Coast. The 101-story tower
named 4/C, will be 1,111 feet and will hold residences, office spaces and
hotel rooms. Even though Crescent Heights is known for its high priced
properties, the company stated it wants to provide choices for all types
of people and incomes. If approved, construction is slated to start in
2017 and when it is done, Seattle will have a new skyline to view.
(photo credit: Daily Journal of Commerce)

GROWING MARKET
For the first time in 40 years, Pike Place Market started its expansion
plans of 30,000 square feet this past spring to create a public plaza
with views of Puget Sound and Olympic Mountains scheduled to be
completed before the Viaduct removal in 2016. The market will include
the usual shopping of local farmed food, crafts, and art on 47 new
rooftop day stalls with 12,000 extra square feet of commercial and retail
space. In addition, 40 new low-income housing units, a neighborhood
center and 300 covered parking spots and the Marketfront will be
connected to the future Overlook Walk. People will be able to walk
down to Seattle’s new waterfront scheduled to be completed in 2020,
pending Bertha doesn’t decide to take another break.
(photo credit: Pike Place Market PDA)

LOVE TRIANGLE
The developement of the Denny Triangle is rising with about 40 new
projects on the docket to be built and there is still room for more. Some
construction has been completed, some has already begun, and there
will be plenty more in the coming years. To go through the list of every
new thing would put strain on your eyes much like the 51 cranes scattered
across the area so I’ll try to sum it up. Amazon is taking up space with
its seven phase projects totaling over 3 million square feet; maybe they
will soon get their own official named neighborhood, “Amazon.” Besides
the mini-city within the city, there will be multiple new apartments to
house all the newcomers relocating for new jobs, office spaces to hold
those new jobs and retail spaces for locals that are making money from
those new jobs to spend at.
(photo credit: Downtown Seattle)

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