City: 
Seattle
State: 
Washington

Courtesy of 2017 AIA/HUD Secretary Awards

  • A landmark equitable transit-oriented development project in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood
  • Incorporates the community’s vision into a new mixed-use development in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood
  • Consists of two six-story buildings that flank an outdoor plaza (opens onto a Festival Street adjacent to a light rail station)
  • The project transformed a surfacing parking lot into a multicultural hub for the neighborhood
  • Incorporates affordable housing, local small business retail and office, community space, and a bilingual child development center
  • Addresses the urgent need for affordable housing and economic opportunity in the Beacon Hill neighborhood
  • A model for community-inspired transit-oriented development