Sellen Selected for Pike Place Market Development

Sellen Construction has been selected by the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority as the general contractor/construction manager to realize the vision for the last undeveloped parcel in the Pike Place Market. Established over 106 years ago, the Pike Place Market will meet the next century as an anchor connection to Seattle's new Central Waterfront with this development.

Called the “Pike Place Market Waterfront Entrance,” the project includes new public view terraces overlooking Elliott Bay, low-income housing, a flexible commercial space that will showcase local food producers, space for restaurants with outdoor seating and market day stalls leading to a pedestrian walkway that descends to the waterfront.

The removal of the Alaskan Way Viaduct and the development of Seattle's Central Waterfront are providing unique opportunities for Pike Place Market to reclaim underused land and create a dynamic connection between Seattle's downtown and waterfront.

The mixed-use project will total approximately 165,000 square feet of building and 46,000 square feet of exterior improved area. It will include a 120,000-square-foot, below-grade parking garage with approximately 300 parking stalls, storage and service spaces. Above grade, on the south half of the site, will be a four-story, 22,250-square-foot residential building with approximately 36 income-qualified housing units above 1,600 square feet of retail along Western Avenue.

On the north half of the site, there will be a 17,000-square-foot commercial building with restaurant and retail spaces. There is approximately 36,000 square feet of public open space occupying the various roof levels of the project.

Design and preconstruction are underway and construction is anticipated to start summer of 2014 and be completed in late 2015. Based on current project scope, construction cost is estimated at $50 million.

The PDA, architecture firm The Miller Hull Partnership and owner's representative Shiels Obletz Johnsen closely collaborated with New York-based James Corner Field Operations, which is designing the new Seattle waterfront after the Alaskan Way Viaduct comes down in 2016.

For more information, visit www.sellen.com.