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=Lease Crutcher Lewis=

Lease Crutcher Lewis is an American construction firm and general contractor based in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1886 in Montana and moved to Seattle in 1939. The company has been the general contractor for several major projects in the Pacific Northwest, including the Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, Starbucks Center, Amazon headquarters, and Bellevue City Hall.

History
The firm began as Lease and Leigland, a carpentry business founded in 1886 by Newton T. Lease and H.S. Leigland in Cascade, Montana.


 * 1901: First major contract, Cascade County Courthouse (completed in 1903)
 * 1913: N. T. Lease elected mayor of Great Falls, Montana
 * 1929: N. T. Lease dies
 * 1939: Howard Lease moves company to Seattle for war contracts
 * Move completed in 1941?
 * 1942: Alaska division started by Ernie Kissee
 * 1957: Jim Crutcher (son-in-law of Howard) joins firm, renamed to Lease Crutcher Construction
 * 1978: Bill Lewis (Crutcher's nephew, grandson of Howard Lease) joins
 * 1985: Bill Lewis (vice president) leaves to form W. Lease Lewis Company in Seattle
 * May 1989: Merger of Lease Crutcher Construction Company and W. Lease Lewis Co. announced
 * Lewis takes over as CEO
 * Lease Crutcher known for large office buildings and institution, while Lewis for small/medium high-technology work
 * Headquartered in Redmond with 300 employees and a division in downtown Seattle; already in joint venture for Sun Mountain Resort (Winthrop) and Second & Seneca Building
 * 1993: Portland office opens

Operations

 * Current CEO: Bart Ricketts (since 2011)
 * Seattle and Portland offices
 * 2008: 15th largest private company, $523M revenue
 * 2011: 238 employees, special projects (half are LEED)

Major projects

 * 1939: Great Falls Airport
 * 1949: Sea-Tac Airport main terminal
 * 1950s: Alaska for J.C. Penny
 * 1959: Lincoln High School
 * 1966: McMahon Hall
 * 1990s: Portland college facilities
 * 1991: Second & Seneca
 * 2000s: Starbucks headquarters and other offices
 * Boeing
 * Four Seasons Hotel
 * Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
 * Amazon SLU headquarters
 * 2015: Temporary artwork from crane at 300 Boren
 * UW Bothell expansion
 * 2011: McGuire Apartments demolition

Incidents

 * June 2006: Bellevue crane collapse kills resident of nearby building, LCL cited and sued
 * Bellevue City Hall budget

History

 * Parking lot excavated and backfilled?
 * November 2018: Showroom and art gallery on parking lot site
 * October 2019: Financing plan announced, with $450 million loan from Children's Investment Fund
 * CIFF and TCI Fund Management
 * June 2020: Construction begins (a few months late due to COVID)
 * Graham later replaced by Build Group
 * February 2023: 80% pre-sold
 * September 2023: Concrete pouring reaches final floors; office leasing begins
 * May 2024: McLaren Elva lifted into penthouse as part of amenities; 45th story apartment with 3 bedrooms and wrap-around balcony

Design

 * Earlier design had spherical dome atop roof, later revised out
 * John Hogan of Pilchuck Glass School to design glass elements
 * Floors 2 through 7: offices with 114,740 sq ft with 78 dedicated parking stalls
 * Floor 7: Amenity space with "orchard terrace"
 * 5,644 sq ft of restaurant and retail space

History

 * 2016: Fortress Development (Amin "Andy" Lakha) acquires 2.7 acres of the superblock for $44 million; existing Cost Plus World Market on property
 * Proposal for two towers (290 and 260 feet) named The Elan with residential and hotel space
 * Original design by MZA; later replaced by Weber Thompson with new design
 * September 2018: Renamed to Avenue Bellevue; updated design plan with 330 condos, 251 hotel rooms, 75,000 sq ft of retail
 * November 2018: InterContinental announced as hotel tenant
 * "Took more than 3 years to assemble the site"; Lakha "got his start developing gas stations and convenience stores" and moved on to mixed-use projects; "traveled to Italy to handpick Carrara marble"; 'building elevators to lower delivery trucks below grade"
 * "Avenue Bellevue – named for the new street that will wind through the property in a way to slow down motor vehicle traffic, giving pedestrians and bicyclists priority."
 * February 2019: PCL initially announced as main contractor
 * JTM replaces PCL as contractor
 * September 18, 2019: Groundbreaking with city officials
 * "Units will range from studios, starting at mid-$600K, to 2-bedroom homes, starting at $1.3M."
 * Sales begin in 2019, by December 30% have pre-sold
 * Construction halt due to COVID-19 pandemic, resumes in August 2020ish
 * April 2021: $700 million construction loan from Silverstein Capital Partners announced
 * November 17, 2022: West Tower topped out
 * December 16, 2022: South Tower topped out
 * November 2023: InterContinental opening delayed from October to January 2024
 * Delayed to February, then April, then June 15, 2024
 * Restaurant plans: sushi restaurant "MM" by Masaharu Morimoto, PastaRamen by Robbie Felice, Joshue Skenes, Teleferic Barcelona tapas, Salt & Straw, Forte Chocolate, etc.
 * Buddhazen 11,000 sqft restaurant with DJ booth, pagoda, staircase, nightclub design
 * March 2024: Morimoto and Felice leave project


 * Future
 * Phase II: West of the towers on 102nd Avenue Northeast with third tower for condos or apartments
 * Acquired in September 2018?
 * Phase III: Southwest corner of the block
 * Northwest side of block (former University Book Store until 2017) sold to 47 North

Design and layout

 * Wavy design
 * West Tower: 221 condominiums, described as "market rate" range from 567 to 1,873 sq ft; South Tower: 141 "estate condos" range from 469 to 3,019 sq ft, along with 251 hotel rooms
 * Prices start at $1 million for one-bedroom estate, $2 million for 2-bed, $3.9 million for 3-bed
 * West tower starts at $900,000; 4 penthouses on 25th floor, 3 on 26th floor; $14.3 million for largest penthouse
 * InterContinental Hotel operated by Benchmark Resorts & Hotels with 208 rooms, ranging from 306 to 380 sqft plus a two-bedroom presidential suite (1,500 sqft)
 * 12,000 sqft of meeting space and a grand ballroom with 4,250 sqft
 * Hotel in floors 3 to 11 in the South Tower
 * "High street" woonerf in the middle with retail, plus skybridge
 * Superblock is 8.25 acres; northeast corner is Avalon Towers, southeast corner is a Kemper-leased strip mall
 * Woonerf between buildings
 * 826 parking spaces

History

 * Groundbreaking in February 1981
 * Units selling for $157 to $975 thousand
 * Opened October 1982
 * 2013: Penthouse listed for $4.7 million

Design and architecture

 * Art Deco
 * "Every room is a corner room"; views of campus, Lake Union, Mount Rainier, Lake Washington


 * Resources
 * HistoryLink
 * Architect and Engineer

History

 * 1930-02: Project announced, funded by university merchants (University Community Hotel Corporation)
 * 1931-11-12: Hotel Edmond Meany opens
 * Named for Prof. Edmond S. Meany
 * 300 guests, including mayor, celebrate at opening reception
 * Completed during Great Depression and struggled financially for decades


 * 1961: Sold to Western Hotels, $250,000 modernization plan announced


 * 1995: Acquired by Starwood Lodging
 * 1997: $5 million renovation by NBBJ to restore Art Deco features; Meany Hotel name restored
 * 2000: Sold to Best Western for $11.5 million


 * 2005: Potential impact to hotel forces move of light rail station


 * 2005: Sold to Noble House Hotels & Resorts
 * 2017: Sold for $44.6 million by LaSalle Hotel Properties to AJ Capital Partners (Graduate Seattle Owner LLC), renovation planned


 * Names
 * 1931: Edmond Meany Hotel
 * 1967: University Tower Hotel
 * 1986: Meany Tower Hotel
 * 1997: Edmond Meany Hotel
 * 2001: Best Western University Tower Hotel
 * 2006: Hotel Deca
 * 2017: Graduate Hotel Seattle?

History

 * Funded with EB-5
 * May 21, 2018: Opened to the public
 * Robot helper

Design

 * 185 hotel rooms (floors 3 to 11), 350 apartments (Airmark)
 * 15,000 sq ft of meeting space
 * Tallest building between Seattle and Tacoma
 * 195th floor Rainier Room meeting space
 * Waterleaf Restaurant & Bar
 * Rooftop patio and gym for residents

History

 * Timeline
 * Design work began in 2010?
 * February 2012: Original proposal submitted to city
 * Westbank previously built tallest building (ShangriLa)
 * Initial marketing name: Gesamtkunstwerk
 * October 2013: Design and rezone approved by city council
 * 800 people in open houses, packed public hearing with opposition to view blocking/shadows/density
 * July 2014: Sales begin
 * 90 percent sold before groundbreaking
 * Foreign buyers
 * Certified by World Housing
 * October 2014 to March 2015: Demolition on site
 * Formerly home to a car repair shop and storage lockers
 * March 2015: Construction begins
 * Topping out expected in June 2018
 * 2018: Expected completion
 * Severe flooding in 2021

Design

 * Site restriction: 30-metre setback from bridge
 * Cantilevers over bridge with upper floors
 * "Granville loops" ramps across the street to be demolished
 * Podium includes plaza under bridge ramp with public art and chandelier
 * Design concept by Ingles Group: beginning with base as "flatiron" (6,000 sqft) and ending with square (14,000 sqft)
 * 333 suites, 50 estate homes (floors 47 to 57), 8 penthouses (58th and 59th floors)
 * Largest penthouse renting at $20 million
 * Copper cladding on exterior
 * All 388 condominiums have unique floor plans
 * 2015 honors at World Architecture Festival: Future Project of the Year
 * Bjarke Ingles hoped to break up monotony of "Vancouverism"
 * Westbank commissioned $4.8 million chandelier to hang under bridge
 * CNN praise


 * Awards
 * 2021: Best Tall Building by CTBUH

Design and functions

 * Designed by NBBJ
 * Original layout: 15-story structure for hospital and 7-story structure for police
 * Garages below memorial court
 * World War II memorial in plaza
 * Artwork: Nine Spaces Nine Trees (1982; moved to UW in 2007)

History

 * Site of Charles C. Terry's pioneer home (built in 1857)
 * Replaced previous Public Safety Building at 400 Yesler (home to police, jail, health, and hospital from 1916 onwards)
 * 1946: $5.5 million for new building sought


 * 1948: Tenants evicted and site razed
 * 1949: Superstructure erection
 * Opening delayed from summer 1950 to 1951
 * 1951-01-19: Dedication ceremony for building, attended by city officials and mayor of Vancouver BC
 * Citizen tours offered
 * 1951-01-22: Police Department moves into building
 * 1961-02-01: Health Department moves into building
 * Final cost: $7 million


 * 1954: Repairs approved by city council at cost of $737,973, required because of cracking walls and falling tiles in new building


 * Demolition and replacement
 * 2002: New Justice Center opens for police department and municipal court
 * Demolition begins in late 2005
 * Public plaza planned
 * Seattle Civic Square approved in 2009, on hold as of 2016

Design and architecture

 * Resources
 * NRHP
 * HABS WA

Functions

 * 3-building complex with 450 employees
 * City council chambers on first floor

History

 * 1903: Masonic temple built at site, cornerstone laid by President Theodore Roosevelt
 * 1928: 21 story tower announced on site of old Masonic temple
 * 1931: Construction completed on Medical Arts Building, to be occupied by 150 doctors' office; rent lowered because of ongoing depression
 * 1968: Sand blasting?
 * 1977: City purchases building for use as new city hall, replacing Old City Hall
 * 1978: Listed NRHP
 * 1980: Renovation for city offices
 * 2016: $1.5 million renovations of council chambers and customer service center
 * "About 450 city employees work in the Tacoma Municipal Building and its annex."

History

 * Built in 1910?
 * Located at 2038 Westlake (Lenora)
 * single room occupancy
 * 5 stories, wood construction, 60 rooms
 * Identified as a "high hazard" structure by city; inspected hours before fire

1970 fire
At 2:30 am on March 20, 1970, a fire set by an arsonist began at two of the hotel's stairways.


 * 20 deaths (worst since 1943 B-29 crash/fire)
 * 42 of 60 rooms occupied at the time of fire

Aftermath

 * Arson remains unsolved
 * Fire code ordinance that led to decline of Skid Row

Demolition and current use

 * Demolished by 1980, according to aerial imagery
 * Modern Amazon office in West 8th (built 2009)