Troy Block
The Project
Lewis delivered a full-block LEED Gold office complex with 820,000 rentable square feet across 12- and 13-story towers.
About
The project integrates two historic buildings, includes a 1,100-stall below-grade garage, and features pedestrian-friendly courtyards and walkways. Lewis also completed tenant buildouts, including 25,000 square feet of FareStart eateries.
Location
Seattle, Washington
Client
Touchstone Corporation / URG
Project News
Adaptive reuse stories
A Seismic Transformation for the State of Oregon’s North Valley Complex
In communities across the Pacific Northwest, residents live with the knowledge that “The Big One,” a mammoth seismic event involving the Cascadia subduction zone, could strike at any time.
The heightened awareness around this and other natural disaster scenarios has accelerated a trend evident for the past decade, especially among public owners. To maintain operational continuity in the face of fires, floods, earthquakes and other events, more light industrial assets are being hardened into resilient facilities.
This was the case in 2019 when the Oregon Department of Administrative Services (DAS) purchased a 175,000-square-foot mixed manufacturing warehouse in Wilsonville, a small city on the southern edge of the Portland metropolitan area. The vision was to reposition the existing concrete tilt-up warehouse into a space capable of supporting a modern research lab, office and resilient emergency center.
DAS selected the warehouse because of its spaciousness, convenient location and capacity to accommodate multiple state agencies, promoting efficiency and collaboration. An additional benefit was the presence of usable equipment, furniture and office build-outs that could be retained in the renovated building (previously, Microsoft had used the building for manufacturing).
Since opening in mid-2023, the North Valley Complex’s shared labs and lab services have been used by the state’s Department of Agriculture, Occupational Safety and Health division, DAS Enterprise Asset Management division, and the state police for its long-term evidence storage needs. The labs and lab services can also accommodate other agencies in the future.
Preserving the Facade at 400 Westlake
The Firestone Building has stood on the corner of Westlake and Harrison since 1929. At nearly 100 years old, it’s got some stories to tell. As a highly-valued historic Seattle landmark nestled in the heart of South Lake Union, the façade of the building is being preserved as a new, super-green 16-story office building is being built within the existing structure, by Lewis and developer Martin Selig Real Estate.