Troy Laundry Building (Seattle)

Troy Laundry Building
LocationSeattle, Washington
Coordinates47°37′16″N 122°20′4″W / 47.62111°N 122.33444°W / 47.62111; -122.33444
Built1927[1]
Demolished2013
ArchitectVictor W. Voorhees[1]
DesignatedMarch 11, 1996[1]
Troy Laundry Building (Seattle) is located in Washington (state)
Troy Laundry Building (Seattle)
Location of Troy Laundry Building in Washington (state)

The Troy Laundry Building is a 1927 building in the South Lake Union/Cascade District of Seattle. The building was originally built to house the Troy Laundry Company. It was designated as Seattle Landmark in March 1996.[1]

Renovation

The building was demolished in 2013, but its facade facing the intersection of Fairview Avenue and Thomas Street was preserved for incorporation into two new highrise office buildings, known as the Troy Block.[2] The project cost an estimated $285 million and began construction in 2015.[3] This two tower complex is designed by architecture firm Perkins + Will with Lease Crutcher Lewis as the general contractor. One tower is 13 stories high while the other is 12 stories.[4] The Troy Block was completed in October 2017 with a total of 811,500 square feet (75,390 m2) of office space and several retail spaces, including an Amazon Go that opened a year later.[5][6] The entire complex was sold to a Miami-based real estate investment firm in 2019 for $740 million.[7]

Seattle Coffee Works operates here, as of 2023.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Troy Laundry designation report" (PDF). City of Seattle. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-29. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. ^ Stiles, Marc (June 26, 2013). "Construction to start on big tech office project in Seattle's South Lake Union (slide show)". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  3. ^ Rosenberg, Mike (March 10, 2017). "Record construction frenzy sweeps downtown Seattle; more building to come". The Seattle Times. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  4. ^ Levy, Nat (March 24, 2015). "Amazon will lease Troy Block, Touchstone's project in SLU". Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  5. ^ Stiles, Marc (October 4, 2017). "Amazon's Troy Block in SLU is now complete. Is a sale next?". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
  6. ^ Garnick, Coral (September 4, 2018). "Amazon opens third Amazon Go cashierless store in Seattle". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
  7. ^ Rosenberg, Mike (March 26, 2019). "Big Amazon-leased office block in South Lake Union nets $740 million sale". The Seattle Times. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
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