Earlier this year Amazon.com tentatively bought three blocks in Seattle's Denny Triangle in one of Seattle's biggest real-estate deals in years, and this month they've released designs for the new expansion project. Seattle-based Amazon purchased the three blocks — bounded roughly by Westlake Avenue, Sixth Avenue and Blanchard Street — from their longtime owner, Seattle's Clise family. Amazon is now seeking approval for its plan to erect three 38-story towers in a 3.3 million square foot project that would bring its workforce together in Seattle.
According to a Puget Sound Business Journal article, the early design packet submitted by Seneca Real Estate Group Inc. and architecture firm NBBJ includes several potential amenities. One possibility is an "awareness garden" featuring storm-water management waterways flowing alongside the walkways. Another is a neighborhood walking/jogging trail leading to a public square resembling Westlake Plaza; the plaza would be located near the intersection of 7th Avenue and Lenora Street.
The Puget Sound Business Journal reported on the proposed designs:
The simplest master plan would put two office towers on each of the three blocks. Alleys would remain in place with office buildings on either side.
Each of the three other master plans would eliminate mid-block alleys, allowing a single T-shaped, L-shaped or Z-shaped building to be constructed on each site. The designs would allow for public open spaces on each of the blocks, with an auditorium located adjacent to Lenora Street between 6th and 7th avenues.
The other alternatives propose different alignments for the buildings. In the second alternative, known as the City Street Scheme, the office buildings would be aligned perpendicular to the numbered avenues. In a third alternative known as the Westlake Scheme, two of the buildings would be oriented toward Westlake Avenue while the third building would be turned 45 degrees so that its length would run along a true east/west axis.
The fourth alternative, called Preferred Scheme, would have the two towers between 6th and 7th avenues sitting perpendicular to 7th Avenue with the third tower between 7th and 8th avenues running perpendicular to 7th Avenue.
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