Aspira (building)
| Aspira | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Viewed from Virginia Street and Boren Avenue | |
  Location within downtown Seattle | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Retail/Residential |
| Location | Seattle, Washington |
| Address | 1823 Terry Avenue |
| Coordinates | 47°36′58″N 122°20′01″W / 47.616047°N 122.333473°W |
| Construction started | 2007 |
| Completed | 2009 |
| Opening | March 2010 |
| Owner | TIAA |
| Height | |
| Roof | 400 ft (122 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 37 |
| Floor area | 346,000 sq ft (32,100 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 3 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | LMN Architects |
| Developer | Urban Partners |
| Main contractor | Turner Construction |
| Other information | |
| Number of units | 325 |
| References | |
| [1][2][3] | |
Aspira is a 400-foot-tall (122 m) skyscraper in the Denny Triangle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It has 37 floors, and mostly consists of apartments, of which there are 325 units. Parking spaces total 355. Construction began in 2007 and was completed in late 2009. The building is located on Stewart Street at Terry Avenue.
History
Urban Partners first proposed a 37-story residential and retail tower on the parking lot of the Gethsemane Lutheran Church, located south of the intersection of Stewart Street and Terry Avenue,[4] in July 2006.[5]
Construction on the tower began in 2007. The project was completed in late 2009 and opened to tenants in March 2010.[6]
In November 2012, the tower was sold to TIAA-CREF for $165.7 million, setting a new regional record with a per-unit price of $509,760.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Aspira". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ "Emporis building ID 316167". Emporis. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015.
- ^ Aspira High-Rise Residential Tower Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine, LMN Architects
- ^ "State keeps two Seattle construction cranes shut down". Puget Sound Business Journal. June 13, 2008. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
- ^ "Permit & Complaint Status: Project # 3003807". Seattle Department of Planning and Development. July 26, 2006. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
- ^ "Aspira Apartments Open This Weekend, under Budget and Ahead of Schedule" (Press release). The Keller Group. March 19, 2010. Retrieved September 1, 2016 – via Business Wire.
- ^ Stiles, Marc (November 2, 2012). "TIAA-CREF is buyer of Aspira downtown Seattle apartment tower". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
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