508 Denny - Fat City at 15 stories
February 1, 2019
Early design ready for Fat City site
By BRIAN MILLER
Journal Staff Reporter
The Fat City garage property, at 508 Denny Way, sold two years ago to a Chinese-related LLC for $8 million. Early project notes have described the planned new residential tower at different heights.
Architect CollinsWoerman now says the preferred option is 15 stories with 154 units.
The proposal has its first design review at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 13 at Queen Anne Community Center, 1901 First Ave. W.
The one-story building, also home to a law office, will be removed.
The monorail currently runs above the old building, but the new building will be set back (east) from the elevated tracks, closer to the alley. Three levels of underground parking with 60 stalls will be accessed from the alley.
There will be a new corner plaza beneath the tracks, totaling 4,340 square feet, plus a small one-story retail building on the north side of the plaza.
Given those setbacks, the main tower footprint will occupy about half of the 13,560-squrare-foot corner. Project size, excluding the parking, is estimated at 97,220 square feet.
The retail/commercial space will total about 3,430 square feet, including another bay on the corner of the main tower, also facing the plaza. The tenant entrance will also be on the plaza.
No roof deck is mentioned, though the projected 8,300 square feet of amenity space indicates that one will be added to the final design. Renderings indicate another roof deck atop the small retail building. Small terraces are also shown for some units.
However, still on the table is the tallest option, which CollinsWorman describes as “a variant that allows the project to pursue the Living Building Pilot Program. This program could allow the project to provide up to an additional three floors (25 feet), 18,980 square feet and 33 units.” That option would be 18 floors and 187 units.
The city's Living Building program allows bonus area in exchange for various green features, which are scored with a so-called “petal” for place, water, energy, health and happiness, materials, equity and beauty. The program also mandates using non-potable water wherever possible, and reducing energy use by 25 percent.
Weisman Design Group is the landscape architect, and KPFF is also on the team.
The owner is listed as Allgreen Holding Limited LLC. Other documents list Millennial Global Holdings, which is linked to the conglomerate Hong Leong Group, which has offices in China and Singapore.
508 Denny - Fat City at 15 stories
February 1, 2019
Early design ready for Fat City site
By BRIAN MILLER
Journal Staff Reporter
The Fat City garage property, at 508 Denny Way, sold two years ago to a Chinese-related LLC for $8 million. Early project notes have described the planned new residential tower at different heights.
Architect CollinsWoerman now says the preferred option is 15 stories with 154 units.
The proposal has its first design review at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 13 at Queen Anne Community Center, 1901 First Ave. W.
The one-story building, also home to a law office, will be removed.
The monorail currently runs above the old building, but the new building will be set back (east) from the elevated tracks, closer to the alley. Three levels of underground parking with 60 stalls will be accessed from the alley.
There will be a new corner plaza beneath the tracks, totaling 4,340 square feet, plus a small one-story retail building on the north side of the plaza.
Given those setbacks, the main tower footprint will occupy about half of the 13,560-squrare-foot corner. Project size, excluding the parking, is estimated at 97,220 square feet.
The retail/commercial space will total about 3,430 square feet, including another bay on the corner of the main tower, also facing the plaza. The tenant entrance will also be on the plaza.
No roof deck is mentioned, though the projected 8,300 square feet of amenity space indicates that one will be added to the final design. Renderings indicate another roof deck atop the small retail building. Small terraces are also shown for some units.
However, still on the table is the tallest option, which CollinsWorman describes as “a variant that allows the project to pursue the Living Building Pilot Program. This program could allow the project to provide up to an additional three floors (25 feet), 18,980 square feet and 33 units.” That option would be 18 floors and 187 units.
The city's Living Building program allows bonus area in exchange for various green features, which are scored with a so-called “petal” for place, water, energy, health and happiness, materials, equity and beauty. The program also mandates using non-potable water wherever possible, and reducing energy use by 25 percent.
Weisman Design Group is the landscape architect, and KPFF is also on the team.
The owner is listed as Allgreen Holding Limited LLC. Other documents list Millennial Global Holdings, which is linked to the conglomerate Hong Leong Group, which has offices in China and Singapore.