Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue

In real estate development there are times when a new project breaks the mold on conventional design, changes civic policy or sets a record for market success – but there are very few occurrences where a project accomplishes all of the above. Without a doubt, Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue is such a development.

It was just three years ago that a typical parking lot and the former location of the Green Tortoise Hostel occupied the site that would become Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue. Today, thirty-eight floors of architectural indulgences stands 440-feet above The Pike Place Market – representing a shared vision and the exhaustive efforts of all those that helped to realize this community. Along the way there were numerous evolutions in civic process, architectural and interior design, engineering and even the sales and marketing approach. Not surprisingly, Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue has earned praise from industry peers and homebuyers alike. In addition to being recognized with fourteen regional and national awards for development excellence, the community has generated unprecedented sales success and substantial community benefit at the same time. In fact, Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue may well become the prototype for how private and public interests can realize their respective goals while helping to shape the skyline of downtown Seattle.

It's telling that a community designed exclusively for the confident few would become admired by so many.