The exclusive high-end condos in the Four Seasons are scheduled for completion end of October this year. Twenty five of the thirty six homes are sold since they started marketing two years ago. I took a hard hat tour yesterday and the weather was pretty damp. The pictures didn’t turn out quite as what I wanted them but I’ve posted them nonetheless.
When asked about the thought that goes behind the architectural design, Molly Gleason, the sales manager pointed out that the architects wanted a more subtle design for the building that expressed a northwestern and natural feel that would blend in with the downtown neighborhood. They did not want a pop out design for the building. The interior of the hotel also uses earthy colored slate stones and marble. You can see that same northwestern, earthy feel extended throughout other parts of the hotel as well.
Residences will have their own private entrance separate from the hotel portion. Owners can access only to their own level. One of the reasons that Four Seasons appeals to these buyers is the privacy and security they expect from the hotel. Many of the home buyers went with the finishes that the developer picked out with a number of them bringing in their own architects and interior designers to help them customize and design their homes. The customization option will not be available once the unsold units are completed. The developer has not raised their price, however, once the homes are completed, they expect to raise it by 3%.
Penthouse level homes (Approx. 3,500 square feet of outdoor space and 5,300 square feet of indoor space.)
The residence level has 23 different floor plans, this makes it more difficult to build since they are not your generic stacked homes. The developer wants to provide more variety to home buyers so that they can find something that resonates with them and to suit the way they want to live.
Here are some of my takeaway thoughts:
- Even though the hotel portion is unfinished, you could imagine that once they finish it up, this would be what you would expect from a high end hotel, high end finishes and strict attention to details on the design.
- Main selling point is the Four Seasons brand with privacy and security as the next biggest appeal for homebuyers. The location is of course one of the major selling points for this building as well. For someone looking for this type of high-end product, price is usually a non-issue.
- High grade wall to ceiling windows are used in these homes to block out noise coming from I-99. This really helps insulating the noise from the road.
The sales center will be opened by appointment this November in one of their residences on the 11th level.
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I’m not so fond of this development. For a start, the frontage on 1st Ave is completely pedestrian unfriendly and is basically a solid blank wall. I’m boggled they got that past a design review. Perhaps money changed hands?
Secondly, the condo’s have a nice view – of the viaduct! Given the level of traffic noise, the windows would need to be six inches thick. And once the viaduct is gone, they’ll have a couple of years of construction to put up with.
25 of 36 condo’s is much less than they have claimed before. Last time I checked there was only one unit available, now there are suddenly eleven. How long before Seattle condo’s see the foreclosure rates seen in Miami?
Ace, in answer to your question.. I don’t think we’ll see here in Seattle the foreclosure rates seen in Miami. Save that for Vancouver, B.C. That’s the “Miami” of our region. Instead, Seattle will have foreclosure rates CLOSE to that of Miami 🙂
Oh yeah, and I totally agree with you – The Four Seasons development is one HECKUVA UGLY building. They can say it was to “blend in,” but I say it was to be on the cheap. The building is rather boring and reminds me of pre-war realism in communist Russia. What were they thinking?
I wish I could afford to live there, and I would wait till they open before I judge the pedestrian friendlyness. I think it is a welcome addition to the niegborhood.
Sooner or later, the viaduct is coming down. The view will be a lot better, because with the viaduct as ugly as it is, they’ll never build something that horrible on the waterfront again.
Whether it’s a tunnel (I hope), a street-level parkway (most likely), or a new style viaduct that has a park on top or something, they’ll almost certainly NOT replace it with something that ugly.
On the other hand, it just kills me that they built the Four Seasons projet considering the next door neighbors, a strip club/porno joint. The building’s owners like the income from the porn business’s rent, so they have no incentive to move (the Four Seasons developers offered them a pretty sum of money for their lot) and they might well stay there for years.
It amazes me that the Four Seasons is getting 2100 bucks a square foot next to a porn store, even a porn store with an awesome sense of humor (the Lusty Lady’s marquee is one of the best things about that part of Seattle, IMO).
so what …pornjoint? .sex. its all human nature. everyone s into it..who gives a sh..
I wish I had the dough to live there. Great views and oh..I m too tired to cook tonight.
Room service how may I help you?
ps comments that Miami Seattle similiar are nonsense. I can count/onehand the number of new condos comin on market here. Down there?? forget about it
As usual most of the layouts are not so great! Some of the 2nd bedrooms don’t have a private bathroom (it is across a hallway) and aren’t that big either. Worse still some of the kitchen are wide open to the dining/ living area!? surely anyone buying a place for 2 million plus should expect a separate kitchen, especially if they have household help doing the cooking (what’s the point of being somewhat wealthy if one still has to cook and clean?