2200 Westlake which is ready for occupancy starting this month includes the luxuries of the attached Pan Pacific Hotel — including butler services, personal shopping, limousine, in-home massage, room service, a beauty salon, and a day spa. In addition, the development provides over 20 on-site retail shops and services. The recently opened Whole Foods Market is right below the hotel.
The three buildings designed by Northwest Architectural firm Collins Woerman extensively use floor-to-ceiling glass, architectural concrete, and brick and steel. The floor plans and interior decorating were done by Weber + Thompson.
Aria is an 18-story tower which also is home to the Pan Pacific Hotel. 33 Premium condominiums are located within this building.
Azur is a 12-story tower with 102 homes,
Arte is a 15-story tower with 126 units.
Top materials and appliances are used throughout the units. Floor plans include town homes, studios, lofts, one bedrooms, one bedroom +dens, two bedrooms & two bedroom plus dens. Homes range in size from 500 sf to 2,000 sf. While 2200 Westlake is currently sold out, the units originally ranged in price from $300K to over $2 MM. Ceilings are 9-10 ft tall with the exception of town homes where they soar to 18 feet. The condominiums boast air conditioning, central heating, and the luxury kitchens you would expect from a contemporary high end project.
Originally a joint venture between Vulcan Inc., Paul Allen’s development group and Milliken Development Group, the latter was bought out by the former in 2005 after 95% of the condos had already been sold and the much of the retail space had been leased. Milliken Development already had had a number of Seattle based retail successes including the Marketplace at Queen Anne and The Harvard Market.
2200 Westlake is Vulcan’s first hotel/condo development in the South Lake Union Neighborhood. Enso, Rollin and Veer Lofts, Vulcan’s second round projects in SLU are going to start their home selection process in January 2007.
Pros
-Hotel amenities
-Whole Foods Market
Cons
-Heavy traffic flow along Denny Way
Summary Ratings:
Exterior: Very good
Interior: Very good
Location: Good
Value: Average
View: Good
Amenities: Excellent
Overall: Good
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Hi Wendy, just wanted to tell you that I enjoy reading your posts. I’ll be moving into a unit in the Arte tower in mid January, and though I soured on it a bit due to the delays – I am pretty excited to be finally moving in!
I’m also looking to a presale purchase, possibly at Veer, maybe not… so I’ll be continuing to keep my eyes on your blog.
What is your opinion on the Veer? I have
the earliest (or one of the earliest) spots at the Veer, so I’d have the choice of most any unit (minus that “penthouse”)… problem is, I’m not sure what to make of the place.
On one hand, the flats seem to be a good value (mid 200’s => high 300’s; 3rd floor corner until = low 400’s.). On the other hand, the flats, with 9′ ceilings are no different than any other condo unit on the market, or even on the horizon. Seems like the appeal of the Veer is that it’s hip/unique/a value. Also, being that it’s a fairly low building, I can’t see a view being a major benefit of this buidling. That steers me towards the flexi/full lofts & not paying too much attention to the view direction.
The real nice units, however – the 6th floor full lofts seem to be VERY expensive (600’s) considering the lack of high end finishes throughout & wood frame construction. I’m starting to think that the sweet spot would be towards the lower end of the price scale.
BTW, thanks for all work you put into the site!
Good questions Dan. Veer’s an interesting opportunity. Some people think the location is a bit undeveloped from a residential point of view and as you point out, it’s not exactly bargain priced. However, the open loft layouts are of great interest to many people and that may offset the cons.
As for specific units within Veer, you should definitely try and do a pricing analysis of the units and find the ones that offer the best combination of advantages (height, layout, view, etc.) and price. This is a standard service I provide to my clients who are buying pre-sale and something you can either do on your own or ask your Realtor to do for you.
Hope this helps!
Wendy
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Is it that great of a deal to buy presale? I have been looking at the 2200 condos and there seems to be a lot of vacancies and plenty to choose from. Are homes currently over priced in that area? I also have been looking at the cosmo homes and it seems prices there have been dropping. Could you please advise. Thanks.
If you’re looking for a place to live, 2200 and Cosmo are pretty good since a lot of the speculators are trying to release their units and they’re all competing against each other.
To consider this project ground breaking and 5 star is an insult to Seattle. We ended up with structures no more attractive than any run of the mill apartment buildings and the amenities are a joke. I especially love the 42 lock boxed I saw when I turned the site. I call this project a failure.
“failure” seems a bit much. it probably hasn’t lived up to the hype but then again, it’s hard to imagine how it could have.
Hype… or maybe a bit of people’s imaginations running wild. Slick marketing has a way of doing that to people.
As far as groundbreaking… I don’t see how it cannot be considered as such. It’s the first mixed use project pioneering an area that’s transitioning towards increasingly bigger things.
In any case, I don’t quite see how resales have anything to do with the success or failure of a project. (Aren’t flips/resales really an indicator of the general mood or perception towards the general market?)
The project itself has received national awards (incl. ULI), Vulcan has done well financially by selling nearly all the units.
Whether or not there’s a bubble in the Seattle condo market, whether or not its investors lose their shirts, whether or not the building is “pretty” is probably not a great indicator of it’s status as a success/failure.
And in case you’re wondering, no, I don’t work for Vulcan.
2200 was a huge disappointment. We contracted presale and come time to inspect prior to move in, we stunned by the inferior workmanship. Dings in the flooring, chipped painting, incomplete painting, a deck that flooded in the rain. When asked for another run through after fixes were supposed to have been done, we were told no. Huh? Who buys under those circumstances. We were to pay $745,000 the quality of which would have cost around $200 K in the suburbs. Very poor view, and just poor value all around. To say the marketing here was superb, is an understatement. These people did an increible job. They should be doing PR for the new administration. We bought at the Newmark, got a fantastic unit for much less, with a view of Pike Place Market and the sound, from the ferry terminal to Magnolia which is superb. We now shudder passing 2200 and how close we came.