AMLI Arc explained

AMLI Arc
Alternate Names:Tilt 49
Status:Complete
Building Type:Residential and commercial
Address:1812 Boren Avenue
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Map Type:Seattle WA Downtown
Start Date:June 2015
Topped Out Date:April 2017
Completion Date:2017
Cost:$143 million[1]
Owner:AMLI Residential
Height:South Tower: 440feet
Material:Post-tensioned concrete
Floor Count:AMLI Arc: 41
Tilt 49: 11 (north building)
Floor Area:Tilt 49: 307296square feet
Architecture Firm:ZGF Architects LLP
Developer:Touchstone Corporation, AMLI Residential, Mortenson Development
Structural Engineer:Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Main Contractor:Mortenson Construction
Unit Count:South Tower: 410 apartments
Parking:547 parking stalls
References:[2] [3]

AMLI Arc, also known as Tilt 49, is a mixed-use building complex in Seattle, Washington, United States. It consists of two buildings, both facing Boren Avenue between Stewart and Howell streets: a 41-story, 440adj=midNaNadj=mid residential skyscraper with 368 apartments to the south; and an 11-story, 307296square feet office building with retail space to the north.[4] Tilt 49 shares this block with the Kinects residential tower as well as the cancelled Daola Tower.[2] [3]

Developers Touchstone proposed the building in 2014 and bought the site, then a Goodyear Tires store and surface parking lot, for $16.6 million.[5] Construction began in June 2015.[6] In 2017, Amazon.com announced that it had signed a lease for the entire 11-story office portion of Tilt 49.[7]

The residential tower topped out in April 2017, and was completed in November.[8]

The name of the office building, Tilt 49, refers to the 49-degree angle at which the Denny Triangle neighborhood is aligned relative to true north, facing instead towards waterfront property on Elliott Bay owned by Arthur A. Denny (for whom the neighborhood is named).[9]

Notes and References

  1. News: Rosenberg. Mike. March 10, 2017. Record construction frenzy sweeps downtown Seattle; more building to come. The Seattle Times. March 27, 2017.
  2. Web site: Emporis building ID 1237833 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160805001650/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1237833 . dead . August 5, 2016 . Emporis.
  3. Web site: Tilt 49 Building Fact Sheet . PDF . Touchstone Development . May 9, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160510042036/http://tilt49seattle.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Tilt49-Building-Fact-Sheet.pdf . May 10, 2016 . dead .
  4. News: June 5, 2015 . Touchstone starts Tilt 49: two more towers on Boren . . May 9, 2016.
  5. News: November 3, 2014 . Touchstone pays $17M for Boren site . Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce . May 9, 2016.
  6. News: Stiles . Marc . June 4, 2015 . Construction of huge Tilt49 office/apartment project begins in Seattle . . May 9, 2016.
  7. News: Levy . Nat . March 10, 2017 . Amazon scoops up yet another Seattle office building as it continues to juice downtown construction boom . . March 10, 2017.
  8. News: April 26, 2017 . Mortenson tops out $115M AMLI Arc tower . Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce . April 26, 2017.
  9. News: Stiles . Marc . August 29, 2014 . Mega-project aims to connect South Lake Union, Capitol Hill . Puget Sound Business Journal . May 9, 2016.