1201 Third Avenue

Skyscraper in Seattle, Washington February 2025 Tower 1201 1201 Third Avenue.jpg 200 Seen from Kerry Park in August 2015 Washington Mutual TowerThe Spark Plug1201 Third Avenue 1201 Third AvenueSeattle, Washington, U.S. 47.6072 -122.3361 region:US-WA inline,title Seattle WA Downtown Location within downtown Seattle 1988 Commercial offices 235.31 m on 556 below ground 103572 m2 on Kohn Pedersen Fox AssociatesThe McKinley Architects KPFF Consulting Engineers Howard S. Wright Construction Wright Runstad & Co. 1045https://www.emporis.com/buildings/119425 https://web.archive.org/web/20151018182156/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/119425 usurped October 18, 2015 Emporis building ID 119425 Emporis16420006939 https://www.tower1201.com/ Tower 1201 (formerly known as Washington Mutual Tower, and more recently 1201 Third Avenue) is a 235.31 m ft us mid, 55-story skyscraper in Downtown Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the third-tallest building in the city, the eighth-tallest on the West Coast of the United States, and the 97th-tallest in the United States. Developed by Wright Runstad & Company, construction began in 1986 and finished in 1988. Tower 1201 was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates and The McKinley Architects. The building was the world headquarters of the financial company Washington Mutual from the building's opening until 2006, when the company moved across the street to the WaMu Center (renamed the Russell Investments Center after the bank collapsed in 2008). History Kohn Pedersen Fox was hired to design the tower while visiting Seattle to be interviewed as a possible candidate for the job of designing the Seattle Art Museum. It was the first major office building built under Seattle's 1985 downtown zoning plan, largely implemented in response to the Columbia Center, which called for height limits, interesting profiles, and height and density bonuses for public amenities to create a 24-hour downtown.Timothy Egan A 55-Story Tower Inaugurates A New Downtown Zoning Plan https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/11/realestate/in-the-nation-seattle-a-55-story-tower-inaugurates-a-new-downtown-zoning-plan.html The New York Times May 11, 1986 August 12, 2010 The tower took advantage of all the height bonuses for public amenities that the 1985 plan called for including an entrance to the Metro Bus Tunnel (later renamed the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel), retail space, day care, public plaza, sculptured top, hillside public escalators, and lobby/atrium public access, as well as donating $2.5 million for off-site housing.John Gregerson Seattle Tower Earns Its Place on the Skyline http://www.allbusiness.com/real-estate/commercial-residential-property-commercial/7464323-1.html Building Design & Construction March 1990 December 6, 2007 By providing the amenities the designers were able to add 28 stories to the tower and almost double the base floor area ratio of the site. The building was built on the site of the 12-story Savoy Hotel which was imploded in 1986; however, the architects were able to incorporate two aluminum castings from the Savoy into the design of the tower. Another building on the same block, the historic Brooklyn (Hotel) Building was retained and this too was factored into the design of the tower.https://bythedarkofthemoon.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/i-love-what-youve-done-with-the-place/ I just love what you've done with the place Just Wondering (blog) June 11, 2011 Jan 11, 2019 The New York Times named it one of the three best new office buildings in the United States in 1988, and in the May 1989 issue of Architecture Magazine Walter McQuade called it "perhaps the best recent addition to any U.S. skyline". Paul Goldberger said of the tower, "The building seems proud of its height; for all its classical elements it has a certain sleekness, and in this sense it is characteristic of our time, at least in intention, for it bespeaks a desire to combine the formal imagery of classicism and the energizing aura of modernity."Paul Goldberger Proud of Its Height, A New Tower Rules Over Seattle https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/27/arts/architecture-view-proud-of-its-height-a-new-tower-rules-over-seattle.html The New York Times November 27, 1988 August 12, 2010 Seattlites have voted the 55-story skyscraper as one of their favorite buildings. The building is managed by Wright Runstad & Company. MetLife Real Estate Investments and Clarion Partners bought the building in 2012 for $548.8 million.1201 Third Avenue office tower in Seattle sells for $548.8 million https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2012/11/02/1201-third-avenue-office-tower-in.html Puget Sound Business Journal November 2, 2012 January 12, 2018 The building is home to a perch for Peregrine falcons, who are monitored using a public webcam that was installed in 1994.Bosch Heather April 5, 2017 What happened to Seattle's peregrine falcons? https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/pets-and-animals/what-happened-to-seattles-peregrine-falcons/429014279 KING 5 News June 14, 2019Garland Alex June 13, 2019 How a Seattle skyscraper became a refuge for falcons https://seattle.curbed.com/2019/6/13/18678095/peregrine-falcon-nests-downtown-seattle-photos https://web.archive.org/web/20190614215428/https://seattle.curbed.com/2019/6/13/18678095/peregrine-falcon-nests-downtown-seattle-photos dead June 14, 2019 Curbed Seattle June 14, 2019 In 2021, JPMorgan Chase (who acquired the remaining assets of Washington Mutual) moved into a 20,000 sqft sqm mid space at 1201 Third Avenue. The single-floor space is used by 160 employees in the bank's cybersecurity and technology division and was completed in 2022.Morgan Rick November 20, 2022 Peek inside JPMorgan's new downtown Seattle tech center https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2022/11/20/jpmorgan-chase-tech-center-seattle.html Puget Sound Business Journal November 20, 2022 The Puget Sound Regional Council, a metropolitan planning organization, moved its headquarters to the fifth floor of 1201 Third Avenue in January 2024.Thompson Joey August 28, 2023 Regional planning agency to leave longtime space for 1201 Third tower https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2023/08/28/psrc-1201-third.html Puget Sound Business Journal subscription January 26, 2024 Perkins Coie, an original tenant, plans to move to the nearby Russell Investments Center in 2025 and vacate their space at 1201 Third Avenue.Miller Brian November 20, 2023 Perkins Coie leaving 1201 Third for half the space on Second Avenue https://www.djc.com/news/re/12160580.html Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce November 27, 2023 See also Architecture List of tallest buildings List of tallest buildings in Seattle List of tallest buildings in the United States Gallery File:1201 Third Avenue Street Level.jpg 1201 Third at street level File:1201 Third Avenue Tower 02.jpg West face of 1201 Third File:Seattle_-_1201_Third_Avenue_from_Elliott_Bay_01.jpg 1201 Third from Elliott Bay References 2 External links Wright Runstad & Company website Tower 1201 website Flickr Group: Washington Mutual Tower Category:Office buildings completed in 1988 Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Seattle Category:Kohn Pedersen Fox buildings Category:Postmodern architecture in Washington (state) Category:Buildings and structures in Downtown Seattle Category:Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design platinum certified buildings Category:1988 establishments in Washington (state)