Adjacent to the Bell Street Park and numerous transit stops, 206 Bell represents the transformation of a brownfield into a connected, vibrant luxury apartment community. The LEED-NC (New Construction) Certified project features 122 apartments, a rooftop deck, and electric vehicle charging stations. Rushing’s Sustainability Studio provided LEED Management and Administration services for the project. Achievements…
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This new, mid-rise building located just south of downtown Seattle in the Pioneer Square neighborhood includes 168,000 square feet of office and retails space. 450 Alaskan features a rooftop deck, secured parking and a conference center and amenity space. The building is LEED Gold certified and offers bicycle storage, showers and lockers.
Rushing’s Sustainability Studio worked with the client, Martin Selig Real Estate, and the project team to establish cost effective sustainable design strategies for this 17-story, 400,000 SF high-rise mixed-use building with office and retail space. During the construction process, the Sustainability Studio trained the construction team on waste and indoor air quality management processes. In order to ensure sustainability strategies would…
Arbor Blocks (Blocks 52 and 57) are part of the Facebook Seattle offices located in the growing South Lake Union neighborhood. Block 52 is a 12-story office building with 301,679 square feet of total above-grade construction. The site also includes four levels of below-grade parking for approximately 423 cars. The site also includes public and…
“We understand that innovation and creativity are born through diverse design representation in problem solving.” – Rae Anne Rushing
This 41-story mixed-use high rise includes the 11 floors of The Sound Hotel at Belltown and 30 floors of apartments. Located in the Belltown neighborhood, Arrivé includes 142 hotel rooms and 342 apartments with rooftop lounge for residents showcasing 360-degree views.
This high-rise residential building is situated in the South Lake Union neighborhood of downtown Seattle. With 24 stories and residential units ranging from studios to three-bedroom penthouses, Ascent also includes a rooftop lounge and spa, dog run and pet wash and a courtyard. Rushing led sustainability efforts for the high-rise, resulting in the project being…
With 24 stories and approximately 275 residential units the Avalon Belltown Towers include 406,228 square feet. Studio, one-, two-, three-bedroom apartments and penthouse homes reach more than 240 feet. Amenities include a dog wash/run, club room, roof deck with a fire pit, fitness room, green roof, bike storage and three levels of below-grade parking. The…
This eight-story apartment building includes ground level retail and restaurant space. Situated in the up-and-coming Interbay neighborhood, Axle offers 226 apartment homes with smart technology integration and advanced sustainability features. Axle includes energy-efficient components such as a photovoltaic array, 95% efficiency domestic hot water boiler and energy recovery ventilators. Additional energy savings come from LED…
A single-story classroom addition to a Seattle area private school, the new Bertschi School science classroom is one of the first projects in the region to pursue the Living Building Challenge. This protocol goes above and beyond LEED certification, and includes six strict performance areas: site (including urban agriculture and habitat exchange), water (Net-zero water…
“We pride ourselves on inclusion, sharing a space in which everyone has a voice and a seat at the table.” – Rae Anne Rushing
This four-building complex is located adjacent to the Capitol Hill Sound Transit’s Link light rail station and includes spaces for a community center, a daycare center and a large public plaza which will host the Capitol Hill Farmers Market. Each eight-story building is designed for mixed use—retail and residential—and are all pursuing LEED Platinum certification….
Rushing provided Sustainability Consulting, LEED Management, and LEED Fundamental and Enhanced Commissioning services for this tenant improvement project in the West 8th building in downtown Seattle. In an effort to ensure the design process incorporated smart, cost-effective, high-impact sustainability measures, Rushing’s Sustainability Studio was invited onto the team early on to conduct a sustainability and…
This six-story building includes residential, retail, and restaurant space. Adjacent to one of the most sustainable buildings in the world, the Bullitt Center, the project aims to create a building that not only meets the requirements of LEED, but also suits the energetic, environmentally conscious Capitol Hill neighborhood. The project will include a number of…
Centrally located adjacent to Seattle’s downtown business core, this 32-story residential tower represents a major new element for the First Hill neighborhood. The building includes 335 luxury apartment units and boasts numerous amenities on the 1st and 31st floors including a wine bar, yoga studio and club room with Mount Rainier views. Rushing designed HVAC,…
Rushing partnered with General Investment Development Co. (GID) and Weber Thompson Architects on this 41-story, 355 unit apartment complex located in Seattle’s Denny Triangle. In addition to the 36 floors of residential apartments, the building offers 19 leasable work spaces and ground floor retail. The building was completed in late 2015. Rushing’s electrical team provided…
“We understand that innovation and creativity are born through diverse design representation in problem solving.” – Rae Anne Rushing
Offering affordable housing for qualifying applicants in Lynnwood, CityCenter’s pet-friendly apartments include an exercise room and a game room. The building features 347 residential units in five stories over two levels of parking. Rushing provided LEED for Homes Mid-Rise Silver certification services for this project.
Seattle Cypress Apartments completed construction in 2021. Bounded by East Fir Street, Yesler Way, Broadway…
Looking out over Lake Union, Dexter Station is a Class A office building offering 10 floors of flexible, efficient, state-of-the-art workspaces and a design that encourages collaboration. Dexter Station’s location along the protected bike lanes of Dexter Avenue and two blocks from Lake Union Trail makes it an ideal spot for Seattle’s carbon-free commuters. The…
This unique luxury apartment tower in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood opened in late 2014. The 27-story tower features a number of distinctive features including a first-of-its-kind performance space called The Ground Floor Project as well as a resident bike workshop, p-patch and rooftop demo kitchen. An emphasis on sustainable design underlines the tower’s community-forward character. Rushing’s…
Elara at the Market is a 145-unit mixed-use apartment building situated in downtown Seattle. With studio to two-bedroom penthouse units, Elara also includes a rooftop deck, dog spa and lounge among its amenities. The Rushing Sustainability Studio guided sustainability initiatives for the project from design through construction, reviewing submittals and design drawings to monitor compliance…
“We pride ourselves on inclusion, sharing a space in which everyone has a voice and a seat at the table.” – Rae Anne Rushing
This 30-acre complex includes more than 2,600 apartments across six buildings, each with a range of amenities; the 285-room Westin Hotel for both short and extended stays; and approximately 247,000 square feet of high-tech office space. The site includes a three-acre outdoor park with performance space. Located near two Sound Transit East Link project stations…
Fire Station 29 was remodeled according to the City of Seattle Sustainable Buildings and Site Policy to optimize environmental quality. Rushing provided sustainability consulting for the project targeting LEED-CI certification. The site remodel accommodated apparatus and administrative space as well as the day room and sleeping areas within the fire station. Sustainable features of the…
Rushing was the MEP engineer of record and sustainability/LEED consultant for the First Hill Streetcar Maintenance Facility, providing Integrated Design Facilitation; Sustainability and LEED Consulting; Natural Ventilation Analysis; and Energy Modeling for LEED and Seattle Energy Code RS-29 compliance. Practicing true integrated sustainable design, Rushing’s Sustainabilty Studio facilitated the launch of the design process with a project kick-off…
This 40-story residential tower includes 398 luxury apartments position atop a podium of 3,000 square feet of retail space. Helios also features a rooftop deck, electric vehicle charging stations, low energy appliances, bicycle parking, and a five-story 217-stall underground parking garage. The project received LEED Gold certification May 2018.
The King County Central Maintenance Facility located in Renton, Washington, serves all of King County. The project includes two buildings, a large one-story shop and a two-story administrative building, each approximately 10,000 square feet. The site includes a carpentry shop, metal shop, paint booth, office space, video security system, card access control and electrical vehicle…
“We understand that innovation and creativity are born through diverse design representation in problem solving.” – Rae Anne Rushing
Rushing was the mechanical engineer for the solar hot water heating and photovoltaic array, developed design build documents for the MEP systems, and provided sustainabilty consulting for this 86-unit, mixed-use/mixed-income residential property in North Seattle. With funding from the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the Housing…