company profile

company values
develops real estate projects that enhance the community, both through the creation of new buildings as well as through the preservation and improvement of the area’s architectural gems.
We put a high value on understanding city living in an effort to ensure that our design solutions continue to be informed by current trends in urban environments and society. 

We are a people-focused development company
is unique among most development companies in that we have a people-focused approach to developing multi-family housing. We don’t develop mixed use housing; we strive to create places where people want to live. These principles lay the foundation for planning and design of all the spaces we build. We constantly ask ourselves: how do people want to live? What makes this neighborhood unique and special? What is it that makes this place special and how do we capture that essence in our building, so we are contributing to the fabric of the existing community?

We request numerous meetings with members of a community before we start the planning and design process.
We talk to neighbors; we genuinely want to know what is important about the fabric of this neighborhood and how we can contribute to it in a meaningful way. We strive to develop successful buildings that focus on quality of life by integrating the needs of the people who will live and work there.

EXPERIENCE
Founded over 13 years ago, has made its mark on the Seattle area in both large and small ways. Our team is unique among real estate development companies because of the breadth and diversity of our experience.

CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING
has established a reputation for developing difficult projects, which often include complex market, community and public requirements. The results of our creative problem solving and the tenacity needed for these types of projects are evident from the Paramount Theater, to the Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, to the Olympic Sculpture Park. These problem solving skills are likewise used for private mixed-use developments, to the benefit of those private owners.

Place-Making Principles
At , several key Place-making Principles lay the foundation for planning and design of each and every one of our projects:

  • How do people want to live?
  • Plan for commercial uses at pedestrian scale so they are purposeful and not accidental
  • Commit to making all commercial spaces engage the community so they will become part of the fabric of the community, and become places where neighbors want to be.
  • Plan for pedestrians and how each building will engage each pedestrian to make passing by memorable and want to come back, keeping the scale and experience on a human scale
  • Plan for the way our tenants social life works in this urban setting
  • How do all the entrances work to engage and issue a welcoming call to the people that live in the building?
  • How does the built environment promote and help peoples lives flourish?




director resume
Maria Barrientos  

Company Expertise and Experience

  • Market Research
  • Project Feasibility Analyses
  • Land Aquisition
  • Land Use & Permitting
  • Community Outreach
  • Project Management
  • Construction Management
  • Financial Budget Development / Management
  • Marketing & Lease Up Support
  • Retail & Commercial Tenant Improvement Coordination

development services

  • Multi-family Housing
  • Cultural Arts Facilities
  • Historic Preservation