By Marc Stiles – Senior Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal

Nov 4, 2023

A Bremerton mixed-use apartment project was named Mixed-Use Development of the Year and the project builder, Sound West Group (SWG), was feted as the Developer of the Year at NAIOP’s Night of the Stars gala Friday in Bellevue.  Encore Architects designed the 270-unit Marina Square, and Compass Construction built Bremerton’s largest private waterfront development, a $140 million project.  Wes Larson is CEO of SWG, which has over 800 apartments in development and construction.

The Deal of the Year is staffing company Insight Global’s 10-year lease of Unico Properties’ 2323 Elliott, a 75,000-square-foot office building on Seattle’s waterfront. Colliers was the broker. Tom Parsons was inducted into the commercial real estate trade group’s Hall of Fame. The veteran developer retired from multifamily builder Holland Partner Group and started Down East Development LLC.

Other Night of the Stars honorees are:

Rise on Madison/Blake House, Affordable Housing Development of the Year. Seattle’s first new low-income tower in decades was developed by Bellwether Housing and Plymouth Housing. Weber Thompson is the architect, Turner Construction the general contractor and KPFF the engineer.

The Ivey on Boren is the High-Rise Residential Development of the Year. Holland Partner Group is the developer of the 406-unit for-rent project with 55,900 square feet of office and 7,400 square feet of facilities for Cornish College of the Arts. Weber Thompson designed it, Holland Construction built it, and Magnusson Klemencic Associates engineered it.

The Muse Whiskey and Coffee Bar at the Port of Everett is Historic Renovation of the Year. It turned the 100-year-old ornate Weyerhaeuser Building that once served as the timber products company’s Mill A headquarters. NGMA Group is the owner/developer, and Flat Rock Productions and Graham Construction and Management, the designer and builders. The Schuster Group also was on the team.

A downtown Bellevue tequila bar and restaurant, Cantina Monarca, is the Hospitality Development of the Year. Elev8 Hospitality Group is the owner/developer. Ferguson Architecture, Bayley Construction, First Western Properties, CKC Structural Engineers and Radius Track Corp. were on the team.

A Ryan Cos. project, 65 Horton, is the Industrial Speculative Development of the Year. Nelson is the architect and Ryan built it. Multifamily Development of the Year (fewer than 100 units) is Eight One Hundred in Bellevue, by Paramount Hotels. It was designed by MG2 and Compton Design, built by JTM Construction and engineered by Coughlin Porter Lundeen.

Trammell Crow Residential’s Alexan Alderwood is Multifamily Development of the Year(over 100 units). The team included Exxel Pacific, general contractor; Strouse Davis Architecture, civil; Terracon, environmental; Terra, geotech; Viewtech, structural; Windsor (mechanical, electrical and plumbing); TBD Creative, interiors; Thomas Rengstorf, landscape.

Wood Partners’ Alta Arlo in Seattle’s Columbia City is Multifamily Residential Urban Development of the Year. Johnston Architects, Exxel Pacific, Coughlin Porter Lundeen and Karen Kiest Landscape Architects were on the team.

Vulcan Real Estate’s 555 Tower in Bellevue is Office Development of the Year. The team includes NBBJ, Turner Construction, Magnusson Klemencic Associates and SABA, interior design. Bungie’s headquarters won Office Interior of the Year. The team includes NBBJ; Turner Construction; Flinn Ferguson, broker; and Arup, engineer.

An office conversion project, 760 Aloha, is Redevelopment/Renovation of the Year. Nitze-Stagen & Co. turned the 1930s paint manufacturing plant into a six-story office and retail building. Team members were Building Work, architect; R. Miller, general contractor; Newmark, broker; Swenson Say Fagét, engineer; and GeoEngineers, Geotech.

Martin Selig Real Estate’s 400 Westlake is the Sustainable Development of the Year. Perkins & Will and Lease Crutcher Lewis were on the team.

Urban Visions’ The Jack office building won the judges’ award for Best in Class Development. The team includes Olson Kundig, architect; JTM Construction; Coughlin Porter Lundeen; and JLL.

The judges’ Innovation Award went to the Microsoft Thermal Energy Center, which NBBJ designed and GLY built. AEI Consultants engineered the project, and OAC Services managed the project.

The judges’ Community Impact Award went to Ethiopian Village, a mixed-use affordable housing project by Ethiopian Community in Seattle and Human Good Affordable Housing. Beacon Development Group was the developer and Environmental Works the architect. Walsh Construction was the contractor and Swenson Say Fagét the engineer.

The People’s Choice Award went to CBRE’s Workplace 360 Seattle project designed by CBRE Heery, built by HITT and engineered by Syska Hennessy Group.