Escala Condominium Tower, Downtown, Seattle, WA (2004-2009)

Structure Type: built works - dwellings - houses - apartment houses

Designers: Dunn, J.E., Construction Company (firm); Mulvanny G2 (firm); Turner Construction Company (firm); John Ernest Dunn (building contractor); Henry Chandlee Turner (building contractor/civil engineer)

Dates: constructed 2004-2009

4th Avenue and Virginia Street
Downtown, Seattle, WA 98101
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This condominium tower advertised its "five-star" features including "a subterranean wine cave, a private dinner club, concierge services, premium finishes, and expensive terraces." Prices ranged at opening from the mid-$500,000s to over $4 million. It was scheduled to open in Spring 2007. In 2010, a 952-square-foot unit started at $384,000; a 1,607-square-foot, 2-bedroom, 2-bath unit started at $699,000.

PCAD id: 8324

Publications

Cohen, Aubrey, "What you see is what you could get", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, B1, 02/27/2007. Nickels, Greg, Rasmussen, Tom, "Seattle makes good on its commitment to affordable housing", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, B7, 07/31/2007. Cohen, Aubrey, "Home prices up, but not way up", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, A1, A10, 08/29/2007. "P-I Editorials The housing blues", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, B5, 10/15/2007. Iwasaki, John, "1 in 10 youth in state lives in poverty", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, B1, B2, 08/29/2007. Cohen, Aubrey, "Home prices likely to hold steady, study suggests", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, B1, B3, 06/20/2007. Cohen, Aubrey, "Housing prices rising, but not as quickly", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, B1, B4, 03/02/2007. Cohen, Aubrey, "Seattle housing prices slowing", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, A1, A8, 03/28/2007. Cohen, Aubrey, "Condominium - conversion bill given a second chance", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, B3, 03/28/2007. Cohen, Aubrey, "Foreclosure rate here below U.S. average", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, E1, E4, 09/19/2007. Cohen, Aubrey, "Home prices go back up in February", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, E1, 03/08/2007. Kennedy, Daniel K., "Seattleies trapped in affordability gap", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, B7, 03/08/2007. Crutsinger, Matthew, "Housing construction rebounds in February", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, D1, D2, 03/21/2007. Paynter, Susan, "Housing-salary gap needs a firm helping hand", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, D1, D4, 07/11/2007. Cohen, Aubrey, "Seattle looks at widening apartment, condo tax break", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, B1-B2, 06/11/2007. Cohen, Aubrey, "Supply keeps brakes on downtown housing", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, B1, B5, 05/02/2007. Cohen, Aubrey, "Rental houses get scarce, expensive", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, A1, A9, 05/01/2007. Cohen, Aubrey, "City to help low-income housing get foot in door", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, A1, A13, 05/04/2007. Cohen, Aubrey, "Sellers trying it all to hook choosy buyers", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, A1, A8, 10/16/2007. Richter, Joe, "U.S. house-price decline accelerates, but not here", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, C4, 04/25/2007. James, Andrea, "Area's foreclosure filing rose last month", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, E1, E4, 10/11/2007. Cisneros, Henry, "Exploring strategies to solve housing crunch", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, F1, F3, 04/15/2007. Cohen, Aubrey, "More foreclosures in Seattle", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, E1, E4, 06/13/2007. Crutsinger, Martin, "Home sales fall for fifth month", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, E1-E2, 08/28/2007. Cohen, Aubrey, "Seattle-area housing prices still rising, but not as quickly", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, A1, A6, 06/27/2007. Cohen, Aubrey, "Home appraisers pressured to fudge the numbers", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, A1, A5, 07/31/2007. McGann, Chris, "Housing blamed for downturn in state revenue", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, B5, 11/16/2007. Cohen, Aubrey, "Foreclosures are up in Seattle area", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, E1-E2, 04/26/2007. Cohen, Aubrey, "Seattle looks for solution to no affordable housing", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, A1, A6, 04/02/2007. Pryne, Eric, "Home prices slide again, but people are buying", Seattle Times, A1, A9, 10/07/2008. Veiga, Alex, "Seattle Home Sales Drop", Seattle Times, E1-E2, 08/26/2008. Bhatt, Sanjay, "King County home prices jump", Seattle Times, A1, A11, 2012-05-04. Rhodes, Elizabeth, "Home prices lure first-timers", Seattle Times, A1, A7, 07/08/2008. Gaudette, Karen, "Home prices off $100,000", Seattle Times, A1, A6, 02/05/2009. Pryne, Eric, "Home prices slide back to '06", Seattle Times, A1, A12, 09/10/2008. Pryne, Eric, "Office vacancies and rents climb", Seattle Times, D1, D2, 09/26/2008. "Home prices edge up in Seattle, across U.S.", Seattle Times, A8, A10, 02/24/2010. Harvey, Christine, "Area home prices slide again, but market may be stabilizing", Seattle Times, A12-A13, 07/07/2011. Eskenazi, Stuart, "More sellers desperate as homebuying stalls", Seattle Times, A1, A8, 10/02/2008. "Home-price drop in Southern California", Seattle Times, D2, 09/18/2008. Rhodes, Elizabeth, "No brake on falling home prices", Seattle Times, A12-A15, 11/26/2008. "Escala has arrived advertisement", Seattle Times, E5, Pryne, Eric, Rhodes, Elizabeth, "Fear sinks home sales", Seattle Times, A1, A18, 11/07/2008. Pryne, Eric, "Home sellers accept offers, then sit, wait", Seattle Times, A1, A8, 06/05/2009. Vesely, James F., "Living cities compared to "Boomburgs"", Seattle Times, F1, 04/15/2007. Pryne, Eric, "Will steep price cuts fill high-end condos?", Seattle Times, A1, A6, 07/14/2009. Pryne, Eric, "More empty apartments forecast", Seattle Times, A8, 02/05/2009. Cantrell, Dan, Farrell, Jessyn, "Growth can be an opportunity to create livablee neighborhoods", Seattle Times, B9, 07/08/2008. "Sustainable is not solely about energy cost in this economy", Seattle Times, A8, 04/08/2010. Veiga, Alex, "Existing home sales jumped in the West", Seattle Times, D4, 09/25/2008.
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