Via6 is a 654-unit mixed-use apartment complex spanning an entire city block of downtown Seattle, Washington. Developer Pine Street Group LLC and designers GGLO and Hewitt created this two-tower development as a “vertical neighborhood” of residential, leisure, and commercial spaces in an area formerly devoid of housing and street life.

The central location of Via6 ensures walkable access to a major transit hub, ground-floor retail, and carsharing services. The numerous amenities and facilities of Via6 itself aim to promote social interaction and physical activity. The ViaBike Club and the Velo Bike Shop are located on-site to provide residents and visitors with a bicycle washing station, a storage facility, lockers, showers, mechanic classes, stands, tools, and a bicycle lending service. An eighteen-foot chronograph in the lobby and two in-house event coordinators facilitate social events for residents to meet their neighbors. This LEED Gold certified building also features a green roof pavilion with indoor and outdoor gathering and barbeque spaces, rain water collection and irrigation, motion-detected lighting and climate controls, a ground-floor theater area, and a mezzanine with a fitness center, a game room, and communal lounges. Via6 remains, to date, the largest private development in Seattle’s history and has received commendation as a 2014 Urban Land Institute Global Awards of Excellence finalist, a 2014 high rise project of the year merit award from the Multi-Family Executive, and a 2013 Multi-Family Development of the Year from NAIOP Washington State.

Developer:
Pine Street Group LLC

Design:
GGLO Architects

Equity Partners:
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Multi-Employer Property Trust, clients of Bentall Kennedy, Seattle

Project Cost:
$193 million

Health Features:
Fitness center, outdoor pavilion, spaces for community gathering and social connections

Bike Amenities:
Bicycle storage and workroom, on-site bike shop, large elevators, access to cyclist commuting club

Nearby Bicycle Infrastructure:
Adjacent to Sixth Avenue bike lane

Source:
Building Healthy Places Toolkit: http://bhptoolkit.uli.org