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LIV Apartments – Construction Update Mid March 2015

The exterior shells of the North, South, East and West buildings were completed.  As you can see in the image above, the North Building’s building wrap is being applied against the sheathing.  It will soon look similar to the South Building, shown on the right, with the exterior finishes installed and painted. The corten steel planters have been placed in the lower plaza deck of the North Building with seat wall benches in cast-in-place concrete. These benches will receive a wood...

Best of Houzz – Customer Satisfaction

We are honored to be awarded “Best of Houzz” for Customer Satisfaction. Houzz is a leading platform for home remodeling and design. Grouparchitect was chosen by the Houzz community from among more than 500,000 active home building, remodeling and design industry professionals. This Customer Satisfaction honor was determined by a variety of factors, including the number and quality of client reviews received in 2014. This is our third consecutive Best of Houzz award. We are delighted to provide beautiful designs for...

LIV Apartments – AERIAL PHOTOS – Feb.

Construction at the LIV Apartments in Bellevue has made substantial progress in the recent month.  The East building has reached level 6 of framing and flooring including roof trusses.  The framing of the lower roof deck amenity space on the 5th level is complete and the green roof, concrete pavers, dog run, planters, and trees will be installed next. The large crane previously located in the center of the plaza was removed as the North, South, and West buildings are nearing...

PNA Home Fair 2015

The Phinney Neighborhood Association (PNA) Home Design & Remodel Fair was a success! We are always glad to be included in PNA’s programs to engage and build the community and we were very pleased to speak with everyone at this year’s event. Hopefully we will see some of you again in the near future....

Sibling House Update – 2015

Good news for Sibling House in 2015! Sibling House is a network of homes that keep siblings together while in foster care and they have grown recently to include 256 homes totaling 752 children and they continue to grow every day. You can learn more about their organization and how to help at www.siblinghouse.org. Their annual fundraising event is coming up on March 21st of this year at the Washington Athletic Club with the theme “Alice in Wonderland”. It’s always...

LIV Apartments near Microsoft on Bel-Red Road in between Bellevue and Redmond. 450 Unit upscale apartment development.

LIV Apartments – Construction Update mid Jan 2015

On a recent office site visit to the ongoing LIV Apartments in Bellevue our team was able to observe all of the various stages of construction the project is currently in. This project utilizes phasing as strategy to minimize construction time by distributing the construction over multiple buildings so that the various trades can work without interruption.  For instance, at the second phase, also known as the East Building, framing has only recently started as this phase was delayed so that...

LIV Apartments near Microsoft on Bel-Red Road in between Bellevue and Redmond. 450 Unit upscale apartment development.

LIV Apartments – Aerial Photos – Jan.

January has been a productive month at the LIV Apartments in Bellevue.  Progress on the East Building has reached level 5 as framing crews continue to install wall panels and flooring.  Seen in the photo above, crews are framing a lowered roof deck amenity space that will soon be covered with green roof, concrete pavers, a dog run, planters, and trees.  This East Building will have one more level of apartments and amenity spaces before the roof trusses cap the...

Capitol Hill Apartments – Construction Update – January

Our Capitol Hill Apartment project has been progressing through the wet season.  The construction team has been busy with the foundation forms now that shoring has been installed.  The reinforcing rebar can be seen protruding from the completed concrete footings.  The columns are due to be poured later this week, followed by the perimeter foundation walls. The column forms are assembled including rebar and awaiting the future concrete pour. Stay tuned for updates on our Capitol Hill Apartment project!...

LIV Apartments near Microsoft on Bel-Red Road in between Bellevue and Redmond. 450 Unit upscale apartment development.

LIV Apartments – Construction update January

2015 arrives at the job site of the LIV Apartments in Bellevue as crews work at a fevered pace on both the exterior and interior of phase one, and on the framing of the phase 2 East Building. At breaks in the weather painting crews are able to paint the cement board panel siding that the siding subcontractor installed.  Painting progress on the West and South Buildings is nearly complete so the focus has shifted towards the north building. The podium level,...