Google held an official opening ceremony for its first block in South Lake Union on October 3, 2019. The new offices have private alcoves and mixing spaces, along with mini kitchens and break areas for recharging or conferencing. The middle-block offices will open later this month.

Drone provider Skycatch is recording all construction activity on the Microsoft Redmond Campus Modernization project, feeding data into more than 100 BIMs that contain almost three million 3D building components. This data is helpful in evaluating pay applications, predicting project schedules, and managing construction and tight timelines.

Mary’s Place will open its first permanent shelter in early 2020. Located in the heart of downtown Seattle, the shelter is strategically designed, inch-by-inch, to maximize space, inspire community and support the dignity of guests in their journey out of homelessness.

The first permanent Mary’s Place shelter is nearly complete. Located in the heart of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters, the rare purpose-built shelter appears to be the first of its kind built into a corporate office.

After close to five years of planning, about 300 Seattle-based Expedia Group employees started working from the company’s new Interbay campus last week. Another group will move in each Monday until all Expedia’s 4,500 headquarters employees are under the same roof by the end of the year. Construction wraps up next summer.

NBBJ’s Sarah Steen and Daniel Crockwell share the details on Two Union Square’s 20-foot-tall by 20-foot-wide fractal wall. Their goal? “to use technology in an unpredictable manner,” similar to the way tectonic activity is uncontrollable by humans.

The Downtown Seattle Design Review Board unanimously voted to approve the design of Lincoln Property Company’s 800 Stewart, a 53-Story mixed-use tower at the heart of the Denny Triangle.

GLY has promoted Ted Herb to the role of Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Herb succeeds Jim Karambelas, who is retiring after 25 years with the company. In addition, GLY added three minority shareholders to its ownership: Joe Bonacci, CFO; Tess Wakasugi-Don, Senior Project Manager; and Garrick Hughes, Senior Project Manager.