Reposted from: https://www.geekwire.com/2020/blue-origin-takes-one-giant-leap-across-street-new-headquarters-kent/ KENT, Wash. — Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space effort now officially has more space. To be precise, 232,885 square feet more space. That’s the bottom line from today’s ribbon-cutting ceremony for Blue Origin’s new headquarters building — a multimillion-dollar facility across the street from the site of its original HQ and New Shepard suborbital spaceship factory in Kent. Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith told GeekWire that the new HQ was required because “we’re growing like crazy.” “We’ve grown a [...]

January 13, 2020 The largest building to-date in the Redmond Ridge Business Park, Building #113 is a 129,687 warehouse with a 24’ clear height. In January 2020, project teams are wrapping up roof structure, beginning interior work as well as storefront installation. Sitework included the clearing of the 8.75 acre site which logged 100,000 MBF of timber. The site grade also resulted in a cut-to-fill of 10-15’ on the west side of the site, and 20’ of fill to the [...]

The Sumner Ridge jobsite is taking shape. Project teams have wrapped up the roofing for both buildings, and Building B is getting paint and has tenant improvements underway. Construction began on this 13 acre Sumner site June 2019. Building A will be 113,500 square feet with 28 dock doors, and Building B will be 110,000 square feet with 27 dock doors. Both buildings will have a 30’ clear height.  Building B is already leased to a tenant that requires underground [...]

Construction is underway on Prologis’ PDX 23, a 154,243 square foot distribution center in the Columbia Corridor East District of Portland, Oregon. Located on NE Airport Way, 6.8 acres of the 19.3 acre site are dedicated to the Wetlands Mitigation Area adjacent to the Columbia Slough. The completed building will have a 32’ clear height and 31 truck doors. Project scope also includes a 3,250 square foot office buildout for the building’s tenant. Prologis’ PDX 23 is due for completion [...]

Work is underway on Building C of the Lakewood Logistics Center. This project includes the construction of a speculative 205,030 square foot warehouse with 3,160 square feet of office space. The completed building will have a 36' clear height, (4) 12’x14’ drive-in doors and (41) 9’x10’ dock-heigh doors. The truck court will be concrete from the dock to the back of the trailer stalls, spanning 180'. Sierra began sitework for this project at the end of this summer and it [...]

Sitework began on the former site of Gig Harbor Athletic Club earlier this summer, making way for a new fulfillment center for Tacoma Screw Products. The 9.17 acre site is located just north of the Tacoma Narrow’s bridge. The completed Order Fulfillment Center building will include 96,287 square feet of interior space, including a 5,000 square foot retail store, within an 80,000 square foot footprint. The project is due for completion in 2020. Tacoma Screw Products, Inc is the owner/developer. [...]

Sierra has delivered its second industrial project in the Troutdale Reynolds Industrial Park in the last two years. The Cubes at Troutdale is a new construction 349,080 square foot speculative industrial and logistics facility, developed by CRG Real Estate Solutions. This speculative concrete tilt-up has 84 dock-height and 4 drive-in doors, and a 36’ clear height. Additional project team members included Forum Studio, Stock & Associates and Alper Audi, Inc.  

In honor of Veterans Day this year, we are featuring Sierra's Project Engineer Louis Paul. Louis Paul joined Sierra as a Project Engineer after serving as an Officer in the Navy Civil Engineer Corps from 2012 – 2017. He received his commission through Naval Officer Candidate School in Rhode Island and was assigned to MCAGCC – 29 Palms shortly after. Louis remembers inventorying the palms one sweltering afternoon and is fairly certain there are only 27. During his time in [...]

Project teams in DuPont, Washington recently completed a 628,000 square foot speculative building on a 32-acre site for developer Panattoni. Known as Building 2 of the Northwest Logistics Center during construction, this project is now being marketed as the DuPont Logistics Center. Sierra's tilt crew and NessCampbell tilted the 148 tilt panels in two phases and used 21,660 cubic yards of concrete for its construction. The panels weighed 70,000 to 180,000lbs. The completed project has a 36’ clear height and [...]

SeaPORT Building 1 is a 141,000 square foot speculative warehouse on a 7 acre site located in Sumner, WA. Currently under construction, this project tilted in September and project teams are currently installing roofing materials. When completed, Building 1 will have 30 overhead doors, 4 drive in doors and a clear height of 36’. INNOVA is the architect. SeaPORT Building 1 is the first building in a multi-building, 100 acre industrial development for Tarragon. Building 1 is due for completion [...]

Four #sierrabuilt projects are finalists in the run for a NAIOP's Night of the Stars title this year.   Industrial Development of the Year Georgetown Crossroads Portside 55 Hogum Bay Logistics Center   Affordable Housing Development of the Year  Linden Flats   Last year, Prologis Park Tacoma was the Industrial Development of the Year. The Affordable Housing category is new for 2019. "NAIOP Washington’s Night of the Stars Awards Program is an annual black-tie gala dedicated to recognizing exceptional individuals [...]

Sierra broke ground on Phase 2 of the Portland Portal Industrial Center June 2018. The 22 acre site has three buildings, totaling just under 360,000 square feet of warehouse and manufacturing space. Located in the City of Gresham, the 22 acre development took just under 14 months to complete. Building A is 110,000 square feet with 21 dock-high doors, Building B is the smallest, at 47,000 square feet with 10 dock doors and finally the largest of the three, Building [...]

Gayteway Business Park is a new industrial development located in Arlington, WA just 5 minutes east of I-5 from Exit 206 NB, adjacent to Highway 9. The first buildings to be constructed in the development are Buildings B and C. Breaking ground September 2019, both buildings will have a 24' clear height with just under 10,000 square feet of office space and approximately 55,000 square feet of warehouse. Gayteway is offering up to 1 million square feet of custom, build-to-suit, [...]

Sierra's tilt crew and NessCampbell Crane recently completed erecting the wall panels at Ridgefield Commerce Center. The 117,000 square foot Class A industrial building broke ground May 2019. Currently under construction, this building will have a 30’ clear height with a 6” reinforced concrete floor. The building is designed to be divisible to 21,922 square feet. This building will also have 28 dock-high doors and four grade level drive-thru doors. Also known as S 11th Industrial, this project is due [...]

The Seattle Times, By Katherine Khashimova Long and Benjamin Romano Original Article To speed up e-commerce delivery, Amazon and its competitors aim to stage more goods closer to population centers so the so-called last mile of shipment is more like one mile than 10. But in dense, urban areas like Seattle, it can be tough to find a plot of land to accommodate a large warehouse, accessible by big rig trucks, even as demand grows with accelerating delivery speeds. In South Seattle, Prologis [...]

The first building of the Terrace Station Transit Oriented Development in Mountlake Terrace topped out last week. Standing six stories high, the 470,000 square foot mixed-use building is comprised of 258 residential units, two levels of underground parking, and 60,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space. The retail space is 100% pre-leased to a world class fitness operator and a premier childcare facility The yet-to-be-named building is the first of a planned three phase development on the 14 acre [...]

The largest building to-date in the Redmond Ridge Business Park, Building #113 is a 129,687 warehouse with a 24’ clear height. Sitework included clearing of the 8.75 acre site which logged 100,000 MBF of timber. The site grade also resulted in a cut-to-fill of 10-15’ on the west side of the site, 20’ of fill to the east and a 20’ retaining wall on the NE corner of the site. The 570’ long building will be constructed with 60 tilt-panels [...]

The first building in a multi-building, 100 acre industrial development for Tarragon, SeaPORT Building 1 will be a 141,000 square foot warehouse. When completed, Building 1 will have 30 overhead doors, 4 drive in doors and a clear height of 36’. This project is due for completion in early 2020.

This 117,000 square foot Class A industrial building broke ground May 2019. Currently under construction, this building will have a 30’ clear height with a 6” reinforced concrete floor. The building is designed to be divisible to 21,922 square feet. This building will also have 28 dock-high doors and four grade level drive-thru doors. Also known as S 11th Industrial, this project is due for completion this fall.

Construction began on this 13 acre Sumner site June 2019. Building A will be 113,500 square feet with 28 dock doors, and Building B will be 110,000 square feet with 27 dock doors. Both buildings will have a 30’ clear height.  Building B is already leased to a tenant that requires underground work to prep for their office and equipment. Sitework includes extensive reforestation to the surrounding property to remove non-native species and replanting of native trees and plants; approximately [...]

RIVER’S EDGE, a new 166-unit apartment community began construction last week in Monroe, Washington.  The development will be income restricted to families and individuals earning less than 60% of the area median income (AMI) for Snohomish County.  The Snohomish County AMI is $110,700 for a family of four, according to HUD 2019 income statistics.  River’s Edge will include 1,2, and 3-bedroom units, designed to be energy efficient, with generous amenities, such as: community room, fitness facility, and community garden, among [...]

The Club at the Park (known as Parkside II Apartments during construction) in the Columbia Tech Center development broke ground summer of 2017. This project consists of two, four-story slab-on-grade wood framed apartment buildings with ample at grade parking. In total, the development has 206 units, containing a mix of studio, one, and two-bedroom apartment homes. The units that overlook the adjacent park have exterior balconies and ground floor patios for those residents to enjoy the scenery and walking trails. [...]

Project teams in Lacey, Washington recently completed a two-phase, 1.1 million square foot state-of-the-art industrial development for IDS Real Estate Group.. Located in the Hawks Prairie area of Lacey, the Hogum Bay Logistics Center is a new development which included three buildings, totaling 1,110,000 square feet. The first phase of the project included site clearing and the construction of Building 1, a 811,000 square foot distribution center on 100 acres. The building has 80 dock doors, 250 parking spaces, 36’ [...]

Developed by Avenue 55, this 72,820 square foot four story flex-use office building broke ground in 2018. Designed by BCRA, West Woodland was built with structural steel, concrete and masonry construction. The building has two elevators, one rated for 3,500lb and the other for 5,000lbs, to accommodate light industrial tenants on all floors. Each level of West Woodland has varying clear heights, ranging from 12’ – 20’. In an area where parking is becoming harder to find, this site includes [...]

Last Thursday held Oregon's DJC TopProjects awards event at the Oregon Convention Center- and Amazon Troutdale was named 2nd Place Winner in the Industrial Development of the Year category. With 97 finalists in various categories, Sierra had two projects in the running for Industrial Development of the Year; Amazon Troutdale and IPT Tualatin.   Sierra Senior Project Manager, Kristi Walz, accepting the award at Thursday's event (photo from DJC)   For more on the event, visit: http://djcoregon.com/news/2019/05/17/building-industrys-best-honored-annual-topprojects-awards/     In [...]