| F5 Tower | |
|---|---|
 Under construction in July 2017 | |
  Location within downtown Seattle | |
| Former names | The Mark, Fifth and Columbia Tower |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Mixed-use: hotel and office building |
| Location | 801 5th Avenue, Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 47°36′19″N 122°19′52″W / 47.60528°N 122.33111°W |
| Groundbreaking | 2014 |
| Completed | May 2017 |
| Cost | $450 million[1] |
| Owner | KKR |
| Height | |
| Tip | 660 ft (200 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 44 |
| Floor area | 761,493 sq ft (70,745.0 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Zimmer Gunsul Frasca |
| Developer | Daniels Real Estate |
| Structural engineer | Arup, Coughlin Porter Lundeen |
| Main contractor | JTM Construction |
| Website | |
| f5tower | |
| References | |
| [2][3] [4] | |
F5 Tower (previously The Mark and Fifth and Columbia Tower) is a 660-foot-tall (200 m) skyscraper in Downtown Seattle, Washington. It consists of 44 floors[5] and is the sixth-tallest building in Seattle.
The tower consists of 516,000 square feet (47,900 m2) of office space leased entirely by F5 Networks and a 189-room luxury hotel operated by Lotte Hotels & Resorts.[6] The hotel, initially planned to open in 2017 under another operator, was officially opened in September 2020.[7][8] It was designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca and was being developed by Daniels Real Estate. While it was being built during Seattle's historic building boom the F5 Tower was the most expensive building under construction.[1]
The tower was built next to the former First Methodist Episcopal Church. Although the education wing was demolished to make room for the tower, the remainder of the former church building has been preserved and has since been re-purposed into Daniels Recital Hall.
The building was acquired by private equity firm KKR in December 2019 at an estimated cost of $440 million.[9]
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- ^ "The Mark, Seattle". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
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- ^ Nevy, Nat (May 1, 2017). "Sneak peek: Seattle's next luxury hotel opens soon in new downtown high-rise (Photos)". Puget Sound Business Journal. Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
- ^ Lerman, Rachel; Rosenberg, Mike (May 3, 2017). "Tech company F5 will lease all of downtown's newest office tower". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
- ^ "Sneak peek: Seattle's next luxury hotel opens soon in new downtown high-rise (Photos)". Puget Sound Business Journal. May 1, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
- ^ Ausley, Christina (November 5, 2020). "Stunning Lotte Hotel Seattle makes its debut downtown". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
- ^ Khashimova Long, Katherine (December 23, 2019). "Equity firm buys Seattle's F5 Tower and Bellevue's Summit offices for $1.2 billion". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 24, 2019.