Seattle Storm Center for Basketball Performance Construction Updates

Upcoming Construction Activities:

• Tuesday, Oct. 10 – Wednesday, Oct. 25: Thorndyke Ave. West will be closed for Seattle City Light work.
• Saturday, Oct. 28: Seattle Public Utilities will be closing Thorndyke Ave West.
• Wednesday, Nov. 1 – Monday, Nov. 13: Mobile cranes will be brought on-site for loading and installing rooftop
  equipment onto the roof deck.
• Concrete pours will continue in October and ongoing trucking and equipment presence will be on-site throughout the month.
• The team will be loading materials up to the roof throughout the month. This activity will require the presence of boom trucks on-site throughout the duration of the scope.

The following sidewalk changes will remain in place in October:

• The sidewalk along West Bertona Street will remain closed along the length of the south side of the job site.

Additional Project Information:

• Currently, 95% of all design and engineering team are women and people of color.
• The building design celebrates the Storm’s Pacific Northwest home, deriving inspiration from the roots of its industrial neighborhood and the team’s commitment to elite performance.
• The project is designed to achieve LEED® Gold certification, featuring all-electric operations and a rooftop photovoltaic array.
• Upon the building’s completion, the franchise will continue its longstanding work with non-profit and community partners, welcoming them to its new home to collaborate in supporting community development.

Project Team Members:

The women-led project team includes owner’s representative barrientos RYAN, a design team led by ZGF Architects and Shive-Hattery Architects, general contractor Sellen Construction, and landscape architect Walker Macy. Additional project partners include Coughlin Porter Lundeen, Holmes, Prime Electric, PAE, Apollo Mechanical, Counterbalance Consulting, PanGeo, Counsilman-Hunsaker, Bargreen Ellingson, Heffron Transportation, RDH, Studio Pacifica, and BRC Acoustics.