Courtyard by Marriott

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Structure in general

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Facts

• This is the city's first steel-framed skyscraper.
• Seattle's first "modern" skyscraper, the building is an "L" shape.
• Tallest building in Seattle from 1904 until 1911 when it was displaced by the Hoge Building one block north.
• Sold by the City of Seattle in August 2005 for $8.5 million to Kauri Investments, who had plans to convert the upper half of the building into 100 condo units.
• Plans were announced in June 2007 whereby American Life Inc. would buy the property and then spend $85 million turning it into a Courtyard by Marriott hotel.
• The building was purchased by American Life on December 6, 2007 for $38.7 million.
• The renovated building will have 200 hotel rooms and 36 apartments when it is reconstructed in 2009.
• Besides conversion to hotel space, a 37,377 square-foot addition to the existing structure was performed in 2008.