Amazon.com’s proposed 3.3 million square foot downtown Seattle campus is one step closer to reality after the Downtown Design Review Board voted 3-2 Tuesday night to recommend that the project move forward.
Eric Pryne of The Seattle Times notes that permitting is still needed, and that the vote by the commission is simply a recommendation to the city’s Department of Planning and Development. Mathew Albores, a downtown design review board member who voted against the project, said that the process had been rushed, according to the Times.
More on Amazon.com’s Rufus 2.0 project, which would include three 38-story towers spread across three blocks, in these documents submitted to the Downtown Design Review Board.
Amazon’s architects from NBBJ have told city officials that the company’s is intent on “building a neighborhood, not a campus” — integrating its new project into the surrounding neighborhood.
Previously on GeekWire: Images: Amazon’s colorful new towers will put a bold stamp on Seattle’s skyline… Apple vs. Amazon: Whose new headquarters is cooler?
