Skanska Tops Out Seattle-Area Office Tower

The Eight. Image by Dan Miller, courtesy of Skanska 

Skanska has topped out The Eight, a 25-story Class A office in Bellevue, Wash. The 541,000-square-foot speculative development is slated for completion in March 2024. CBRE will be overseeing office leasing at the property, while Newmark will be handling retail leasing.

Aiming for LEED Platinum certification, the property will provide underground parking across four floors, 10,000 square feet of retail space, including a standalone 1,000-square-foot mass timber retail pavilion. From October 2023 onwards, the building will be available for tenant fit-outs.

The Eight’s amenities will comprise electric vehicle charging stations, a fitness center, seven balconies for tenants, a private rooftop deck, outdoor seating areas, as well as collaborative workspaces and a lounge for tenants on the ground floor.

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Rising along NE 8th Street, The Eight will offer connectivity to interstates 405 and 520. Situated in proximity of Bellevue Square, Bellevue Art Museum and Lake Washington, the site is within walking distance of the Downtown Bellevue Transit Center.

Skanska has been busy in 2023, with several of its buildings moving forward in their construction status. Back in February, the company celebrated the topping out of 1550 on the Green, a 28-story, 375,000-square-foot Class A office tower in Houston’s Discovery Green. Just last month, the company also topped off an 11-story mixed-use development in Washington, D.C. The 334,000-square-foot building was designed to achieve LEED Gold and Fitwel certifications.