Bellevue
The W Bellevue is scheduled to open in June in the Lincoln Square retail and residential complex. The 245-room hotel will occupy the first 13 floors of a 41-story tower and offer 10,000 square feet of meeting space.
Renton
Construction is underway on the Hyatt Regency Lake Washington at Seattle’s Southport, a 347-room property set to open in June with a waterfront restaurant, indoor pool and 43,000 square feet of meeting space, including a 14,000-square-foot ballroom.
Seattle
A new building for the Washington State Convention Center is set to break ground this fall on a site one block from the existing facility. Plans call for 250,000 square feet of exhibition space, 120,000 square feet of meetings rooms and a 60,000-square-foot ballroom.
A convention headquarters hotel, the Hyatt Regency Seattle is under construction two blocks north of the existing Washington State Convention Center and adjacent to the facility’s planned expansion. Set for completion in mid-2018, the 1,260-room hotel will be the largest in the city and include over 100,000 square feet of meeting space.
Construction is underway on MarketFront, a 75-acre, 30,000-square-foot public terrace and plaza that will expand the western flank of Pike Place Market and provide additional space for farmers, crafters and artisan purveyors when completed this summer.
The Thompson Seattle opened last year near Pike Place Market. The 158-room hotel is part of a mixed-use retail and residential development and offers 5,000 square feet of meeting space, a rooftop cocktail lounge and fine dining restaurant.
The Hotel Theodore is scheduled to open downtown this summer in a landmark 1929 building. The 151-room hotel will feature 2,415 square feet of meeting space, food and beverage outlets and a fitness center.
The SLS Seattle is set to open later this year in a 43-story downtown tower. The 184-room luxury property will offer a full-service spa, 15,000 square feet of meeting space, sky lounge, restaurants and fitness center.
The Fairmont Olympic Hotel completed a renovation of all 450 guest rooms.
The 147-room Moxy Seattle, which is part of Marriott’s Moxy lifestyle brand designed for Millennial travelers, is scheduled to open late this year in the South Lake Union area near Amazon headquarters.
Tacoma
The historic Elks Lodge building is being converted to the McMenamins Elks Lodge, a 45-room boutique hotel opening in July with three restaurants, a rooftop herb and vegetable garden and space for live music events and meetings.