Local economies are booming in both Seattle and Portland, and construction is playing a big role. Taking advantage of the good economic news in the Pacific Northwest is one of the region’s most established companies, 130-year-old construction firm Lease Crutcher Lewis.
Headquartered in Seattle, the company, with nearly $500 million a year in revenue, employs around 600 people in Washington and Oregon. In the past three years, it has completed numerous signature projects, including the 19-story Nine Two Nine office tower in Bellevue, Wash.; the Discovery Hall STEM building at the University of Washington at Bothell; the Elephant Lands habitat at the Portland Zoo; and the 654-unit Via6 apartment complex in Seattle.