The $1.6-billion Washington State Convention Center expansion project in downtown Seattle has a new contractor and a clear path toward the start of construction in 2017, while development on the Pacific Northwest’s largest hotel continues next door.
Matt Griffin, managing partner of Pine Street Group, the company hired by the convention center to oversee development, says contractor issues are in the “rearview mirror” and that they expect to complete design this year, keeping on track for a September 2017 construction start.