As the first ground-up facility built specifically for a WNBA franchise, this $64-million project represents an unprecedented investment in elite women athletes. The state‐of‐the‐art professional basketball facility was built on a 50,000‐sq‐ft parcel in Seattle’s Interbay neighborhood. Features include two side‐by‐side basketball courts, locker rooms, a lounge and a nutrition center for the players, strength and conditioning training spaces as well as the franchise’s business offices.

Designed to achieve LEED Gold certification, the facility is all electric and hosts a rooftop photovoltaic array. The structure was built with tilt-up sandwich panels, which utilized eco-friendly, low-carbon concrete. But that also presented some challenges in the finishing and curing methods required for these mixes. Crews completed several mock-up pours, which allowed the construction team to place and finish the 80% slag mixes and practice the sandwich panel installation.