Our case studies are the bottom line of our legacy.

The stories our projects tell are about more than real estate; they chronicle relationships and risks, setbacks and solutions, and grit and guts. From deal sourcing to property transformations, to ground-up development, these are our greatest hits.

U.S. Bancorp Tower Repositioning

Our repositioning strategy to modernize the building and its amenities leads to diverse tenant mix.

The Cobb Building

Despite contending with seismic upgrades and the National Register of Historic Buildings, converting this 1910 medical office to residential apartments came in $2 M under budget.

CenturyLink Tower against the dusky skyline of Salt Lake City, Utah

Stone34

Stone34 is the first commercially developed building, and second building overall, to complete the requirements of City of Seattle’s Living Building Pilot program by surpassing rigorous sustainability benchmarks during a 12-month performance period.

Harlequin Plaza

Harlequin Plaza demonstrates Unico’s agile capacity for deploying solar on multi-tenant commercial buildings without exposing the property or tenants to risk.

The Lovejoy consists of three floors of Class A office and retail atop garage parking.

Asa Flats + The Lovejoy

Downtown Portland had evolved to the point that, in 2005, its office spaces and residences were approaching cyclically low vacancy rates. Meanwhile, the city’s Pearl District was evolving into an iconic live-work environment. Land in the Pearl District was available…

Smith Tower

Following the failure of an attempted residential condo conversion which led to subsequent ownership by a distressed debt fund without an operator mindset, Smith Tower was suffering from sustained low occupancy with rental rates well below market. Additionally, the asset’s…

US Bancorp Tower at night, as seen from the street with Tivoli lighting.

Repositioning

We excel at leaving properties better than we found them. We believe the best property transformations are those that combine thoughtful, tenant-centered design with innovative capital plans and finely-tuned operations.

Development

Unico has a rich history of development that includes some of the most noteworthy high-rise office buildings in downtown Seattle and other high-performing buildings throughout the western U.S.

Sustainability

Unico Sustainability is a division of Unico Properties focused on creating experiences that enhance human health and productivity, protect the natural environment, and increase economic returns for our partners. We do this by deploying a sophisticated palette of development and operating…

Belleview Tower

When Unico evaluated the purchase of Belleview Tower, a 200,323-square-foot Class-A office building located in the Denver Tech Center, the asset was suffering from traits common to the Great Recession: loan default, corporate bankruptcy, no capital to sustain tenancy, deferred…

The Lincoln Building

Market familiarity in the Portland CBD enables us to combine an off-market purchase with a tenant-in-tow.

Allenmore C

Unico worked with leadership at MultiCare to solve their overall campus expansion requirements while understanding what unique attributes the new health care facility needed given current and potential uses.

Aerial of Russell Investment Center in Seattle

Russell Investments Center

When Washington Mutual Bank’s 872,000-square-foot headquarters, located in the heart of downtown Seattle, came on the market in 2009, Northwestern Mutual Life (NWML) began evaluating the asset for potential purchase. The underwriting and execution of the transaction were highly complex.…

Slate Apartments and Lofts

Unico began assembling the Slate land parcel in Seattle’s then-unknown Interbay neighborhood in 2004, envisioning the emergence of one of the newest multifamily destinations in the city, even though U.S. Census data indicated just 11 residents per acre in 2010.…

Aerial view of Boulder showing the Pearl East and Tierra Center business campuses.

East Boulder Portfolio

Some of our best transactions have taken, quite literally, years to mature.

701 Dexter

Our experience has shown that successfully working through intricate deals in one setting often leads to opportunities in new settings, as brokers representing owners with complex objectives feel confident in bringing us to the table.

Acquisitions & Deal Sourcing

The “off-market access” claim is overused in the industry, so we invite you to see how pervasively we back this up.

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