Tenant-centered buildings for investor-friendly results.

Designing and building one-of-a-kind occupancy experiences is a central part of our business platform. We’ve been developing office, residential, retail, medical office buildings and other specialty properties for our own account and select third-party clients for half a century.

Unico has a rich history of development that began with our partnership with the University of Washington to design, finance, build and lease some of the most noteworthy high-rise office buildings in downtown Seattle. Over the next six decades, we developed several high-performing buildings throughout the western U.S., including the iconic Rainier Tower in 1977, and most recently, a 26-story mixed-use tower in Portland.

$500+ million

projects currently underway

5 million

square feet developed

Current Projects

Grand Central Block 
Seattle / 150,000 sf / $80 million / Historic redevelopment, adaptive reuse
Historic, full-block adaptive reuse development in Pioneer Square. The project’s primary goals: activate Occidental Square; rehabilitate the 100+ year-old buildings; and to adapt the use by adding residential.

Grand Central Block Website

Circa Building
Denver / 175,000 sf /$38.5 million / Ground-up development
Unico’s first ground-up development in Denver will offer about 90,000 square feet of leasable space with approximately 10,000 square feet of Class-A retail space and nearly 80,000 square feet of office space. Scheduled to be delivered in March 2018.
Keep up with the construction progress with timelapse video.

Circa Building Website

Recent Projects

The Cobb Building, a historic 1910 brick structure in downtown Seattle.

Featured Case Study

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.

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Partners Group and Unico unveil Cascadian, 211k+ Class-A creative office project set to deliver early summer 2021

Located in Seattle’s thriving tech hub, Cascadian has all the benefits of a South Lake Union address—excellent transit options, close proximity to the Central Business District and Capitol Hill, and a wealth of restaurants, bars, and retail.

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Big Pink's sustainability achievements not an overnight success

Unico Sustainability Manage JP Crowe on the decades-long commitment required to turn U.S. Bancorp Tower into Oregon’s largest high-performing building.

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