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Seattle’s 58-story Rainier Square MXU Tower Topped Off

Wright Runstad & Company reached a key construction milestone on the iconic 58-story Rainier Square mixed-use tower in downtown Seattle. The development team gathered recently to place the last beam 850-feet above street level on the landmark development.

The developer signed an 80-year ground lease on the University of Washington-controlled site at Union Street between 4th and 5th Avenues. The overall 1.7-million-square-foot Rainier Square super-block site also includes an existing 540,000-square-foot Rainier Tower.

The additions include 722,000 square feet of office, 191 residential units, 79,000 square feet of retail/amenity/fitness space, as well as 163 hotel rooms. NBBJ designed the new components to complement the existing tower’s distinctive curved base.

The time required to erect the new tower was significantly reduced, using a radical shear wall core system that encompassed steel plates rather than traditional rebar and formwork between concrete elements. Construction commenced in 2017, and first occupancies are scheduled for next year.

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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