Vulcan Celebrates 10-Year Partnership with Salmon-Safe

Vulcan Real Estate is commemorating the firm’s decade-long partnership with Salmon-Safe, marking a milestone in its sustainable development mission. As the inaugural Salmon-Safe accredited developer, Vulcan has integrated Salmon-Safe principles into 17 projects since 2014.

Salmon-Safe is an Oregon-based environmental certification nonprofit dedicated to preserving West Coast watersheds for native salmon. “Vulcan was an early adopter of the LEED Rating System, and over the last decade, its adoption of Salmon-Safe certification has helped further shift the region’s development market toward projects that embody a shared commitment to preserving urban ecosystems and building climate resiliency,” said Dan Kent, Salmon-Safe co-founder and executive director.

Vulcan is an active developer in the area with properties including West Main, a three-tower Bellevue project leased to Amazon, and Lake Union Piers, a revitalized retail and entertainment hub in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood.

“There is an exciting ripple effect of having so many Salmon-Safe accredited general contractors here in the Pacific Northwest, extending to landscape architects, civil engineers, and other design professionals,” said Corey Wilson, senior real estate environmental manager at Vulcan.