Union Square is a

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complex at Sixth Avenue between Union and University Streets in

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, adjacent to

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. It consists of two skyscrapers built in the 1980s and primarily used for office space. The entire complex features a 1,100-stall parking garage, a courtyard, a retail plaza spanning three stories and an underground pedestrian concourse that connects with the

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and Rainier Square. Both structures were awarded

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certification in 2009 and eventually received LEED Platinum certification 6 years later as a result of reduced annual energy consumption by 40 percent through recent renovations. The entire complex is currently managed by Washington Holdings, a real estate firm also known as Union Square LLC which is based in Seattle.

Buildings

One Union Square

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Two Union Square

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designed the tower, which was dedicated on July 29, 1989. Two Union Square has 56 floors with of rentable space, and an underground concourse connecting to the Seattle Hilton Hotel, and shopping at Rainier Square. It is the first skyscraper to use 19,000 lbs/in.²

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Tenants

* AB Berstein * Alston, Courtnage & Bassetti LLP * Apex Companies, LLC *

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* AmWins * Arboretum Mortgage * Avenue 55 * BDO * Bennett, Bigelow & Leedom P.S. * BlackRock Financial * Bush Strout & Kornfeld * Chapter 13 Trustee * Colliers International * Ederer Investment Company * Edge Asset Management * First Choice Health * Flinn Ferguson * Floyd, Snider * Frazier Healthcare * Gordon, Tilden, Thomas, Cordell * GreaterGood Network * HDR, Inc. * Homestreet Bank * Horizon Realty Advisors, LLC * Integra Realty Resources * Jones Lang LaSalle * Kidder Mathews * Kosmos Management * Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson * LBA Realty * Littler Mendelson, PC * Lockton * The Lyman Group * Marcus & Millichap * McNaul, Ebel, Hawrot & Nelgren PLLC *

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* National Center for APEC * Northwestern Mutual Financial Network * Pacific Project Management (PPM) * Paragon Real Estate Advisors * Penrith Home Loans * Pillar International Insurance Advisors * Porter Foster Rorick LLP *

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* Robert A. Underhill *

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* Sashen Ventures * Seattle Chamber Music * Stoel Rives LLP *

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* USI Insurance Services Northwest *

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References

External links

Union Square official websiteSeattle Virtual tour
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