800 Pike Street#
A building designed for a museum, temporarily occupied by a library, now operating as a conference center. Three tenants in 25 years, none of them the one it was built for.
The Building#
| Address | 800 Pike Street, Seattle WA 98101 |
| Part of | WSCC Arch campus (north building, 2001 expansion) |
| Size | 95,000 sq ft (original); 71,000 sq ft as conference center (4 floors, 17 meeting rooms) |
| Opened | July 2001 (structure); July 2010 (conference center) |
| Architect | LMN Architects (part of Arch expansion) |
| Contractor | Kiewit Construction |
| Certification | LEED certified |
History#
Designed for MOHAI (2000)#
The 95,000 sq ft space on the upper floors of the north expansion building was designed and sold to the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) as part of the 1996–2001 Arch expansion. MOHAI purchased the space in 2000 and began a $60 million fundraising campaign for build-out.