Escala - Seattle

Scheduled for completion in early 2009, the Escala aims to please the buyer interested in living downtown within a building designed to pamper with amenities. Presales at the LEXAS development had exceeded $60 million as of late July. Or, in reference to their official opening, $1,000,000/day for 60 days.

The Escala (or Escala I, as it will end up being known) occupies a huge divot in the ground at 4th & Virginia. The builder, JE Dunn, has excavated the second deepest hole in downtown’s history. The reason? Parking. Escala boasts of providing its residents with the most downtown underground parking (per owner) of any complex currently on the market.

Another distinctive feature of Escala is its four elevators, one per building corner. For the most part, a unit on a given floor will be able to access their residence with what amounts to their own private elevator.