353:. The firm backed out of the contract in late 2012, citing the high cost of the property and renovations. In 2013, developer Greg Smith of Urban Visions signed a contract to buy the building, but also backed out over the property's cost. The building was sold to Lake Union Partners for $ 5.35 million in November 2015, ending Nimmer's ownership, and plans for a $ 25 million boutique hotel renovation were announced. The renovation will convert the building into a 90-room hotel, adding an eighth floor, completing
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As the 1st Avenue area declined in the 1940s and 1950s, the Eitel
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building at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and Pike Street in
Seattle's then-developing northern business district. The building's upper floors would house 95 offices for medical practitioners and pharmacists, while the ground floor would be divided into two retail stores. Construction began in April
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became too costly for landlords. Real estate investor
Richard Nimmer bought the property in 1975, and pursued several unsuccessful attempts at renovating and selling the Eitel Building for various uses, including apartments, offices, and a hotel. The Eitel Building became regarded as an "
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William Doty van Siclen, was hailed as the centerpiece of one of the city's finest buildings; the building also boasted modern features such as concrete flooring and the largest passenger elevator in the
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to the immediate north of the Eitel
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