Cornish Commons, the new residence hall and academic building being developed for Cornish College of the Arts (“Cornish”) is on schedule for a fall of 2015 opening. Construction topped out with the pouring of the roof slab in January. The next milestone for the project will be completion of the building enclosure, which is scheduled to occur in March.
The 20-story building located at the corner of Terry Ave. and Lenora St. marks the first “ground up” project since 1921 for the 100-year-old Seattle arts college. Located on Cornish’s campus in downtown Seattle, the building will serve as Cornish’s “living room” as well as a residence hall, with studio spaces, a fireside lounge, and Student Life offices on the first two floors. The project is being developed by Capstone Development Partners (Capstone) with Ankrom Moisan Architects and Howard S Wright as design builder.
Capstone and Cornish broke ground on the project in March 2014. Cornish Commons will open its doors to students in September of 2015. Besides being a home to student residents, the practice rooms, art studios, movement studio, and classroom space – as well as a 20th-floor garden, fitness room, and student lounge, among other amenities – make this addition to the South Lake Union neighborhood truly a place where people live, learn, work, and create.
More information will be released throughout the spring and summer with details regarding grand opening ceremony events.