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Historic Smith Tower Gets Rare LEED Platinum Certification

An old building requires forensic analysis to untangle layers of fixes and changes, identify what is/isn’t working well, and determine the best optimization methods in order to earn LEED certification.

Smith Tower The 273,000-square-foot office building was built in 1914 and is Seattle’s oldest highrise (credit: Unico).

SEATTLE—Historic Smith Tower has earned a rare LEED Platinum certification from the US Green Building Council/USGBC. Unico Sustainability, a division of Unico Properties, provided the LEED certification services.

The 273,000-square-foot class-A office building was built in 1914 and is the oldest skyscraper in Seattle.  The high-rise building with street-level retail was the fourth tallest building in the world when it was completed and it spent nearly 50 years as the tallest building on the West Coast. This prominent tower is protected by both the local and national landmark preservation boards. As such, not only is the exterior facade protected, but many of the interior finishes are protected as well.

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Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.

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