The project to turn an 8.9-acre site along Salmon Bay into a luxury car and yacht club broke ground this week
Terminal One Motor & Yacht Club is being built at 2727–2808 W. Commodore Way. The site was previously used as a petroleum storage and distribution facility and includes 550 feet of waterfront.
The project has two development phases: The first will include building 72 individually owned collector garages with private access doors and shared amenities, and construction of an owner’s lounge and gathering space they’ll call The Forum.
The second phase would add a marina with four private docks and about 2,300 feet of moorage that would accommodate vessels up to 300 feet long. The marina hasn’t yet been approved—Terminal One says it’s going through entitlement and regulatory reviews.
Terminal One is just down the road from the Commodore Park heron habitat. Heron Habitat Helpers (HHH) raised concerns about Terminal One earlier this year, asking the City of Seattle to conduct additional environmental impact studies. They say the project could have lasting negative impacts on Seattle’s largest great blue heron nesting colony.
The city designated the Commodore Park heron habitat as an environmentally critical area, and HHH says the existing docks and pilings along the shoreline—slated for removal as part of the Terminal One project—would directly impact the heron colony’s “staging ground,” where herons establish pair bonds before they move to the nesting area. The public submitted over 160 comments on the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections project page, many of which opposed the development.
Seattle-based LMA Architects is leading the architectural design for Terminal One, and Olson Kundig is designing the common areas and conceptual garage interiors.
Photo: Terminal One
