Friends of the Waterfront Park MOU
Item No. 10c
Meeting Date: Dec. 10, 2024
Pearse Edwards, Sr. Director, External Relations
Joy Shigaki, CEO, Friends of the Waterfront Park
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Overview
Removal of the
Alaskan Way
Viaduct
A community partnership transforms
Seattle’s central shoreline and creates new
downtown connections.
New roadway, waterfront promenade and new
East-West connections
Seattle Aquarium
Ocean Pavilion
Elliott Bay Connections
Pier 62 – Expedia Campus
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Port Inspired Waterfront Change
1994 | Pier 69
Port Headquarters moved from P-66 to
P-69 after restoring a former cannery.
1996 | Bell Street Pier
Former Port HQ since 1915, Port opened a
new 11-acre mixed use development.
1998 | World Trade Center Seattle
Bell Street uplands developed into conference
center, retail, parking garages and office space.
2001| Hotel & Residential
Port offers upland parcels for Waterfront
Landing residences and Marriott hotel.
Bell Street Pier & Uplands Today
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Port Supports Waterfront Partnerships
$281 MILLION
Viaduct Replacement Program (2013)
$5 MILLION
Seattle Aquarium includes a Port exhibit within Ocean Pavilion (2022)
$45 MILLION
Elliott Bay Connections project (2023)
PRIVATE DONATION
$5 MILLION (PROPOSED)
Friends of Waterfront Park (2024)
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MOU Creates a Strategic Partnership
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT MARKETS PORT PROPERTIES
SIGNATURE SPONSORSHIPSNORTH WATERFRONT ACTIVATION
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Pier 66 Activation
Maritime Festival at Pier 66, May 2013 Clipper Around the World Race
