FT Maritime Innovation Center: LBC Transformation

In 2016, a substantial redevelopment plan was developed to modernize Fishermen’s Terminal. The cornerstone project of the redevelopment is the transformation of the old chancellery building – the Seattle Ship Supply - into a 15,000 square foot, Living Building Challenge (LBC) certified, innovation hub for maritime research and development called the Maritime Innovation Center (MInC) anticipated to be complete by the end of 2025. 

Built in 1914, the Seattle Ship Supply building is the oldest building in the Port of Seattle’s real estate portfolio. Its redevelopment as the MInC, which is designed to meet the Living Building Challenge – the most progressive sustainability standard in the country – is in alignment with the Port of Seattle’s goal to be the Greenest Port in North America. 

The building will retain its existing footprint and structure including nearly all the heavy, old-growth timber framing. The MInC construction requires the existing structure to be temporarily relocated, and will have a new deep pile foundation, structural steel framing, and advanced LBC sustainability and resiliency features including a ground-source geothermal heat pump, grey and blackwater treatment, rainwater capture, stormwater treatment, net positive water, net positive energy produced through photovoltaic energy production, and Red List free materials. 

This presentation will share how the Port of Seattle and partnering design firm, Miller Hull Partnership, advanced this project to transform a 100-year-old warehouse into one of only a handful of fully Living Building Challenge certified projects in the United States featuring advanced and emerging sustainable infrastructure technologies.