Feasibility Studies and Capacity Studies for Multifamily Buildings

Feasibility & Capacity Studies

Feasibility and capacity studies can be a standalone service to evaluate a potential property, or act as the first phase in a multifamily development project. Our team’s deep knowledge of how to evaluate a site enables us to provide an efficient summary of a property’s development potential, including different development scenarios.

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Apartments & Mixed-Use at Board & Vellum – Seattle Architecture & Design Firm

Apartments & Mixed-Use

With architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture in-house, our dynamic teams are passionate about designing new mid-rise apartments and mixed-use developments that please the residents who live there, the developers behind them, and the surrounding community they share.

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Townhouses at Board & Vellum – Seattle Architecture & Design Firm

Townhouses

From small urban infill to large communities of dense housing, our multidisciplinary team lends an experienced eye to townhouse developments. Our goal is to create positive impacts on neighborhoods by providing well-designed, sustainable dwelling spaces contributing to the diversity of housing options needed for healthy urban fabric.

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Queen Anne Commercial Conversion – Office-to-Housing Conversion – Rendering by Board & Vellum
Exterior Updates

Strategic updates to the building’s exterior — like a high-contrast paint upgrade — celebrate its commercial origin while bringing it into the 21st century with a new use. Queen Anne Commercial Conversion | Project Rendering by Board & Vellum

Office-to-Residential Conversions

These unique and complex projects require a design team that has the experience to confidently take them from feasibility through construction, addressing the challenges of transforming a building from commercial to residential use. Our multidisciplinary approach is an excellent match, with the ability to consider your project from all angles.

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Multifamily Refresh & Repositioning at Board & Vellum – Seattle Architecture & Interior Design Firm

Multifamily Remodel & Repositioning

With in-house architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture, we are uniquely positioned to collaborate on the reinvention and repositioning of aging multifamily housing stock. We’ll design the environment to attract your target resident, and breathe new life into your multifamily development.

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Stellar Apartments at 1405 Dexter, Seattle, WA – Board & Vellum
An Elegant New Apartment Building in South Lake Union

Completed near the close of 2023, this new apartment building in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood features 160 units, including live/work units along the Dexter façade. Stellar Apartments | Photo by Meghan Montgomery.

An Elegant New Apartment Building in South Lake Union

Completed near the close of 2023, this new apartment building in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood features 160 units, including live/work units along the Dexter façade. Stellar Apartments | Photo by Meghan Montgomery.

Stream Overlake Apartments – New Construction Mixed-Use Community in Redmond, Washington – Board & Vellum
Room to Grow

Proximity to existing and planned future development, such as a public park, situates Stream Overlake to grow with this growing community. Stream Overlake Apartments | Rendering by Board & Vellum.

Room to Grow

Proximity to existing and planned future development, such as a public park, situates Stream Overlake to grow with this growing community. Stream Overlake Apartments | Rendering by Board & Vellum.

Lucille on Roosevelt: New Apartment Development in Seattle
Lucille on Roosevelt

Glowing in the night light, the new mixed-use building features 106 apartments and 3,500 square feet of commercial space, a block from the future light rail station. Lucille on Roosevelt | Photo by Meghan Montgomery.

Lucille on Roosevelt

Glowing in the night light, the new mixed-use building features 106 apartments and 3,500 square feet of commercial space, a block from the future light rail station. Lucille on Roosevelt | Photo by Meghan Montgomery.

An architectural rendering of the Tanager Apartments staged at night. The building is centered with lights from the planned retail spaces shining at the ground floor. Transparent cars and people are placed at the street level to illustrate eventual use.
Bright Lights

With at-grade, commercial retail and restaurant opportunities, the street level stays activated and lively into the evening. Tanager Apartments | Rendering by Board & Vellum.

Bright Lights

With at-grade, commercial retail and restaurant opportunities, the street level stays activated and lively into the evening. Tanager Apartments | Rendering by Board & Vellum.

Adding to the urban fabric through healthy communities.

Housing solutions tailored to neighborhoods.

Whether designing new construction or renovating an existing property, from mid-rise residential or mixed-use apartment buildings to low-rise townhomes and residential complexes, we seek to collaborate with teams who value designing and building long-lasting and special projects that support the health and wellness of the community. When you partner with Board & Vellum, you’re partnering with a dedicated team of architects, interior designers, and landscape architects who are passionate about creating multifamily housing that will not only meet your project goals, but delight your residents and the communities that surround them.

Lucille on Roosevelt by Board & Vellum – Multifamily Landscape Architecture – Multifamily Residential Design – Landscape Architecture

Multidisciplinary Approach

Our integrated, multidisciplinary teams of architects, interior designers, and landscape architects can work in tandem or independently to support the unique needs and scope of your project.

Varied Housing Typologies

We’re familiar with the language and process of multifamily housing of all scales, including small, boutique buildings, mid-rise mixed-use, townhomes, complex residential communities, and office-to-residential conversions.

Experience Across Jurisdictions

We’re not only knowledgeable about, but deeply familiar with, many different jurisdictions’ processes, including Seattle, Redmond, Bellevue, Bellingham, and more. Wherever your project is located, our team has the experience to guide it through even the most complicated permitting processes.

Stellar Apartments by Board & Vellum – Multifamily Residential Design – Multifamily Housing: Apartments & Mixed-Use

Comprehensive Design Services

Our team has the skills, knowledge, and experience to shepherd your project from start to finish, from feasibility, through full-scope design and CCA services.

Consultant Coordination

Our trusted network of consultants and collaborators makes it simple to bring on additional team members at the right time to streamline the process.

Sustainable Practice

With trained and accredited professionals in a variety of sustainability approaches, our team can help you meet your project’s sustainability goals, whether code-prescribed or certified through an independent rating system, like LEED or Passive House.

Cooper Apartments Amenity Refresh by Board & Vellum – Club Room Refresh - Multifamily Residential Remodel & Repositioning – Multifamily Renovation – Multifamily Interiors

Financing Models

We are familiar with multiple financing models — such as HUD — and can guide you through these processes for your development.

Creative Partnerships

Through years of bringing custom projects to fruition, we’ve developed a network of creative partnerships with furniture designers, artists, lighting designers, metal fabricators, and more. So, when adding custom pieces helps the vision sing, collaboration is a breeze.

Purchasing, Installation & Styling

Our interior design team’s comprehensive services include procurement, installation, and styling of furniture, art, decor, soft goods, and more for common spaces and model units.

A fire pit on the rooftop at the Lucille on Roosevelt. – Multifamily residential design and landscape architecture design by Board & Vellum.
A Fire Pit Anchor in a Gathering Space

A linear gas fire pit sits off-center in a rooftop seating node, allowing residents to adjust their distance from the warmth, and gather in large or small groups. Lucille on Roosevelt | Photo by Andrew Giammarco.

A Fire Pit Anchor in a Gathering Space

A linear gas fire pit sits off-center in a rooftop seating node, allowing residents to adjust their distance from the warmth, and gather in large or small groups. Lucille on Roosevelt | Photo by Andrew Giammarco.

Elevating design by leveraging efficiencies.

The benefits of partnering with a multidisciplinary practice.

They say you don’t know what you don’t know, and surprises can throw a project, schedule, and budget off track. With architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture practices under one roof, we see the whole picture. We know who needs to be at the table when, and who needs to be a part of which conversation, so decisions are fully considered at the right time, not the eleventh hour.

A sequential diagram showing the massing movements of the Tanager Apartments.
Building Massing

The Tanager Apartments’ massing makes several bold moves to maximize the buildable area, while addressing the pedestrian scale, tenant amenities, and community culture. Tanager Apartments | Diagram by Board & Vellum.

Building Massing

The Tanager Apartments’ massing makes several bold moves to maximize the buildable area, while addressing the pedestrian scale, tenant amenities, and community culture. Tanager Apartments | Diagram by Board & Vellum.

The complexities of multifamily projects with their many moving parts and dependencies makes an interdisciplinary studio an especially valuable partner. With constantly collaborating in-house teams, we avoid the cost implications and schedule impacts of late-breaking suggestions from an outside group. Our design approach is comprehensive and informed, eliminating the fits and starts of discrete teams taking their turn at the drawing board. Best of all, with plenty of runway for great design at the start, we save time while delivering beautifully integrated projects.

Highlights from our multifamily portfolio.

No matter the type or size of project, we design buildings and spaces to please residents, owners, developers, and the larger community.

Stellar Apartments at 1405 Dexter, Seattle, WA – Board & Vellum
New Images
Multifamily Housing in South Lake Union

Stellar Apartments

With a distinctive design, this new apartment building responds to its transit-oriented location without blending in with the crowd.

Lucille on Roosevelt: New Apartment Development in Seattle
New Construction for a Mixed-Use Building

Lucille on Roosevelt

A stunning multifamily development featuring 106 residential units, ample commercial space, and a much-loved central passageway.

Tanager Apartments – Board & Vellum
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Tanager Apartments | Rendering by Board & Vellum.

On the Boards
Dense Urban Housing Meets PNW Beauty

Tanager Apartments

Inspired by Capitol Hill’s rich history, Tanager celebrates the best of city living, while honoring the region’s natural beauty.

Harrison South: New Apartments in Capitol Hill – Board & Vellum
New Apartments with an Owner’s Unit

Harrison South Apartments

This new apartment building is contextually traditional, respecting the fabric of the neighborhood, with a modern intervention.

Interior design for apartment clubhouse refresh by Board & Vellum.
Interior Refresh with a Lakeside Vibe

The Dock at Surprise Lake

Revitalizing community-focused amenity spaces designed to foster a relaxing sense of place for residents.

New Townhomes on Greenwood Avenue near Bitter Lake in Seattle – Board & Vellum
New Townhomes Along Greenwood Avenue

Bitter Lake Townhouses

Nestled on a site with mature trees, this townhouse development forms a pedestrian-centric community along a busy arterial.

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