A plan for a striking 21-story mass-timber tower at Pike Street and Third Avenue has quietly fallen apart, leaving one of downtown Seattle’s most visible corners back in limbo.
Developers withdrew their application on Friday for the project that would have replaced the former Ross Dress for Less store at 301 Pike St, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal. No new proposal has been filed for the site, and the future of the building is once again an open question.
Ross shut its downtown location on Jan. 16, 2026, ending nearly 30 years in the space. The mass-timber project was supposed to be the next chapter for the high-profile corner at the southeast edge of Third and Pike, a stretch that has long been both a transit hub and a trouble spot…