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Puget Sound Business Journal unveils 2024 Corporate Citizenship honorees
May 8, 2024
Companies across the Puget Sound region are finding ways to make a difference in their communities. We are proud to be recognized on this year’s list of top corporate philanthropists.
Transition plans unfold with leadership changes at JTM Construction
February 8, 2024
JTM Construction co-founder Martin O’Leary has been named the first CEO of JTM Construction. His appointment is among several recent leadership changes at the company. He was president, a role now held by Benjamin Coffman, an early hire at the company.
JTM Construction Announces Leadership Transition
February 1, 2024
JTM Construction is a privately-held construction services company that specializes in performing exceptional preconstruction and construction services, today announced that Martin O’Leary will step into CEO role, Benjamin Coffman appointed Presiden
Bellevue’s InterContinental Hotel
November 16, 2023
“We are opening the doors to the region’s first InterContinental hotel in 2024 and introducing what surely will be the highest form of hospitality in the Pacific Northwest,” 30-year international hospitality veteran and general manager Haje Roger Thurau said.
The Jack, is officially finished!
November 13, 2023
The Jack is the first new construction office building to open at the waterfront in 55 years.
The Jack office building won the judges’ award for Best in Class Development
November 9, 2023
NAIOP’s annual Night of the Stars gala was held last Friday evening at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue. The nominees were selected by popular vote among NAIOP members; then, a panel of industry experts made the judgments.
JTM is proud to be recognized by NAIOP and honored with The Multifamily Development of the Year award!
November 9, 2023
NAIOP’s annual Night of the Stars gala was held last Friday evening at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue. The nominees were selected by popular vote among NAIOP members; then, a panel of industry experts made the judgments.
Puyallup Tribe tops out new Tacoma headquarters
October 25, 2023
The Puyallup Tribe has topped out its new future headquarters building in Tacoma.
JTM Projects Make The List of The 10 Best Hotels in Seattle
October 18, 2023
Book a room and treat yourself to a staycation today!
Ovation brings home the 2023 ENR Best Regional Project Award for Best Residential Project
September 18, 2023
ENR Northwest is pleased to announce the winners of its 2023 Best Projects competition.
Taqueria opens in Pioneer Square’s RailSpur development
July 24, 2023
Tacolisto opened Friday at 119 S. Jackson St. in Seattle’s Pioneer Square. Its menu includes house-made tortillas, locally sourced seafood and fresh-juice cocktails.
The Jack to host first event
July 19, 2023
The Jack will host its first event; a temporary art exhibit called the Exploded View.
The final design is prepared for 1305 Stewart the SLU life-science tower
July 5, 2023
Just west of the freeway, a triangular low-rise block in South Lake Union will be completely transformed by a planned new life-science tower.
Teatro ZinZanni announces new residency at Lotte Hotel Seattle
June 28, 2023
Teatro ZinZanni will take up residency in this historic church turned events space.
Urban Visions secures TCO for The Jack
June 26, 2023
The Jack, targeting LEED Gold certification, has secured TCO.
JTM Georgetown New Office
June 21, 2023
It’s been nearly a year since JTM Construction moved from the International District to Georgetown and the company hasn’t looked back.
$14M penthouse sale at Avenue Bellevue, condos opening soon
June 13, 2023
Fortress Development announced this week that it has inked three big condominium pre-sales agreements at Avenue Bellevue.
Benchmark sets October opening date for Avenue Bellevue hotel
June 9, 2023
Benchmark Resorts and Hotels will operate the 208-room InterContinental hotel in the south tower, which now goes by 814 102nd Ave. N.E. And that operator announced late last month that the hotel will open in October. That will be the next significant milestone for local owner and developer Fortress Development, which is backed by Silverstein Capital Partners.
These 100 companies are among Washington’s Best Workplaces 2023
June 8, 2023
We are honored and excited to be recognized by the Puget Sound Business Journal as one of Washington’s Best Workplaces for the third year. Our work is a team effort every day. We appreciate and thank our JTM team members for all they have accomplished in 2023! Working hard, supporting each other, and having fun make the culture at JTM one that we are proud of!
Hotel Westland: Seattle’s first carbon-negative hotel coming to Pioneer Square in 2024
May 24, 2023
Urban Villages officially broke ground on Hotel Westland, the third and final building in the Denver-based developer’s RailSpur micro-district which aims to bring new life and energy to historic Pioneer Square.
A New Chapter in a Building With More Than a Century of History
November 4, 2026
As JTM continues to grow, so does our footprint in Georgetown. Our office at 5900 Airport Way S, Suite 110 remains home, and this summer we expanded just steps away into the historic General Office Building at 6010 Airport Way S, creating additional space for our growing teams while keeping us connected on the Original Rainier Brewery campus.
Seattle City Makers Podcast, Episode 120: Ben Coffman
October 13, 2026
Perhaps you’ve seen social media videos of or have heard of the residential towers under development downtown with a Boeing fuselage tucked between them, Aero 1200. It’s a wild project and it’s just one of the many notable works constructed by Seattle firm JTM Construction.
Rooftop event space opens at RailSpur micro district
October 17, 2025
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
Pioneer Square’s RailSpur micro district added an events space last month atop its 419 Occidental mixed-use office building, originally built in 1906.
JTM Leaders Talk Shop
April 21, 2025
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
JTM Construction’s CEO and president share lessons from 20 years of building in Seattle. A small team of builders founded JTM Construction in 2005, making office tenant improvements at Metropolitan Park East for The Benaroya Company as their very first project. Three years later, the company was awarded Olive8, then Stadium Place, the F5 Tower, Weyerhaeuser Headquarters at 200 Occidental and Ovation Towers.
Largest Private Companies in Washington State
June 24, 2024
PSBJ announces this year’s list of Largest Private Companies in Washington state.
Puget Sound Business Journal unveils 2024 Corporate Citizenship honorees
May 8, 2024
Companies across the Puget Sound region are finding ways to make a difference in their communities. We are proud to be recognized on this year’s list of top corporate philanthropists.
JTM is proud to be recognized by NAIOP and honored with The Multifamily Development of the Year award!
November 9, 2023
NAIOP’s annual Night of the Stars gala was held last Friday evening at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue. The nominees were selected by popular vote among NAIOP members; then, a panel of industry experts made the judgments.
JTM Georgetown New Office
June 21, 2023
It’s been nearly a year since JTM Construction moved from the International District to Georgetown and the company hasn’t looked back.
These 100 companies are among Washington’s Best Workplaces 2023
June 8, 2023
We are honored and excited to be recognized by the Puget Sound Business Journal as one of Washington’s Best Workplaces for the third year. Our work is a team effort every day. We appreciate and thank our JTM team members for all they have accomplished in 2023! Working hard, supporting each other, and having fun make the culture at JTM one that we are proud of!
Safety Professional of the Year Award
May 19, 2023
Since joining JTM, Justin Molocznik has energized a safety program that was in peril. While the attitude and desire for a strong safety culture was built into the organization at its core, the safety effort lacked the organization and leadership to capture its energy.
Grand Award: Safety General Contractor 250k to 500k Workers Hours
May 19, 2023
JTM understands that when it invests in the community and safety industry, it is ultimately investing in a better future for the individuals it tries to protect.
2021 PSBJ General Contractor List
June 27, 2022
JTM Construction ranks 14th on the 2021 Puget Sound Business Journal’s List for General Contractors
These 100 companies are among Washington’s Best Workplaces
June 22, 2022
We are honored and excited to be recognized by the Puget Sound Business Journal as one of Washington’s Best Workplaces for the second year in a row. Our work is a team effort every day. We appreciate and thank our JTM team members for all they have accomplished in 2022! Working hard, supporting each other, and having fun is what makes the culture at JTM one that we are proud of!
JTM exec shares lessons learned over the decades
July 1, 2021
Culture and values transcend everything we do at JTM Construction and are what drew me to this company years ago. Here are some of the many lessons I’ve learned along the way.
Justin Molocznik joins JTM Construction as Safety Director
February 1, 2021
JTM Construction, leading PNW general contractor, announced today that Justin Molocznik has joined the company as Safety Director.
Opinion: You can’t achieve success without succession planning
December 11, 2020
In almost every industry, a leadership transition is a crucial moment in a company’s life and can drastically impact its future. Leaders in the construction industry planning their exit face even more pressure because an estimated 54% of construction managers are baby boomers.
JTM Construction Transitions Presidency from John Hayduk to Martin O’Leary
October 29, 2020
Leading Pacific Northwest general contractor, JTM Construction, announced today that President John Hayduk will transition to the role of Senior Advisor in January 2021, with Executive Vice President Martin O’Leary taking the helm. Hayduk co-founded JTM Construction in 2005, with O’Leary and Chief Operating Officer Tom Titus.
JTM Removes Tower Crane from The Jack Near the Waterfront
March 7, 2023
What a difference a year makes.
Ovation is Runner Up for the DCJ 2022 Building of the Year
February 6, 2023
Situated adjacent to the Town Hall culture and performance center, Ovation sets a new standard for collaboration between private, nonprofit, and public sectors.
Two-tower Mixed-use Project Tops Out in Bellevue
December 27, 2022
Last Friday, Fortress Development’s large mixed-use project, Avenue Bellevue, officially topped out when crews from JTM Construction poured the roof slab at the development’s South Tower. This is the second of the project’s two towers to top out. The first one, the north tower, topped out in November.
The Jack Tops Out in Pioneer Square
December 14, 2022
Last week, project team members came together to celebrate the topping out of The Jack in Pioneer Square. The eight-story waterfront commercial development, located at 74 S. Jackson St., is scheduled for completion in quarter two of 2023.
Work Appears to have Begun on Boutique Hotel Project in Pioneer Square
December 5, 2022
Interior demolition work looks to be underway at Urban Villages’ rehab and conversion of the historic Westland Building, at 100 S. King St., into a 120-key boutique hotel.
LMC opens Ovation, with 548 First Hill units on Town Hall block
June 22, 2022
Now using the new address of 702 Spring St., the 548 units have begun leasing in the east and west towers. The 32-story project received its temporary certificate of occupancy last month. Perkins Will designed Ovation, with JTM Construction as the general contractor.
Seattle life science tower proposed for El Corazón site off of I-5
June 22, 2022
PMB, a San Diego-based health care real estate development company with a Seattle office, is proposing this life science tower near an exit off of Interstate 5 at the north edge of downtown Seattle.
The Jack building reaches the street
April 29, 2022
Last week, JTM Construction and Gonsalves & Santucci Inc. poured the final portion of the level one post-tension deck at Urban Visions’ office building project, The Jack.
Puget Sound Region’s Newest Salmon-Safe Developer
April 22, 2022
We’re thrilled to announce that Seattle-based Urban Visions is the second developer anywhere to achieve Salmon-Safe accreditation. As a Salmon-Safe developer, Urban Visions will apply Salmon-Safe principles for site design, development, and operation across all of its projects and properties.
Urban Visions Lands $90M for Seattle Project
March 2, 2022
The LEED Gold-certified office building is rising in the city’s Pioneer Square neighborhood.
JTM builds ‘visual mock-up’ of The Jack building’s skin
November 4, 2021
DJC interviews JTM’s vice president Ben Coffman.
Capstone, Freiheit ready design for downtown Bellevue office tower, with JTM as contractor
August 31, 2021
JTM Construction will build the 305 Office Building.
JTM starts on Pagliacci replacement condos
August 31, 2021
The two and three-bedroom condominiums look to average around 3,000 square feet.
After long pandemic pause, JTM returns to waterfront office project
July 28, 2021
The Jack office project, by Urban Visions, started demolition at 74 S. Jackson St. early last year — just in time for the pandemic.
LMC quietly tops out 2-tower Ovation project on First Hill
June 25, 2021
LMC topped out its Ovation luxury apartment development at 702 Spring St. on First Hill.
Schwabe Gets Briefed on JTM’s Esterra Park Carbon-Neutral Project
June 8, 2021
The final phase of the Esterra Park development in Redmond, Washington, is a carbon-neutral development.
Final phase of $1.3B Redmond development will be carbon neutral
March 2, 2021
When a Microsoft-leased office building in Redmond and the adjacent 600-plus apartment units are completed, no fossil fuels will be used to power them.
Condos approved for Pagliacci corner in Old Bellevue
January 29, 2021
The six-story boutique condo building will have only 10 units, plus two levels of underground parking with about 24 stalls.
Old Bellevue site due for boutique condos
June 27, 2020
Pagliacci has moved to a new location a short walk east of its former Old Bellevue home at 8 100th Ave. N.E., and now a six-story, 10-unit condominium planned for that site is nearing its final permit approvals.
Amazon leases Hines’ Summit III in Bellevue
January 20, 2020
Hines Global REIT announced in October that it had all its permits for the planned 17-story, 374,000-square-foot Summit III in Bellevue.
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