News & Insights
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.
Development of the Year: Avenue Bellevue, Fortress
May 1, 2023
Positioned at the corner of NE 8th Street and Bellevue Way, Avenue is an embodiment of inspiration and elegance. Avenue Estates, set above a luxury hotel by InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, is a collection of 141 estate homes featuring smart configurations and top-of-the-line fixtures.
2023 Water Vision Award: Urban Visions
April 21, 2023
Congratulations to our partner, Urban Visions, the 2023 Water Vision Award winner! As the region’s second Salmon-Safe certified developer, Urban Visions is leading the way in onsite stormwater treatment.
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.
New Businesses Open at Paramount Hotel
January 23, 2023
The Paramount Hotel, at 724 Pine St., is now home to two new businesses — espresso bar and breakfast spot Spruce Cafe and upscale Korean restaurant Chan Seattle.
Spruce opened last October, followed by Chan in November.
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.
Pioneer Square office building will be first SEAM certified project in U.S.
November 23, 2022
Demolition set for annex at Old Rainier Brewery
November 14, 2022
2021 PSBJ General Contractor List
June 27, 2022
JTM Construction ranks 14th on the 2021 Puget Sound Business Journal’s List for General Contractors
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.
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!
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.
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.
Hines starts construction of Bellevue office tower
July 10, 2019
Real estate firm Hines announced Monday that it started construction of the Summit 3 office tower at the corner of 108th Avenue Northeast and Northeast Fourth Street in downtown Bellevue.
Capstone to start on spec offices at Esterra Park
July 6, 2019
The seven-story Class A building, with 245,000 square feet, was designed by ZGF. JTM will be the general contractor. CBRE’s Scott Davis, Tim Owens and Scotta Ashcraft will lease the space for Capstone.
Chainqui’s Belltown apartments nearly half leased; two restaurants sign up
May 24, 2019
The O2 Apartments at 2401 Third Ave. in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood are nearly half leased since the 12-story building opened earlier this year.
Octave 9 performance space debuts at Benaroya Hall
March 29, 2019
Seattle Symphony recently opened Octave 9: Raisbeck Music Center, a high-tech, acoustically nimble performing arts space at Benaroya Hall downtown where artists and composers can experiment with sound.
LMC starts on two Alexa-enabled apartment towers on Town Hall block
March 8, 2019
LMC — the preferred moniker for Lennar Multifamily Communities — announced this week that it has started construction on two apartment towers at 1101 Eighth Ave., aka the Town Hall block, just east of the freeway on First Hill. Completion is expected during 2021. The official new name is Ovation.
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