McGuire Apartments, Residential complex in Belltown, Seattle, United States

McGuire Apartments was a residential complex located at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and Wall Street in Belltown. The structure housed 272 units across 25 floors, alongside amenities including a five-story parking garage, a private park, and shared spaces for fitness and media activities.

Opened in April 2001 at a cost of $32 million, a joint venture of Carpenters Union Local 131 and Harbor Properties, with 272 units built by McCarthy Building Companies. Exterior and waterproofing problems were reported as early as 2004; a 2008 frame inspection found corroded cables and cable ends in the post-tensioned concrete floors, caused by inadequate painting and improper grout. Repair estimates rose from $23 million in 2008 to over $80 million by 2010, and demolition was announced that April. Floor-by-floor demolition began on April 4, 2011 and was completed in early 2012.

The tower was a joint venture of Carpenters Union Local 131 and Harbor Properties, and its 272 units drew residents into Belltown during the neighborhood's late-1990s building wave. Its five-story above-ground garage was topped by a private park for residents.

The tower stood at the corner of 2nd Avenue and Wall Street, with a five-story above-ground garage topped by a private park. Demolition was done floor by floor rather than by implosion, a method approved by the City of Seattle in March 2011. The site became a surface parking lot after demolition finished in 2012.

The McGuire was demolished floor by floor with heavy machinery rather than imploded, and the work claimed the life of a construction worker on the 22nd floor in September 2011. The flaws traced to corroded post-tensioning cables and improper grout led to reforms in Seattle's building codes for post-tensioned concrete.