Friends of Waterfront Seattle Opens New Request For Proposal Process To Local Restaurants
Friends of Waterfront Seattle and Seattle Center are seeking a food and beverage tenant for a premier space currently being constructed at Waterfront Park, opening 2025.
Intent to Apply deadline: April 8, 2024
Application deadline: April 19, 2024 by 5:00 PM PST
APPLY HERE
Project Overview
For 65 years, the Alaskan Way Viaduct separated downtown from the shoreline. With its removal, city leaders recognized an unprecedented opportunity to create new green space in the heart of our city, achieving lasting economic, social, and environmental value. Planning began in 2010 with more than 400 public meetings, visioning sessions, and environmental reviews. The result is the vision for Waterfront Park, 20-acres of public space stretching north- south from Belltown to Pioneer Square, that will serve as:
An invitation to reconnect to the water, to the mountains, to our city, and to one another
A new cultural hub, created in partnership with local nonprofits to deliver a full suite of free arts, recreation, and education programs at Pier 62. Partnerships will expand as Overlook Walk and Pier 58 are completed.
A place to share the stories that illuminate the multiple histories and cultures that define Seattle and must shape its future.
A safe and welcoming public space created through active programming, a 24/7/365 on-site ambassador team to support positive activity and discourage crime, and compassionately connect people in need to social services and resources.
A green waterfront that will add 700 new trees and 140,000 shrubs and native plants to support the nearshore habitat and serve as a massive filtration system to remove pollutants from stormwater before it enters the sound. Seattle’s new seawall has been supporting healthy marine life and the migration of juvenile salmon since it was completed in 2017.
An economic accelerator – in addition to a one-time overall economic impact of $1.1B from construction, Waterfront Park is expected to generate $317M in new visitor spending annually.
About Overlook Walk
Overlook Walk is part of the greater Waterfront Park project that serves as a link between Seattle’s waterfront and urban core. This elevated pathway will connect pedestrians from Pike Place Market to the waterfront, offering panoramic views of Elliott Bay. The park will feature informal play areas, inviting public plazas, and thoughtfully designed landscaping, providing an enriching and enjoyable experience for visitors. One of the main features of Overlook Walk is the new cafe location that will host a local food and beverage concessionaire starting in 2025.
When Overlook Walk and café open, park visitors are estimated to grow from 6,000,000 to 14,000,000 annually.
Overlook Walk Cafe Overview:
Waterfront Park hours of operation 7:00am—10:00pm daily (prospective applicant to propose café business hours)
Café Lease Space: 1,326 SF
Restrooms: 126 SF
Service/Mechanical Room: 54 SF
Canopy Space: Approximately 3,050 SF- non-exclusive use
Additional specifications listed below and information packet available after signed NDA is received
Term details
Applicants shall include desired contract terms in their proposal. Friends will discuss contract terms with finalists during the selection process. Applicants to propose concessionaire rate plus percentage of sales commission in their submission.
Project Scope
Applicants should appropriately identify and establish characteristics of the consumers of the waterfront food and beverage market – both locals and visitors. The application should outline mutually beneficial relationships with the public at large, members of the public, neighborhood developers, existing and future concessionaires and retailers, the daytime workforce, business and leisure travelers, users of Waterfront Park, and the residential population.
The food and beverage concessionaire needs to be driven by current and anticipated market scenarios. Operational considerations should include market fit to demographics of the Seattle Waterfront as a regional retail and lifestyle destination, and feasibility within the neighborhood ecosystem of other retail businesses through which a shopper can make purchases.
Project Overview
For 65 years, the Alaskan Way Viaduct separated downtown from the shoreline. With its removal, city leaders recognized an unprecedented opportunity to create new green space in the heart of our city, achieving lasting economic, social, and environmental value. Planning began in 2010 with more than 400 public meetings, visioning sessions, and environmental reviews. The result is the vision for Waterfront Park, 20-acres of public space stretching north- south from Belltown to Pioneer Square, that will serve as:
An invitation to reconnect to the water, to the mountains, to our city, and to one another
A new cultural hub, created in partnership with local nonprofits to deliver a full suite of free arts, recreation, and education programs at Pier 62. Partnerships will expand as Overlook Walk and Pier 58 are completed.
A place to share the stories that illuminate the multiple histories and cultures that define Seattle and must shape its future.
A safe and welcoming public space created through active programming, a 24/7/365 on-site ambassador team to support positive activity and discourage crime, and compassionately connect people in need to social services and resources.
A green waterfront that will add 700 new trees and 140,000 shrubs and native plants to support the nearshore habitat and serve as a massive filtration system to remove pollutants from stormwater before it enters the sound. Seattle’s new seawall has been supporting healthy marine life and the migration of juvenile salmon since it was completed in 2017.
An economic accelerator – in addition to a one-time overall economic impact of $1.1B from construction, Waterfront Park is expected to generate $317M in new visitor spending annually.
