Here’s how to build a 7½-story building in 7 months

People from real estate development company Daly Partners announced Thursday that they're putting up downtown Seattle's first modular apartment building.

The 7½- story project at 2217 Third Ave. will be done in just seven months. That’s about half the time it would take to construct a building of this size using conventional construction methods.

How will they do it? As this video from Charter Construction shows, it’s all about “modular stacking.” The action starts at about the one-minute mark.

Asking rents for the 49 units in the project, called ‘N’ Habit: Belltown, range from $1,175 for a 420-square-foot studio to $1,975 for a 725-square-foot loft, according to the project website.

There’s no parking for residents, though the building will have bicycle storage.

The Puget Sound Business Journal’s original post about the project talks about how two other Seattle apartment developers are using modular construction as well.

Source: Stiles, Marc. (August 16, 2013). Here’s how to build a 7½-story building in 7 months [Web log post]. Retrieved August 23, 2013, from  http://www.bizjournals.com