The site, a three-quarter-block, L-shaped parcel that Richard Hedreen bought in 1995 for $4.5 million, included a Greyhound Lines bus station that would have been demolished for the hotel.

[15] This project was further modified because an arrangement could not be reached with the City of Seattle to vacate the alley in exchange for the inclusion of 152 affordable housing units, using only three quarters of the block.

[17] The project was at the center of a dispute between developer Hedreen and a local labor union, who alleged that the building would not provide adequate public benefits as required by the city's land use code; ultimately, an appeal to the city was rejected and allowed construction of the project to begin in 2015.

[3] Greyhound relocated the bus terminal in 2014 to a location near the Stadium light rail station in the SoDo neighborhood.

[21] The hotel has conferences booked into 2026, including a meeting of the American Library Association in January 2019 that was the venue's first major event.