The $32 million, 272-unit building opened in 2001, but was closed in 2010 after the discovery of major structural flaws and corrosion that forced evacuation and demolition.

[2] The McGuire Apartments opened in April 2001 at a cost of $32 million, a joint venture by the Carpenters Union Local 131 and Harbor Properties.

The 272-unit tower was built by McCarthy Building Companies as part of a wave of condominium and apartment development in the Belltown neighborhood during the late 1990s.

[9] Contractor Lease Crutcher Lewis began salvage and demolition work on April 4, 2011,[10][11] with the garage leveled beginning the following month.

[17] AvalonBay bought the property for $24 million in April 2016 and hired architectural firm Ankrom Moisan to design the new building.