Hotel Ballard opened its doors this past May and the 29-room hotel located in the heart of historic Ballard features high-level views of the Olympics, is connected to the Olympic Athletic Club and is the home to Stoneburner, the new restaurant from Bastille's executive chef.

The old Greyhound Terminal at Stewart & 8th Ave. will be no more once the 43-story, 1,550-room project "Ninth & Stewart" replaces it, becoming Seattle's largest hotel. The project is expected to cost $400-$500M with construction set to begin in March 2014 and the grand opening slated for 2017.

SLS Hotels, which runs upscale hotels in Beverly Hills and South Beach, is planning a luxury hotel from the 2nd to 15th floors in the 43-story tower. In all, it will encompass 184 rooms, 30,000 square feet of restaurants and clubs as well as 20,000 square feet of conference and event space.

Touchstone Corp.'s Hill7 project will include an 11-story office building with 300K square feet of space as well as a 14-story Hilton Garden hotel. There will also be some retail space and underground parking. Construction is TBD.

Gramor Development Washington has plans to build a 174-room hotel just a few blocks south of Northgate Mall. Jensen Fey, the architects behind the Seattle Marriott Waterfront, is designing the hotel.

Kauri Investments expects to start construction soon on Hyatt House, a hotel/apartment complex that the company's K Contracting will build on a triangular parcel now used for parking. The projects together will add about 175 housing units and 100 guest rooms just two blocks from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters.

Kemper Development Co. has proposed 2M square feet of additions to The Bellevue Collection, including a 250-room luxury hotel and additional boutique hotel.

Denver developer Stonebridge has filed plans to develop a 252-room hotel on the west side of Fifth Avenue, by Stewart Street. The project would include a small restaurant and bar, and three levels of underground parking.