UW Tower

{{Short description|Office Skyscraper}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox building

| name = UW Tower

| image = Seattle - UW Tower 01.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = UW Tower pictured in 2010

| alternate_names = Safeco Plaza
Safeco Building

| location = 4333 Brooklyn Avenue NE
Seattle, Washington, U.S.

| coordinates = {{coord|47.660755|-122.314673|region:US-WA|display=inline,title}}

| completion_date = 1975

| building_type = Commercial offices

| antenna_spire =

| roof = {{convert|99|m|abbr=on}}

| top_floor =

| floor_count = 22

| elevator_count =

| cost =

| floor_area =

| architect = Robert Sowder

| architecture_firm = NBBJ

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| owner = University of Washington

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| references = {{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/119384 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306205013/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/119384 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |title=Emporis building ID 119384 |work=Emporis}}

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The UW Tower is a high-rise office building complex located in the University District of Seattle, Washington, United States. It was completed in 1975 and serves as the head offices of the University of Washington. The 22-story tower was designed by NBBJ. It reaches a height of {{convert|99|m|abbr=on}}, making it Seattle's tallest building outside the Downtown area.

The tower was originally constructed as Safeco Plaza to serve as Safeco Insurance's headquarters. It was generally referred to as the Safeco Building. Safeco sold the property to the University of Washington in 2006 for $130 million,{{cite news|last=Allison|first=Melissa|title=UW acquires Safeco tower for $130 million|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2003233276_safeco29m.html|access-date=4 November 2012|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=August 29, 2006}} and moved out one year later.

The purchase from Safeco included Safeco Tower, three adjacent buildings, a residential building with 29 units, two parking garages and two surface parking lots. Presently the university properties consist of the UW Tower itself, Buildings A, C, O, and S, the Collegiana building, two garages, and two surface lots.{{cite map |date=May 30, 2019 |title=University of Washington Campus |url=https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/uw-s3-cdn/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/09/09134305/uw-campus-printable-0919.pdf |publisher=University of Washington |accessdate=September 2, 2021}}