Eddie Bauer Relocating, Brooks Brothers Renovating

SEATTLE-Renovations are set to begin next week for Brooks Brothers new Northwest flagship store at Fifth Avenue and Union Street Downtown. Scheduled to open in September, the 15,000-sf two-story boutique will be the third to reflect the company’s new image; the first two are located in New York and Beverly Hills.

Currently located in one-third the space across Fifth Avenue at Rainier Square, Brooks Brothers signed its lease for the Skinner Building space in November. Eddie Bauer is vacating 30,000 sf in the Skinner Building this week in favor of a much smaller space in nearby Pacific Place, clearing the way for Brooks Brothers to begin construction.

Built in 1910 and managed by locally based Unico Properties, The Skinner Building is an eight-story mixed-use building that is home to the 5th Avenue Theatre and a number of higher-end retailers including Escada, St. Johns Boutique, Silberman/Brown Stationers and Nancy Meyer Fine Lingerie.