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East Howe Steps apartment brand

Existing Class A apartment in Seattle, WA required a brand strategy, campaign analytics, and compelling content to help draw attention from prospects in a competitive Lake Union market. The community's team is responsible for 96 homes in two four-story buildings, one on either side of the E Howe Street plaza — one block above Lake Union, at the foot of the longest public staircase in Seattle.

Services provided

  • — Brand strategy, including tenant and market analysis, robust competitive analysis, messaging framework, and positioning
  • —Brand guidelines
  • —Campaign audit, analytics, and plan
  • —Website refresh
  • —Collateral design
  • —Signage design
  • —Floor plan template
  • —Social graphic templates

Positioning

East Howe Steps: An industrial legacy. An exceptional home. An innovative community.

East Howe Steps is for those who value Eastlake’s history as a hub of industry. An important part of Seattle’s past. And a strong influence on our future. Inspired by the neighborhood’s rich legacy of lumberyards, ship propeller factories and paper mills, East Howe Steps is an exceptional home to a diverse community of innovative professionals. Experience an industrial legacy. Enjoy a truly exceptional home.

Become part of a creative and unique community of modern and urban Seattleites. You’re only a few steps away.

Project highlights

East Howe Steps brochure front cover: Step into your new story, with a yellow square, a circular photograph of a resident under a steel truss bridge, and a photograph of a longboarder on a city street
Brochure
East Howe Steps brochure back cover: a rooftop deck with Lake Union and the Seattle skyline above a black, striped, and yellow geometric collage, with the address, website, and phone number
Brochure
East Howe Steps brochure spread: the positioning statement beside a yellow panel of body copy, over a historic black-and-white industrial photograph and a rooftop terrace view of Lake Union
Brochure
East Howe Steps brochure spread: Enjoy lifestyle-enhancing amenities, a step above the rest, above an apartment living room, a bedroom, and a circular inset of the kitchen
Brochure
East Howe Steps brochure spread: Just steps away from Eastlake's best dining and shopping, with a numbered directory of restaurants, coffee, grocery, and activities beside a neighbourhood map of Eastlake and Lake Union
Brochure
East Howe Steps printed brochure: several open spreads laid on a black surface, each showing the East Howe Steps is for those who value Eastlake’s history as a hub of industry headline beside a rooftop photograph and a yellow block of body copy
Printed brochure
East Howe Steps social graphic: a yellow half-circle on cream beside an orange-red panel reading Good morning. Your perfect latte is only 200 steps away.
Social graphic
East Howe Steps social graphic: An exceptional home and community on cream, with a polka-dot and stripe corner pattern above orange-red boxes reading Join us! Happy hour on the roofdeck tonight at 7p.
Social graphic
East Howe Steps social graphic: Eastlake and beyond in orange-red above a black staircase shape carrying yellow strips reading Sun's out! Neighborhood dog walk from the lobby at 6p tonight.
Social graphic
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