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DAVID ZARETT

Real Estate Development | Conservation | Philanthropy

David Zarett, CEO of Zarett Properties

DAVID ZARETT, CEO

David founded Zarett Properties, a Seattle real estate development firm in 1992, following a life-long love of building and architecture. Originally from Los Angeles, Zarett found the beginnings of his success in Seattle, Washington. He is best known for the purchase and rehabilitation of the 100-year-old Seattle Ice Building which was widely seen as a visionary investment and renovation.

In recent years, Zarett has turned his attention to green building, sustainability, and conservation. This work extends to his forest management and preservation efforts in Snoqualmie, Washington. After purchasing over a thousand pristine acres, David became a formidable adversary against a proposed dam on the North Fork of the Snoqualmie River that would have ruined habitats and a highly-rated kayak run.

As a committed member of the Seattle community, David Zarett provides considerable financial and personal support for numerous charitable organizations. A particular philanthropic cause is Camp Korey, a summer camp for children suffering from severe illnesses. Additionally, Zarett supports the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and Doctors Without Borders.

David earned his Bachelor of Science degree in business from the University of Oregon. He is an avid traveler and outdoorsman, spending much of his time in South America. He is also an accomplished musician.

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”

― Mahatma Gandhi

World Wildlife Foundation
“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”

“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”

― Gary Snyder

Nature Conservancy
“Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.”

“Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.”

― Edward O. Wilson

Union of Concerned Scientists
“Wildness is the preservation of the World.”

“Wildness is the preservation of the World.”

― Henry David Thoreau

Thoreau Society
“Take nothing but memories, leave nothing but footprints.”

“Take nothing but memories, leave nothing but footprints.”

― Chief Seattle

Indigenous Environmental Network
“We should not forget that it will be just as important to our descendants to be prosperous in their time as it is to us to be prosperous in our time.”

“We should not forget that it will be just as important to our descendants to be prosperous in their time as it is to us to be prosperous in our time.”

― Theodore Roosevelt

National Resources Defense Council
“Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom and lakes die.”

“Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom and lakes die.”

― Gil Scott-Heron

Sierra Club
“No one in the world needs a Rhino horn but a Rhino.”

“No one in the world needs a Rhino horn but a Rhino.”

― Paul Oxton

International Anti-Poaching Foundation
 “This is one of the greatest challenges of our time: to convert ourselves to a type of development that knows how to respect creation.”

“This is one of the greatest challenges of our time: to convert ourselves to a type of development that knows how to respect creation.”

― Pope Francis

Doctors Without Borders
"Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented."

"Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented."

― Barry Commoner

Pollution Facts
"The future will either be green or not at all."

"The future will either be green or not at all."

― Bob Brown

World Green Building Council
"Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land."

"Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land."

― Aldo Leopold

The Land Ethic
"Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man."

"Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man."

― Stewart Udall

Udall Foundation
"If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees."

"If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees."

― Susan George

Learn About Clearcutting
"Good environmental policy is good economic policy."

"Good environmental policy is good economic policy."

― Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders

ZARETT PROPERTIES

Zarett Properties is a privately-owned Seattle real estate development and investment firm. Current real estate holdings include the Alaska Trade Building, the 1205 E Pike Building, and others on the historic registry and in the sought after Pike Place Market and Capitol Hill areas.

In 1997,  Zarett purchased the Seattle Ice building. The 122,000 square foot building was in significant disrepair with rotting wooden beams and condemned by the city of Seattle. After three years of painstaking work to restore and renovate at the cost of $10 million, the building reopened and became home to The Cobalt Group and Starbucks Corp. The building was renamed the Cobalt Building and sold for $20 million in 2007. The project was one of the first significant projects in the revitalization of the SODO area in Seattle commercial real estate market.

Zarett Properties’ commercial real estate specialty is the purchase of historic, industrial buildings and renovating to suit commercial partners with sustainable green methods. Zarett is currently developing a first-class, contemporary office and retail building adjacent to GasWorks Park.

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