Washington Square is an urban mixed-use development project located in downtown Bellevue, Washington. The project was completed in 2008 and is comprised of 353 high rise condominiums across two separate towers, 26 urban townhomes, 10,000 square feet of retail and an underground parking garage consisting of over 750 stalls. Mr. Nielson served as the Managing Director of this project managing acquisition of the land, entitlements, design, construction, and the ultimate sale of all 379 units. Due to the timing of this project completing at the outset of the Great Financial Crisis, Mr. Nielson also had the opportunity to oversee the workout and ultimate payoff of a $153 Million US Bank led syndicated loan facility. ​

The creation of Amazon’s new campus began in 2012 and produced millions of square feet of office and meeting spaces. The multi-tower developments changed Seattle’s skyline and became the home for one of our Worlds most recognizable and utilized brands. Their campus offers office space, eateries, and unique employee amenities like the Spheres – an iconic getaway for employees that features terrariums of rare plants and multiple water features. The challenges this project presented were significant, yet its realization marked an amazing testament to the benefits of team collaboration, creativity and world-class engineering.​

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters is a remarkable office campus adjacent to the Seattle Center that was years in the making with complex design components, challenging soil conditions and unique site elements. The project sits on a 12-acre parcel that includes office space, meeting and convening areas, a visitor center, large atrium, and a data center. Further, the ownership, design and construction team understood the important opportunity this campus had to embrace sustainable building practices and was able to achieve a LEED Platinum certification through thoughtful design, procurement and management strategies.​

Completed in 2009, the Enso Condos is an urban mixed-use project in the heart of Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. This project includes 320,000 square feet of Class A office space and 135-units of residential condominiums. The development boasts upscale finishes and building amenities that resulted in rapid condo sales and commercial leasing.

While President of Wasatch Group, Mr. Nielson and team led a build-to-suit ground up development project for Questar Gas (predecessor to Dominion Energy). The 170,000 s.f. project rises seven stories in the air and is comprised of steel and concrete construction. Given its location in the downtown core of Salt Lake City, the urban infill project took unique planning and logistics to not overburden or impact a neighboring building owned by Wasatch Group, as well.

Completed in 2015, the Cirrus apartments in downtown Seattle is a 41 story, 355-unit upscale urban community. The amenities within Cirrus includes a rooftop terrace, sky lounge, and a fitness center. This project was a great example of proactive construction planning using Lean techniques that resulted in an accelerated schedule and improved efficiency.

Consisting of over 7,200 acres of land situated with perfect views of three world-class ski resorts in Park City, Utah, Promontory is a master planned, luxury second home community. While with Pivotal Group, Mr. Nielson oversaw the development and sale of over 650 high-end homesites, two championship golf courses (Pete Dye and Jack Nicklaus Signature), multiple clubhouses, an indoor equestrian center and over 100 luxury cabin-homes. Mr. Nielson also managed a sales team of 15 professionals and closed a $300 Million debt facility with Credit Suisse.