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Portland-based landscape architecture and planning firm Walker Macy will soon open a Seattle office.

The firm plans to establish a small office in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood by July, founding principal Douglas Macy said. It will be led by principals Chris Jones and Lara Rose.

Walker Macy has worked on many projects in the Seattle-metro area, including some for online retailer Amazon near the South Lake Union neighborhood, Harborside Fountain Park in Bremerton and the Bothell campus plan for the University of Washington. The firm has long considered opening an office in the city, Macy said.

“There have been just a lot of work and ongoing relationships with people that’s going to be made easier by having an office there,” he said. “Many of our clients from the Seattle area have asked us to move there or have a presence there.”

The firm was set up this year to open a Seattle office mostly because it had key staff members willing to lead the expansion.

“At this point, we have the opportunity with the personnel that are available at our office to put in place two top-notch professionals in that office,” Macy said. “Part of the problem with starting a new office is having the right people to do it.”

Jones joined Walker Macy since 2005 and was promoted to principal this year. The firm recently added Rose, who previously was a principal in the San Francisco office of landscape architecture and planning firm Hargreaves Associates.