There is a W hotel in downtown Seattle...no more than 15 miles away. I am a FF and I live in Redmond, so I'm probably the wrong person to ask about hotels here (because I never stay in them). One of the worst things about this area is the traffic gridlock around rush hour. If you will be travelling back and forth from your hotel to your job/project during rush hour, I would probably ditch the downtown Seattle idea. Conversely, if you might be travelling at slightly different hours, Seattle is only 25 minutes from Redmond when you've got open road. The only new hotel in Redmond that I know of is the Residence Inn at Town Center...opened about a year ago...this is probably minutes from your job. Best Regards, DS.