Bushwell Plaza

Bushwell Plaza is the apartment complex that Carly Shay, Spencer Shay, Freddie Benson, Harper Bettencourt and Millicent Mitchell live in. It is located on the west side of Kennedy Square in Seattle.

Lewbert worked at Bushwell Plaza as a doorman after he broke up with Marta Trundel. After being injured by an iCarly prank gone wrong, he was temporarily replaced by Spencer in 2008 while he recuperated because of an injury. In iFind Lewbert’s Lost Love he was arrested for 6 months and 30 days for slapping a cop and took the blame for Chuck for stealing TV remotes so he can get away from Marta, who had found him again with the help of the iCarly crew. He came back as the doorman sometime before iEnrage Gibby.

Bushwell Plaza Entrance (iFind Lewbert’s Lost Love)

According to series creator and director Dan Schneider, the building is a former business building that was eventually converted into an apartment complex.

There are multiple elevators in Bushwell Plaza. If you walk into the lobby, pass the stairs, keep going, and turn left, you will reach the main elevator. This elevator can take you to any floor but not into people’s apartments.

Lobby

Some of the apartments (“lofts”, as they’re called) have cargo elevators that run through them, like the Shays’ apartment does. These are special elevators that are not accessible by just anyone.

Bushwell Plaza at night

To use the cargo elevator that runs all the way up through the Shays’ loft, you must have authorization. You have to be allowed in by Lewbert, Spencer or Carly. Otherwise, that elevator will not open inside the Shays’ loft. Also, Carly and Spencer have a special magnetic key which allows that cargo elevator to open inside their apartment.[1]

Bushwell Plaza Lobby (iFind Lewbert’s Lost Love)

One apartment Freddie stayed in (iMove Out) was shown to be extremely cheap ($100 a month), although it was more of a storage room than an actual apartment. There was no bathroom (but there was a sink), no curtains, and every time someone used the elevator there was a loud, scary noise. In 2008, a clock was added (there was no clock in iHeart Art) for half of season one.

“Rules”

• No playing racketball inside.
• No installing soda machines without Lewbert’s permission.
• No dogs.
• No illegally leaving muffin baskets on desks.
• No singing.
• No playing games.
• No using portable generators or airconditioning units in apartments.

Occupants

• Lewbert Sline (formerly; former doorman)
• 4-G: Griffin and his mother (the apartment was previously owned by “the lady whose gums are always bleeding”)
• 6-C: Woman with kids (mentioned by Gibby in iGoodbye)
• 6th floor: Emmett
• 7-B: Man who likes dressing up as a doctor (mentioned in iFight Shelby Marx)
• 7-C: Marty Klemish
• 7-L: Mr. and Mrs. Harlensenchester (moved out)
• 7th floor: Darina[2]
• 8-C: Spencer Shay (Carly previously lived here in the original series)
• 8-D / 8-H[3]: Freddie Benson, Marissa Benson and Millicent Mitchell (Millicent moved in with Freddie prior to 2021)
• 8-D: T-Bo (moved into the Benson Apartment after iQ; formerly)
• 8-E: Carly Shay and Harper Bettencourt
• 8-G: Patrice (she mentions living only a few apartments from the Benson Apartment)
• 10-G: Dr. Dresdin
• 11th floor: Earl Chambers and Gia Chambers with their children that includes Chuck Chambers and Chip Chambers (in iBattle Chip, Chip’s loud music can be heard from above the iCarly Studio during a webcast)
• 13-B: Mrs. Halberstadt and her son Gary Halberstadt
• 36-D: George the Bra

• Cal
• Gabriella – Marissa Benson’s building watch partner (appeared in iFind Lewbert’s Lost Love)
• Dave (tallest person who lives in the building; appeared in iHurt Lewbert)
• Man who filled a gym bag with Fig Nooters every week to eat in the parking garage (appeared in iFind Lewbert’s Lost Love)
• Four unnamed kindergarten children (appeared in iFix a Pop Star)

Employees

• Lewbert Sline – doorman (formerly)
• Spencer Shay – temporary doorman (formerly)
• Morris – janitor

In Real Life

Eastern Columbia Building (Bushwell Plaza)

In real life, the building shown on the outside shots of Bushwell Plaza is the Eastern Columbia Building in Downtown Los Angeles. The “Eastern” words have been edited out to read “Bushwell.” However, there is a real Bushwell Plaza building in Seattle next to the Washington Mutual Tower.

Trivia

• On each floor, the floor number is indicated by large red numerals about 45 cm high – except for the sixth floor, where for some unknown reason the numeral is blue (as seen in “iFind Lewbert’s Lost Love”).
• Bushwell Plaza actually has a 13th floor (as seen in “iScream on Halloween”) – this is unusual, as most buildings omit 13 and go from 12 to 14 as few people would want to live or work on the 13th floor.
• The building has a parking garage – this is mentioned in iFind Lewbert’s Lost Love by the anonymous tennant who likes Fig Nooters, but is never seen;
• The building also has a laundry room. This is first intimated in iFind Lewbert’s Lost Love when Chuck is caught by Spencer leaving an apartment and initially claims he is going to do laundry for the tenants while they are in Wisconsin. It is mentioned again in iMeet The First Lady when T-Bo barges into the Shays’ apartment and asks to borrow laundry detergent.
• The building reappeared in the Sam & Cat special #TheKillerTunaJump.
• As of 2021, Spencer still lives in the same apartment, albeit remodeled and Carly and her roommate Harper live in a separate apartment in the building.
• In iQuit iCarly, it is revealed that a cat lives in the walls of the building.
• In iObject, Lewbert!, it is revealed Lewbert quit being a doorman sometime after Carly left for Italy.
• In IBattle Chip, 8H along with a few other apartments and the main elevator is revealed.

Goofs

• In “iQuit iCarly” we see that Bushwell Plaza has at least 14 floors. In “iFind Lewbert’s Lost Love”, on the seventh floor we see a sign pointing to apartments 7N to 7Q, which indicates there are up to 17 apartments on each floor. Hence there could be as many as 238 apartments in the building. However, in the lobby there are only eight mailboxes.