It was announced last week that the Performing Arts Center Eastside, also known as PACE, received a $6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to complete the 2,000-seat facility that when done will feature national and international performances.
Downtown Bellevue’s portfolio, although quite impressive, is still missing an entertainment venue allowing musicians who bring larger audiences to have a place to play. PACE, which plans to be complete in 2010, will bring a dynamic and much needed music venue to the Downtown Core.
The Hyatt’s remodel will nicely accompany and interact with PACE once it is complete. This “superblock,” as you can see from the image below, has plans to deliver additional upgrades to where the Washington Mutual building currently stands, as well as the office building on 106th Ave.
The $6 million grant brings the grand total of received contributions to PACE for the project, to $30 million. The campaigns goal is $160 million.
At this point I think it’s very unlikely that PACE could be completed by 2010, hopefully 2011 or 2012…
Looks impressive, I hope it’s not pushed out too far.