Plans for downtown Bellevue’s Washington Square superblock shifted this week following an announcement by commercial real estate developer Touchstone Corporation.
The company reported that it was “out of contract” on the southern part of the block, according to an article in the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce. Touchstone Corporation had a purchase-and-sale agreement with Wasatch Development Associates, which owns the superblock.
The Washington Square superblock — bordered by Northeast 8th and 10th streets and 106th and 108th avenues northeast — was intended to be a 15-story complex with 250 hotel rooms, about 320,000 square feet of office space, and 20,000 square feet of retail space, according to Touchstone’s website.
Now Wasatch Development Associates is working with design firm NBBJ to develop a project with office, hospitality, and retail space on the 10.5-acre block. The northeast corner of the block could also include housing.
