A large-scale mixed-use project is planned for 103 110th Avenue NE in downtown Bellevue, the site that is currently home to Office Depot and Toys “R” Us. The development has received Master Development Plan approval, along with Design Review approval for its first two phases.
The project, known as Main Street Place, will be built in four phases and include a combination of residential and office towers, retail, and public gathering spaces. When fully built, the development will replace existing commercial buildings with a modern, multi-tower complex that includes new housing, offices, and a large public plaza with pedestrian connections across the block.
The approved Master Development Plan outlines a long-term redevelopment that will span an estimated ten years, creating three residential buildings (one mid-rise and two towers) and four office towers with ground-level retail and restaurant spaces.
The project also includes extensive public infrastructure improvements such as landscaping, utility upgrades, new streetscape designs, and multiple pedestrian pathways connecting Main Street to NE 2nd Street.
Phase 1: Site Demolition and Interim Parking
Phase 1 will focus on clearing the site to make way for new construction. This includes demolishing 57,400 square feet of existing commercial space. The buildings that will be removed include the former Office Depot, PetSmart, and Blazing Bagels. Surrounding parking areas and landscaping will also be cleared as part of this phase.
A temporary 62-stall surface parking lot will then be built to serve the H-Mart grocery store, which will remain open during the early stages of development. The Toys “R” Us building will stay standing until later phases. This interim parking and grocery store setup will eventually be removed to make room for the office towers in Phases 3 and 4.
Phase 2: Residential Towers and Central Plaza
Phases 1 and 2 will be built at the same time. Phase 2 will focus on the southern portion of the site, where three new residential buildings will be constructed. One will be a mid-rise, and the other two will be towers, all built over underground parking. In total, this phase will add 439 housing units, including 18 affordable apartments as required by city ordinance.
This phase also introduces one of the project’s key public features: a pedestrian through-block connection linking 110th Avenue NE to 108th Avenue NE, as well as part of a north-south walkway between Main Street and NE 2nd Street.
At the center of the development, Phase 2 will include 27,941 square feet of a planned 44,766-square-foot public plaza, designed as an open-air gathering space for residents and visitors. Underground parking for 301 vehicles will serve the residential and retail uses in this phase.
Phase 3: Two Office Towers Replace Toys “R” Us and H-Mart
Once the residential portion is complete, Phase 3 will begin on the northeastern part of the site. This stage involves demolishing the remaining Toys “R” Us and H-Mart buildings, clearing the way for two new office towers.
The 16-story Tower T1 and 14-story Tower T3 will share a connected podium with ground-level retail and restaurant spaces. Together, they will feature 480,432 square feet of office space and 554 underground parking stalls.
Phase 4: Final Office Towers and Plaza Completion
The final phase will complete the Main Street Place development. Phase 4, located on the northwest portion of the site, will add two more office towers (T2 and T4) totaling 488,181 square feet. These towers will rise 14 and 16 stories and include ground-level restaurants and retail spaces.
This stage will also complete the project’s pedestrian connections, finishing both the east-west and north-south walkways. It will add the final 5,721 square feet to the central public plaza.
Phase 4 will include 635 underground parking spaces, bringing the total number of parking stalls across all four phases to 1,489.
The city’s approval gives the project a 10-year vesting period, with each design review approval valid for three years and potential extensions.
The proposal builds on a 2020 land use application originally submitted for the site, which outlined a 1.4 million-square-foot development called Main Street Place. That early plan proposed a mix of offices, apartments, and retail across six buildings above a shared parking garage.
What an opportunity to develop carbon neutral Earthquake resilient hub in the PNW.
What proportion of this mixed development will provide safe shelter for low to mid income families, students and those exciting foster care system.
Will provision be given for urban food and energy production and community spaces ?
What access and impact will this development have on local streams.Will semi permeable pave and vertical gardens be included in design proposals?
What a libtard deb is…
I can’t help but reflect upon the fact that this entire development, fully funded should not take more than a year to complete. 10yrs is a lot of tunnel digging or liquefying with mercury and arsenic. For sometime now we have watched and viewed this property through the perspective of “They Cloned Tyrone”.
In the time it will take you to complete this milquetoast development, ancient Egyptians would have erected a pyramid with stone tools.
MEDIOCRE!
The Office Depot is not “former” as of now. It is still open, my son works there.
Bellevue being Bellevue.
I’m with Deb! What provisions will be made for people who want a livable downtown? I’m very disappointed to see another monstrosity being planned. All that Mayor Robinson and her ilk care about is $$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Of 439 housing units only 18 are to be affordable. What a contrast the city here has to the housing options our electeds say they want for Bellevue.
Thank you for replacing H-Mart with more garbage that nobody asked for or wants. More office buildings is exactly what the community needs.
Wrong project wrong site. Local existing retail cannot afford to rent the new spaces and will relocate to cheaper digs, probably BelRed road until they get kicked out from there. Bellevue is becoming a car only town for the average resident who cannot afford the high prices in the core downtown area -pity.
At a minimum, acess to light rail station should include escalators and elevators.