A major redevelopment is being planned for Bellevue’s Wilburton neighborhood. The KG Wilburton Master Development Plan proposes transforming a 6.63-acre site at 420, 430, and 600 116th Avenue NE—currently home to two single-story car dealerships and several food and drink spots—into a large mixed-use project with housing, retail, and office space.
The applicant, Bellevue Development Owner LLC, is seeking city approval for a Master Development Plan (MDP) and Design Review. The proposal includes two residential towers, one mid-rise residential building, and an office tower with about 1.46 million square feet of space. In total, the project would add around 1,397 housing units.
The plan also includes the Grand Connection, which will run through the center of the site, and improvements to the Eastrail Corridor along the eastern edge.
Phase 1, now under design review, features two residential buildings with about 625 units, 21,000 square feet of retail, and 790 parking stalls, totaling nearly 992,000 square feet. This phase will also add parts of the Grand Connection and Eastrail frontage.
Phase 2 will redevelop the southwest part of the property with another residential building of about 772 units, while Phase 3 will focus on the north end and include the large office tower.
Before construction starts, the existing car dealerships will be demolished. A temporary parking lot will replace the Phase 2 site until that phase begins. The northern section, which includes current food and beverage businesses, will be cleared before Phase 3.
The property is located in Bellevue’s Urban Core (UC) zoning area and is currently used for auto sales and commercial purposes. The Sound Transit East Link light rail passes through the northwest corner of the site.
The project’s architect is Solomon Cordwell Buenz, a Seattle-based firm known for its large urban developments.
Construction for the KG Wilburton project is expected to begin in mid to late 2027 and take approximately 27 to 30 months to complete.
I love it. Finally make that side of the freeway more desirable without my car. 116th especially is scary to walk on.
Bellevue already has so many empty office buildings, why build yet another one. There are so many lying empty already, do we need yet another one? Bellevue need housing for just for singles but families.
@Pat, it’ll be 10 years before they get to phase 3, by which time we’ll be into the next economic cycle.I’ll be surprised if existing inventory hasn’t been soaked up by then, but if it has then they’ll postpone that phase until it it.
Noise and air quality for residents will be poor.
Where will any children play?
City staff should press for green roofs at least.
What percentage of units will be affordable?
Will the number of units meet the Growth Management’s requirements regarding housing for the workers in that tower?
Curious where the car dealerships will relocate.
With all the news about the coming layoffs by major companies in our immediate area, would more housing and office space be necessary? That depends on growth which doesn’t seem to be coming.
Ditto to what Wilburt said – these real estate development cycles are long, and the economy has its cycles. Right now, our tech industry is reconfiguring after the over-hiring during covid, and to re-align around the new reality of AI. It will continue to flourish. I don’t like all the additional cars, as I think Bellevue and I-405 are going to become a snarl, traffic wise (there’s a reason Seattle stopped granting parking spaces to new residential developments in some of its core, like Capitol Hill.) I’m wondering when Bellevue planners will get that our not “too bad” traffic now will become an unappealing mess eventually, and start promoting policies that push people towards public transit more. As for me, I love my car-free lifestyle, and it is very easy in this area.