Chipotle Mexican Grill has signed a lease at The Eight, a 25-story office tower in downtown Bellevue, adding to the growing list of retail tenants at the development.
We reached out for comment on whether the existing Chipotle location at 10503 NE 4th St would remain open. A manager at the restaurant confirmed it will stay open, and that the new lease at The Eight is in addition to the current location.
Chipotle will occupy approximately 1,900 square feet in a retail pavilion space within the building’s public plaza at the corner of Northeast Eighth Street and 108th Avenue Northeast. The restaurant is expected to open in late 2026, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal.
The fast-casual chain joins Sabine Café and Bar, which has also signed a lease at the property and is expected to open sooner. Sabine will take over a roughly 3,000-square-foot space along Northeast Eighth Street connected to the building’s lobby, with an anticipated opening in early summer, currently projected for late June or early July.
The Eight, developed and constructed by Skanska, broke ground in 2021 and is part of a larger mixed-use project in downtown Bellevue. The tower includes approximately 11,000 square feet of retail space, with more than 6,000 square feet still available for lease.
Office space in the building is currently about 80% leased. Pokémon Company International serves as the anchor tenant, occupying approximately 374,000 square feet across 16 floors. The company’s space, developed under the project name “Tetris,” is expected to include a small museum, dining areas, and employee amenities.
In total, the tower spans approximately 818,000 square feet, including office and parking space. The development also features more than 13,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and restaurant space across its 1.76-acre site, along with five levels of underground parking, bike storage, and electric vehicle charging stations.
The project was designed to emphasize open space and natural light, with pedestrian entrances on both the north and south sides and a 7,700-square-foot public plaza intended as a gathering space in the downtown core.
