A proposal for a new extended-stay hotel was submitted for Design Review to the City of Bellevue for a site at 1300 116th Avenue NE in the Wilburton neighborhood. The proposal, known as Hyatt House Bellevue and internally referred to as the Bellevue Hotel project, calls for a six-story hotel atop three levels of below- and above-grade parking.
Project Details
The development team is seeking Design Review approval to build a 174-room extended-stay hotel with three parking levels, two below grade and one above the first floor, totaling 133 parking stalls. Six floors of guest rooms would sit above the second level. The ground floor is planned to include a large hotel lobby along with guest amenities, and the project includes frontage improvements along 116th Avenue NE.
According to project documents, the design intent is to give the hotel “an active and compelling presence for the new Wilburton neighborhood.”
Johnson Braund, Inc. is serving as the architecture firm for the project.
Current Site and Timeline
The property is currently used as a surface parking lot alongside a one-story medical office building with a walkout basement. That structure, a 4,967-square-foot wood-frame building constructed in 1970, is slated for demolition to make way for the new hotel.
Construction is expected to begin in April 2027, with the hotel projected to open in July 2029.
Location and Access
116th Avenue NE serves as the primary access street for the site. A light rail station is located approximately a quarter mile south of the property, putting the hotel within walking distance of transit.
The site is also near Willie Burton’s Community Food and Beverage Hall, a 5,000-square-foot food hall planned for the Wilburton neighborhood. The venue is led by Seattle entrepreneur Marcus Lalario, founder of Sugar Shack Unlimited and the Lil Woody’s burger chain. The Wilburton location will mark Lil Woody’s sixth outpost and its first on the Eastside.
Willie Burton’s is planned to include three food counters and a full-service bar, The Bar @ Willie Burton’s, offering beer and batch cocktails on tap. A shipping container bar will anchor an outdoor patio with seating for 100 guests, part of what Lalario has described as an “energetic indoor-outdoor space.”
