Glassybaby, the hand-blown glass studio that has occupied the same Old Bellevue storefront on Main Street for more than 15 years, is preparing to move to a new location this summer, according to a Glassybaby employee. The retailer is relocating to Design Market, the shopping center across from Overlake Hospital that also houses All the Best Pet Care and Relax the Back.
The new storefront will give Glassybaby a larger footprint than its current Main Street location.
The move is being driven by redevelopment set to take place on Main Street and 103rd Avenue Northeast, affecting the site Glassybaby occupies at 10230 Main Street, along with the surrounding corner of Old Bellevue. With the work slated for its location, the company is shifting to Design Market along 116th Avenue Northeast, where it will have additional room to display its collection.
Glassybaby Bellevue carries a range of hand-blown glass votives, candleholders, and drinkers, each individually shaped by trained artisans. The brand traces its origins to 2001, when founder Lee Rhodes began the project during her cancer treatment. Rhodes found comfort in the glass pieces her husband created through glassblowing, and that experience grew into a company built around a charitable purpose.
Every glassybaby is intended to be both a decorative object and a contribution to a cause, with the company donating 10 percent of sales to organizations that support cancer patients and other charitable efforts.
The Bellevue store on Old Main Street opened in mid-October 2009. At the time, Glassybaby was already operating two Seattle locations. The Madrona store had been established earlier, while the University Village location had opened just a few months ahead of the Eastside store.
Today the company runs five stores: three in Washington (University Village, Madrona, and Bellevue), one in Lake Oswego, Oregon, and one in Livingston, Montana.
Glassybaby’s relocation comes as redevelopment moves forward along Main Street. A proposed eight-story project known as North of Main would rise at the corner of Main Street and 103rd Avenue Northeast, bringing residential units and ground-floor retail to the area. The development spans roughly 31,148 square feet, or about 0.71 acres, and all existing structures on the site are slated for removal.
The same project has already affected other longtime Old Bellevue businesses. LA REE Boutique, an upscale women’s clothing retailer that operated at the location for 20 years, closed in September 2025. Owner and founder Rachael Nov shared news of the closure with customers through La Ree’s Instagram account, thanking the community for two decades of support.
Other businesses in the project’s path include Araya’s Place, Lavender Spa, and Matcha Magic.
