Since first moving much of their employees to the Eastside, Amazon now has close to 10,000 Bellevue-based employees. This number will continue to grow, as they have committed to increasing the employee count to 25,000. The company expects to have 10,000 employees on the Eastside by summer 2022. Later this […]
A new Starbucks location is now open in downtown Bellevue on Northeast 4th Street and Bellevue Way. The address is 10419 Northeast 4th Street. This location is pickup only. Guests can order on their mobile device. Oven-warmed food, nitro-cold brew, and other items are available for purchase. According to Starbucks’ […]
New information has surfaced for the massive mixed-use project planned for 11211 Main Street. “East Main Village” will replace Red Lion Hotel Bellevue, which currently resides on the site. Wig Properties submitted updated plans to the City of Bellevue mid-June. The proposed project is now inclusive of 1,690 residential units, […]
Commercial real estate company, Wallace Properties, is planning a new project at what is currently Bellevue North Plaza. The site is located at 1100 Bellevue Way Northeast with restaurants like Panera and Dominos Pizza, as well as stores like UPS and J. Lewis Jewelers. The company recently submitted a pre-application […]
Bellevue Arts Museum is hosting their annual arts & crafts festival on July 29th through 31st. This is the 76th year for the Arts Fair. Guests are invited to shop from over 300 artists showcasing unique, handmade craft and art. The marketplace represents modern, traditional, and emerging work. BAM Arts […]
SmartAsset, a financial technology company that provides advice on financial decisions, wanted to curate a list of the best cities for first-time home buying in 2022. To find out this information, they compared 181 of the largest U.S. cities across four categories and 12 total metrics. The four categories of metrics […]
Encore Architects recently received Design Review approval from the City of Bellevue on their eight-story project. The site is located at 206 105th Avenue Northeast, which had been Bosa Development’s showroom for their condo project, One88. The project, Plaza 200 (Filament West), is a mixed-use residential building with 151 units. […]
Sound Transit’s light rail extension project will be delayed for a new reason from what we previously reported. They recently found another problem with construction on the I-90 floating bridge deck. Inspections that took place in March 2022 found that there were three concrete track supports where material had flaked […]
According to a press release from the Washington State Department of Transportation, the Main Street Bridge across Interstate 405 between 112th Avenue Northeast and 116th Avenue Northeast will be closed as of Monday, June 13th. The long-term bridge closure could last for up to five months while crews demolish and […]
King County Parks recently broke ground on a new trail bridge. It will connect Eastrail to Sound Transit’s Wilburton Station in Bellevue. According to King County, the 500-foot-long trail bridge will provide a safe critical crossing over one of the busiest streets on the Eastside. The Bellevue Japanese American Legacy […]
