Downtown Bellevue’s Red Lion Hotel is for sale, according to the PSBJ. Red Lion Hotels Corp. recently announced the closure of the two-story hotel, which opened on Main Street in 1969. The hotel features 181 guestrooms and 5,700 square feet of meeting space. The Red Lion Hotel sprawls across a […]
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Target Cancels Downtown Bellevue Store
Target Corporation has decided against opening a new Target store at the corner of Northeast Fourth Street and 116th Avenue Northeast, in Bellevue’s Wilburton neighborhood, according to The Bellevue Reporter. As a result, the City of Bellevue has stopped work on a development agreement with Target Corp. City council members […]
City Council Clears Path for Target Store in Bellevue
The City Council held two public hearings on June 23 to facilitate the construction of a Target store in the Wilburton commercial district, east of downtown Bellevue. During the first hearing, the council considered a land use code amendment for areas zoned as community business within the Wilburton area. The […]
Lincoln Square Expansion Breaks Ground
Kemper Development Company will break ground one month earlier than planned – at its Lincoln Square expansion site in downtown Bellevue. The groundbreaking ceremony and blessing for The Bellevue Collection’s $1.2 billion expansion took place on June 11th, at Bellevue Way, between NE 4th and NE 6th streets. The ceremony […]
New Visitor Center to Open at Bellevue Botanical Garden
The Bellevue Botanical Garden’s new visitor center will open on Saturday, June 14, in Bellevue. The 8,500 square-foot building, designed by Olson Kundig Architects, opens to the surrounding gardens. The new visitor center features a covered outdoor orientation area, gift shop, meeting and classroom space, offices, and restrooms. In celebration […]
Open House Focuses on Downtown Livability
The City of Bellevue will host an open house on Tuesday, June 3, to get the public’s input on the Downtown Livability Initiative. The city has been holding meetings, focus groups, and walking tours centered on downtown livability for the past 18 months. Tuesday’s meeting will be an opportunity for […]
Bellevue City Council Bolsters Support for Proposed Tateuchi Center
The Bellevue City Council recently approved a memorandum of understanding with the Performing Arts Center Eastside to bolster public and private support of the proposed Tateuchi Center in downtown Bellevue. The Tateuchi Center, a 2,000-seat theatre, would be located at the corner of 106th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 10th Street. […]
Lincoln Square Expansion Showroom to Open in June
Last Friday the media got a sneak preview viewing opportunity of “The Studio Expansion Experience Center” for the Lincoln Square Expansion showroom. This showroom houses state-of-the-art interactive technology to preview the apartments, office space, hotel, shopping and entertainment planned within the expansion. Kemper Freeman Jr. led the press conference announcing […]
Bellevue Way to Close for Two Weeks
Bellevue Way will be closed between Northeast Fourth and Northeast Sixth streets in downtown Bellevue from Monday, May 12, through Friday, May 23. Utility work, including water, sewer, and storm drainage, will be conducted under Bellevue Way to accommodate the expansion of Lincoln Square on Bellevue Way. Detour routes will […]
Premier Media Group to Launch 425 Business Magazine
Premier Media Group plans to launch 425 Business, a new monthly print and online magazine focused on the Eastside, in October, according to a press statement. The paid publication will feature in-depth stories about Eastside businesses. Each issue will include business news, startup stories, neighborhood features, and information on topics […]
