RENT Café Blog has created a nifty tool to view before and after views of major complexes in downtown Bellevue. The experience includes the following buildings and shows the before and after state ranging from 2007 to 2015 for the: 1) Avalon Towers Bellevue 2) Belcarra 3) Elements Apartments 4) […]
Real Estate
Valve Announces Move to Lincoln Square Expansion
The popular gaming developer, Valve have leased nine floors at the new Lincoln Square office tower that is currently under construction. Valve has leased 225,000 square feet on floors 11-19. This will be a return to The Bellevue Collection for Valve that leased space at Bellevue Place when they launched […]
UPDATED: Bellevue’s Main Street Gateway Project to Bring West Elm and Robbins Brothers
According to city permits West Elm and Robbins Brothers will be opening at the project formally known as the Main Street Gateway, now Venn at Main, an apartment building in Bellevue with retail at the base. This would be West Elm’s first Bellevue location with the closest location in South […]
Blissberri Frozen Yogurt Closes at Bellevue Square
Blissberri, the independently owned self-serve frozen yogurt store has closed at Bellevue Square. The store was located on the second floor next to Macy’s. The company website is down and there is no indication that they will reopen anywhere else. The store opened in July of 2011. There aren’t any […]
Honor Coffee Opens Newest Coffee Shop at Alley 111
Honor Coffee has opened up their newest coffee shop in downtown Bellevue at the Alley 111 building, which is at the intersection of NE 8th St & 111 Ave NE. The coffee shop offers a modern environment coupled with coffee from Olympia Coffee Roasting Co. Honor Coffee now has five […]
Woods Coffee to Open at Bellevue Square
Woods Coffee is opening a coffee shop this fall in Bellevue Square. The coffee shop will replace Tully’s on the second floor near Nordstrom. Woods Coffee according to their website has 17 locations in Whatcom and Skagit counties. The signage covering the soon to be store conveys the modern, Pacific […]
Sports Authority in Bellevue to Close
Sports Authority has plans to close all of their stores across the nation according to a filing in bankruptcy court. Stores including the Bellevue Way location will close by August 31st. The Sports Authority Outdoor store within the parking lot will also close. Going-out-of-business sales will start on May 25th. […]
Ben & Jerry’s Now Open at Bellevue Square
Ben & Jerry’s is now open at Bellevue Square. The anticipation of the store opening had been reported in February that Ben & Jerry’s would be opening in the south wing of the mall along with other stores that will offer sweet treats such as Lolli and Pops and Top Pot […]
Tateuchi Center Project Receives $20M in Funding from City of Bellevue
The Tateuchi Center announced Wednesday that the City of Bellevue will be contributing $20M to the project as a response to their conclusion of an 18-month review of the project’s vision. In addition to the new funding from the City of Bellevue, the Tateuchi Center website has been entirely refreshed […]
Rockefeller Group Project Has Been Called Off
The Rockefeller Group has called off what would have been the largest real estate project in downtown Bellevue’s history, located where the Barnes & Noble store is presently situated on 106th Ave NE on 5.5 acres according to a PSBJ report. In 2013, the announcement was significant and boosted civic […]