The future of Downtown Bellevue is about to be shaped by an adjacent residential development site in Bellevue’s 36-acre mixed-use, Spring District, at the intersection of SR-520 and I-405. Wright Runstad & Company and Shorenstein Properties have chosen Security Properties to initiate the development. Security Properties will purchase a 2.5-acre […]
Real Estate
2013 Downtown Bellevue Store Wish List
With major development starting up again in Downtown Bellevue we thought it would be a good time to put together a new wish list of stores that would be a good fit for the city. Furniture stores Restoration Hardware West Elm (Once rumored to be going into Lincoln Square) Fashion […]
Bellevue Towers Condos Reaches 90% Units Sold
Bellevue Towers Condominiums has reached a major milestone by hitting 90% of their units sold. All of the studios and one-bedroom units are now sold out. Only 2 bedroom units and penthouse homes are still available. Bellevue Towers has updated their marketing campaign outside of the building to reflect the […]
Development Company Announces Plans for Downtown Bellevue Main St Site
SRM Development plans to build a 258-unit apartment complex in downtown Bellevue this year, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal. SRM Development announced this week that construction will begin in late spring or early summer. The apartments will be situated above 32,000 square feet of commercial space at the […]
Report Indicates Two 14-Story Residential Towers to be Built at Bellevue Square
Credit: Flickr chispita_666 According to a report by The Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce Kemper Development, developer and operator of Bellevue Square, Bellevue Place and Lincoln Square, has a plan to build two 14-story residential towers and nearly 250,000 square feet of retail on the southeast corner of Bellevue Square. […]
Planned ‘Bellevue Park Hotel’ Site for Sale
According to a real estate listing, the property next to Bellevue Downtown Park where the proposed “Bellevue Park Hotel” was planned is now up for sale with an asking price of $5.75 million. In February 2011 the luxury hotel received design approval and had filed for permission to demolish the […]
City of Bellevue Leaders Say Cranes May Be Returning to Downtown Bellevue
The “crane index” was an informal way of characterizing the pace of development and the economic health of Downtown Bellevue during the boom years. The index consisted of the number of tower cranes at construction sites throughout the city. At the peak of development in 2007, there were 21 cranes. […]
Kemper Development Buys Oriental Rug Co. Corner Property
The PSBJ is reporting that the Kemper Development Co., has acquired a prime, corner location, adjoining Bellevue Square. The location, on the northwest corner of Bellevue Way and NE 4th St., is enveloped by real estate owned by Kemper Development. Via the acquisition, Kemper will own all of the property […]
Job Growth is Driving Ebay Office Relocation to Downtown Bellevue
Guess who is coming to Bellevue. The online merchant Ebay is going to centralize its Puget Sound organization within a downtown Bellevue office tower. According to a report via our news partner, the Seattle Times, the San Jose, Calif., based company has signed a multi-year lease for 53,000 square feet […]
Rockefeller Group Development Plans for High-rise Complex in Downtown Bellevue
The Rockefeller Group, a global private company based in New York City, primarily involved in real estate operations in the United States, has plans to enter the Downtown Bellevue commercial real estate market. It is well known for the development of Rockefeller Center in New York Bellevue’s Sterling Realty Organization […]
