Whole Foods Market today announced that their highly anticipated 365 by Whole Foods Market store is scheduled to open at Bellevue Square on September 14th, 2016. The Bellevue store will be the third of 10 stores that are currently planned to open by 2017. Also announced today was the addition […]
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Downtown Bellevue Park Expansion Groundbreaking Event
Downtown Bellevue Park will play host to a groundbreaking event Tuesday, June 21st at noon for the coming park expansions. The park will be under construction starting this summer for an expanded footprint and a new playground. These projects have been known respectively as “Complete the Circle” and “Inspiration Playground”. […]
2016 Bellevue Four on the 4th Dog Jog & Walk
The Bellevue Downtown Association is hosting a noncompetitive 4K dog Jog & Walk on the 4th of July, with nearly a thousand participants. The sound of fireworks is stressful for dogs. The Dog Jog is designed to tire your pooch out, to minimize stress later in the day. Participating canines […]
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 […]
Downtown Bellevue’s Architecture Plans Come into Focus With Grand Connection Project
The Grand Connection project is a pedestrian-oriented corridor beginning at the waterfront of Lake Washington at Meydenbauer Bay Park and connecting to the Eastside Rail Corridor. Areas such as Old Bellevue, the Downtown Park, Bellevue Way, the Pedestrian Corridor, and the Transit Center are intended to be brought together with […]
2016 Bellevue Jazz & Blues Festival Kicks off June 1st
The 2016 Bellevue Jazz & Blues Festival kicks off next week, June 1st. The event that is put on by the Bellevue Downtown Association and features 50 live shows over five days all across downtown Bellevue. The festival features national artists, regional artists, and next generation rising stars. Many of the events […]
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. […]