Bellevue News

Former Bellevue Arts Museum Offical Charged

Janet Ellinger, the former chief financial officer of the Bellevue Arts Museum was charged November 20th with 38 counts of felony theft for stealing what she admitted to be $300,000 during her tenure at the Museum. She worked for the Bellevue Arts Museum two years before the allegations came to […]

Thanksgiving 2007: Say Thank You!

Xerox has come up with a great way to say “Thank You” this holiday season. If you go to the Let’s Say Thanks Web site, you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print and ship it to a soldier currently serving in Iraq. You cannot pick […]

Bellevue Square Updates: New floors, stores, and get a shav(ing) set

If you’ve been to Bellevue Square lately, you know how crowded the place is these days on the weeknights and weekends. Parking is a struggle (even during the lunch hour), but what’s all the hype?! Well, first off, Bellevue Square is undergoing a $1.3B makeover and they’re slowly upgrading this […]

Condo Update: Essex on the Park

Inspired by Manhattan’s Upper East Side, plans have been announced for the exclusive nine-story condominium project which will be located across from Bellevue’s Downtown Park. Fast Facts: Address: 24 102 Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA 98004 Completion Date: 2009 Number of Condos: 41 Developer: First Bellevue Properties LLC Bedrooms: 1-3 Bathrooms: […]

Tallest Buildings in Downtown Bellevue

There is a great resource for following the height of buildings in the Downtown Bellevue area! A wiki on Wikipedia has kept up with the current building heights, as well as what the projected building heights in the area will be. Currently One Lincoln Tower is the tallest building coming […]

Positive Real Estate news continues to grace the area

Bellevue Real Estate Agent Recognized on Top 20 List in the NationWendy Lister a Bellevue based real estate agent has been recognized in the Wall Street Journal as the 19th highest volume real estate agent in the country. With over 35 years of experience she has become quite a staple […]

A Brief Review: Zen Asian Bistro & Lounge

Enter the newest Asian restaurant to hit the Downtown Bellevue scene. With an exquisite menu with dishes prepared as you’ve never seen, here is where you go when you want to impress! Perfect for the lunch and after-work crowd, Zen is one of the few restaurants in the area with […]

We Now Own downtownbellevue.COM !

You might have noticed that the Downtown Bellevue Network only “owned” downtownbellevue.net, and downtownbellevue.com was previously owned by a company outside of Bellevue, which had not actively occupied the domain. Over the last three months we have been in negotiations attempting strike a deal to bring downtownbellevue.com home to Bellevue. […]

Bellevue School District Superintendent Departs

After twelve years of service as the Superintendent of the Bellevue School District, Mike Riley will move to the east coast to pursue a position with the College Board accepting responsibilities as the senior vice president for the “College Readiness System”. The Bellevue School District’s high school’s AP (Advanced Placement) […]

Voters Deny Transit Plan

Voters yesterday rejected Proposition 1, a multi billion dollar plan that would take on gaining traffic congestion issues in Bellevue and other outlying areas which stretch 50 miles of light rail as well as other road upgrades in the greater Seattle area. The rejected plan would’ve had the light rail […]