Vulcan Real Estate recently announced that La Mar, a Peruvian restaurant, has leased space at Vulcan Real Estate’s West Main property in Downtown Bellevue. The eatery will be situated on the ground floor at 117 106th Avenue Northeast. La Mar is known for its acclaimed cuisine of celebrity chef Gastón […]
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Amazon, Microsoft Announce New Layoffs in Bellevue
According to a notice that was recently filed with the Washington State Employment Security Department, 448 employees will be let go from Amazon in the Bellevue area. The notice highlights that there will be 2,300 layoffs, with 1,852 jobs being affected in Seattle. The layoffs will officially begin on March […]
Microsoft and Meta Confirm Plans to Vacate Bellevue Leases
Tenants are delaying making real estate decisions and have generally been targeting shorter term leases as Work From Home and hybrid work are embraced. To add to that, there is currently a tech downturn with huge layoffs. Meta recently confirmed that they plan to sublease their office space in the […]
Top 10 Downtown Bellevue Network Articles of 2022
Just before the beginning of the new year, we take a look back at our top 10 articles according to our readers. In 2020, the articles that were the most popular focused on how our community went through great change during COVID and 2021 was all about store closures and […]
Amazon Matches City of Bellevue’s $2.5M Commitment to Grand Connection Bridge Design
Bellevue City Council recently received an update on the Grand Connection with the news that Amazon will match Bellevue’s $2.5 million in funding 30 percent design for a pedestrian bridge that would cross from Bellevue City Hall Plaza to Eastrail. The Grand Connection today links people and places through the […]
Bellevue Downsizing and Vacancy Rates Increase as Tech Companies Embrace Work from Home and Hybrid Work
Commercial real estate brokerage, Broderick Group, recently published their Q3 2022 Eastside Office Market Overview. This included current news and trends, Eastside’s new development forecast, office market history, and more. In July 2022, Amazon announced that they would be pausing construction on six of their office towers in Bellevue. Bellevue […]
Schnitzer West Applies for Design Review Approval on 18-Story Bellevue Office Building
Commercial real state developer, Schnitzer West, recently applied for Design Review approval through the City of Bellevue. According to the document that was in the most recent Weekly Permit Bulletin, the company is seeking approval to demolish the existing building for their planned office building, The Arcadian. The location is […]
Chipotle to Open New Bellevue Location on 106th Ave NE
Chipotle is planned to open at 1011 106th Avenue Northeast. It will be located at 1001 Office Towers, formerly known as Binary Towers. The fast casual Mexican restaurant will be 2,282 square feet. The eatery specializes in bowls, tacos, and burritos. All orders are made in front of the customer. […]
Amazon’s Popular Banana Stand Opens in Downtown Bellevue
The new banana stand in Bellevue is a community fruit stand that was started by Amazon. The stand offers free bananas to passersby. Located at Amazon’s Bingo building, the address is 333 108th Avenue Northeast. Referred to as “Banista”, the stand is open Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 3:30pm. […]
No Plans to Increase Tax on Amazon after Growth in Bellevue
Geekwire recently published an article following up with the question of Amazon being taxed in Bellevue. Danny Westneat from The Seattle Times wrote an article in June asking if an Amazon tax would be coming. This was after a Bellevue City of Council meeting took place in March discussing the […]