The longtime CEO of Kemper Development Company, Kemper Freeman, was recently interviewed by Puget Sound Business Journal to discuss reopening plans post COVID-19 for his Bellevue Collection properties. This include Bellevue Square, Bellevue Place, Lincoln Square North and Lincoln Square South. In the article, Freeman predicts that The Bellevue Collection […]
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Lincoln Square Expansion Construction and Retail Details Discussed
Kemper Development Company’s Jim Melby and GLY Construction’s Ted Herb spoke at the Bellevue Downtown Association’s monthly breakfast meeting this morning. The topic was building Lincoln Square expansion, one of the largest private development projects in Bellevue’s history. Many interesting facts and figures, as well as some new retail and […]
Lincoln Square Expansion Project to Announce Hotel Brand Monday
Kemper Development Company is set to disclose plans for a new hotel to be located in the 1.5 million square foot expansion coming to Lincoln Square in Bellevue. The official announcement will be made this coming Monday, March 23, the company said. Company officials will showcase unique project design features. […]
Lincoln Square Expansion Breaks Ground
Kemper Development Company will break ground one month earlier than planned – at its Lincoln Square expansion site in downtown Bellevue. The groundbreaking ceremony and blessing for The Bellevue Collection’s $1.2 billion expansion took place on June 11th, at Bellevue Way, between NE 4th and NE 6th streets. The ceremony […]
Bellevue Way to Close for Two Weeks
Bellevue Way will be closed between Northeast Fourth and Northeast Sixth streets in downtown Bellevue from Monday, May 12, through Friday, May 23. Utility work, including water, sewer, and storm drainage, will be conducted under Bellevue Way to accommodate the expansion of Lincoln Square on Bellevue Way. Detour routes will […]
Old Safeway Building Demolished, Making Way For Bellevue Collection Expansion
The Old Safeway Building at Bellevue Way and NE 4th St has been demolished. Seeing the building in scraps, although anticipated is still a strange sight. This is on-schedule according to our report in December. The Bellevue Collection is making way for its expanded mix-use development with entertainment, office space, […]
Bellevue Collection Prepares For Mixed-Use Expansion
If you’ve driven by Bellevue Way, you’ve likely seen fences up around the old Safeway and surrounding buildings. Scan Design recently closed their location, all which is in preparation for the Bellevue Collection mixed-use expansion. As noted earlier in May of this year the Bellevue Collection expansion will be a […]
Kemper Development Announces Lease With Option to Buy 4th Block
According to a release from Kemper Development Company (KDC), they have entered into a long term lease with an option to buy the property on the NW corner of NE 8th and Bellevue Way. This property has long been coined “the 4th corner” because of its proximity to Bellevue Square, […]
Kemper Development Company Announces $1.2 Billion, 2 Million Square Feet Expansion
According to a press release Kemper Development Company announced that they will go forward with their mixed-use expansion. The project is planned to begin in 2014 and will be completed by fall 2016. As anticipated the addition will be in the form of retail, hotel, residential, dining, and entertainment. The […]
Kemper Development Looks To Acquire Fourth Corner
At the intersection of Northeast Eighth Street and Bellevue Way, there is one one corner that Kemper Development, owner of the Bellevue Collection, does not own. The Bellevue Collection is a multi-block, mixed-use development that includes the 1.3-million-square-foot Bellevue Square shopping mall. According to the Seattle Business Journal, the company […]