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 […]
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. […]
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 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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Bellevue Chamber of Commerce business lunch this week will bring local business, political, and community leaders together to discuss innovation and the future business success of downtown Bellevue. Guest speakers include Kemper Freeman Jr., principal owner of Kemper Development Company, which built and operates The Bellevue Collection, and Dr. […]
