BELLEVUE/EASTSIDE Project Discussion

[bgwah]

This is a thread for all the Eastside projects that aren't skyscrapers in downtown Bellevue, which already have their own threads.


Links to Bellevue project threads:
Bellevue Towers (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=89398)
Washington Square (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=83645)
The Bravern (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=83053)
Lincoln Square (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=89865)
Safeway Project (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=96923)
1020 Tower (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=85297)
European Tower (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=89939)

Here are some projects
Redmond City Hall, it should be opening soon if it hasn't already (these pictures are from November)
http://www.ci.redmond.wa.us/intheworks/cityhall/images/1105/se100L.jpg

http://www.ci.redmond.wa.us/intheworks/cityhall/images/1105/sw150L.jpg

http://www.ci.redmond.wa.us/intheworks/cityhall/images/1105/ne100L.jpg

the parking garage
http://www.ci.redmond.wa.us/intheworks/cityhall/images/1105/GarageL.jpg


Sammamish Commons/Sammamish City Hall, under construction and will be complete in June
http://ci.sammamish.wa.us/files/picture/2628.jpg

Live camera of it being built
http://ci.sammamish.wa.us/SammCommons.aspx?Show=Camera



Sammamish Town Center, some potential lay outs in PDF format, as well as pictures from other projects that citizens can comment on what they like and don't, etc. Includes interesting summaries of four other suburban town center projects in the area.
http://ci.sammamish.wa.us/TownCenter.aspx



9 story building in Issaquah at Talus, retirement home or something, picture taken from Bond's thread :D
http://www.cplinc.com/images/res/lifecare2.gif



The Cleveland, 6 story condo building in downtown Redmond with 84 units. Under construction now.
http://www.the-cleveland.com/
http://www.the-cleveland.com/v2/flooplans/images/plan-center.jpg


Issaquah Highlands Park and Ride, recently completed
http://www.bgwah.com/issaquahparkandride.jpg



Evergreen Medical Center expansion in Kirkland, 8 story building
http://www.evergreenhealthcare.org/top_nav/about/expansion/faqs.htm
http://www.evergreenhealthcare.org/NR/rdonlyres/BCB6D0FA-5DCA-45E2-B777-B128618731AA/0/RenderEDJPG.jpg



Just to start the thread out.

[Last Chance]

Eastside!!! With all the links so it's a one stop shop... Very nice! I love how organized we're getting around here.

[Last Chance]

The Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride is a pretty nice place, I mean for a Park & Ride. And it seems to get a lot of use too.

[WolverineFan]

They have started digging at 1020 Tower, and Washington Square has updated their website and now are offering units in Tower #2.

[horatio_the_hermit]

really. Ive got to swing by dt to check that out. Anything happening at the hanover vue tower site

[needsalife]

The much anticipated fast food place has started construction near Eastlake High School. No one knows what it is, but I'm sure it will be bad for my health.:slob:

[bgwah]

The much anticipated fast food place has started construction near Eastlake High School. No one knows what it is, but I'm sure it will be bad for my health.:slob:

Hahaha, I thought about mentioning that.

Two years ago it was going to "probably be a Taco Bell" according to the city council.

Don't know if it still will be, but I think that is the most likely.

[mhays]

Redmond City Hall is complete and operational, and getting lots of good press. My firm, Lewis, was the contractor.

[PDXPaul]

Nice projects!

[Fulham]

GHC Eastside on 116th? (405) & NE8th put up a sign and started some minor excavation work yesterday. Or does this belong in the Overlake Medical center thread? :)

[Skian]

Group Health broke ground on their new 200,000 sq.ft. facility yesterday. It should open in 2008 and then GH will abandon their overlake campus.

[destroybananas]

Not sure if anyone knows this but I noticed that they've started excavating on the 1020 tower site.

[horatio_the_hermit]

word is yes. I just drove by and there are two backhoes but no excavation. Just street level dirt.

[Skian]

On Thursday, the back hoes were pulling stumps.

[WolverineFan]

I saw an ad today in both the Seattle & Eastside papers about a new 30 story condo called vipBellevue. The ad says that it will be attached to one of the country's premier, upscale department stores. The website also said it will have a 5-star boutique hotel. Does anyone know where this will be located?

[mhays]

Could Bellevue Square be getting a condo tower?

If so, I'm sure it would do well. Some people actually like the place.

[mhays]

ps, their website, www.vipbellevue.com, is poorly written by the same people who did several for Seattle projects.

This time they had the apostrophe in "you'll", but again they misunderstand commas. There shouldn't be a comma after "premier".

[horatio_the_hermit]

what section of what papers was it in. The ad. This is blowing my mind.

[horatio_the_hermit]

New midrise in on main in dt bellevue. Got a thing in the mail.
www.liveat150.com

http://www.liveat150.com/img/home_midphoto.jpg

I like it. Were beginning to see a new wave of proposals. I like.

[MrVandelay]

ps, their website, www.vipbellevue.com, is poorly written by the same people who did several for Seattle projects.

This time they had the apostrophe in "you'll", but again they misunderstand commas. There shouldn't be a comma after "premier".

Yes, and to be able to view their website I had to run my IE browser with Administrator privileges. You shouldn't have to do that in order to view a webpage.

[mhays]

Classic mistake with marketing and web companies -- assume that everyone has the same browser, or no security, or "flash", or whatever. I guess they'll lose some potential registrants over this.

[Last Chance]

^ I found it extremely annoying to have to go through a questionaire before being able to see any info on the project. I just entered through it and then said I'm not interested.

Guess they are worried about bandwidth...

I'm worried about getting bombed with junk mail.

[SeattleHusky82]

New midrise in on main in dt bellevue. Got a thing in the mail.
www.liveat150.com

http://www.liveat150.com/img/home_midphoto.jpg

I like it. Were beginning to see a new wave of proposals. I like.

It's a few blocks south of Main so I wouldn't consider it really downtown. Old Bellevue is getting several new projects though, I'm looking forward to seeing the project on the KFC site and the 10 story tower at the corner of main and 100th ave.

[Fulham]

Has anyone heard anything about this one yet?

http://transact.mybuildingpermit.com/permitsearch/PermitDetails.aspx?permitnumber=06112585&permitstatus=Open

Ventana on Main
Demo existing restaurant and replace with new mixed use commercial apartments.
10713 Main St, Bellevue, 98004

[bgwah]

http://ci.sammamish.wa.us/files/document/2689.pdf

Results of Sammamish town center survey. Looks like anything even slightly urban got a disapproval...But then again...almost any development in Sammamish except a park would get a disapproval.

But still...to think that I'm part of the pathetic 8% that is okay with buildings over 5 stories is depressing.

They really may as well just scrap the town center plan... Dense developments would be out of place here anyway. Build that stuff in Seattle and Bellevue.

[James Bond Agent 007]

They're building a new hotel in Issaquah.

Does that count? :???:

[northface]

yeah, i drove by that today...i forgot what it was...looks alright though situated in the middle of storage units and a burger king. lol

[Skian]

A tower crane is going up at the new Bellevue Lexus dealership site (old City Hall).

[dad2two]

Any idea what is going to happen to the old site?

[horatio_the_hermit]

Glad to hear about the lexus crane. Id like to see what they have planned. In old belleve there are a few things on the boards. Main place just finished, theres a 10 storey proposed closer to the lake, theres the SRM development that is going to kil the Bellevue barbershop, and theres this thing, www.liveat150.com.
Yup

[Rondo1]

A tower crane is going up at the new Bellevue Lexus dealership site (old City Hall).

Anyone got renderings of the new Lexus site? Being a Lexus owner, I'm curious to see if the plan is to include both sales and SERVICE center in this one location. Currently their service depot is over off of Bel-Red road.

Also anyone know what the plan is for their old building?

[WolverineFan]

Judging from the size of the lot, I would say that the dealership and service dept. will be combined. That is one.... huge lot! I have a Lexus, too, and it will be nice to have everything in one location....

[destroybananas]

There is a crane up on that lot now.

[James Bond Agent 007]

^
You need to read Skian's post above before you point that out. ;)

[Skian]

At least somebody reads my posts.........

[destroybananas]

ok....sheesh...don't have to be so sensitive :P

[mhays]

That's better than me, expecting people to remember proposals from five years ago.

[WolverineFan]

1020 Tower Building..... Dig, dig, dig.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/RandyLucas425/1020Tower.jpg

[northface]

ohhhh nice!^

[horatio_the_hermit]

lots of holes in bellevue. 4 if i count correctly. 1020 tower, bellevue towers, tech tower, and avalon meydenbauer. Then there are the holes that have just filled up to the ground level (wash square and the bellevue way rowhouses) and then theres eddie bauer tower. Oh and dont forget the lots that are currently or soon to be cleared (bravern, vue hanover, and such)

[horatio_the_hermit]

http://www.bellevuechamber.org/downloads/April%202006%20web.pdf

Go to the 3rd and 4th pages. List of all the bellevue residential development, a map, and some pictures i had never seen before. Plus, like 5 projects ive never even heard of. One looks like its on the old lexus dealership (ie current one).

[northface]

heres a website that shows a shitty rendering oif city center II and it starts construction in july!
http://www.bellevuedowntown.org/events/registration.html

[horatio_the_hermit]

building looks nice though. That block will look very nice once this is in. Ooh yeah. three skyscrapers and an iconic old bank.

[SeattleHusky82]

http://www.bellevuechamber.org/downloads/April%202006%20web.pdf

Go to the 3rd and 4th pages. List of all the bellevue residential development, a map, and some pictures i had never seen before. Plus, like 5 projects ive never even heard of. One looks like its on the old lexus dealership (ie current one).

Nice find horatio! Some of these projects are new to me as well but I'm pretty sure I know where they're all located.

-The Mastro properties project is on the site directly south of the new City Hall on NE 4th and 112th. Right now it's an empty lot filled with bushes, trees, and a surface lot. One of the last wooded areas left in the downtown core. Hines had a proposal for an office building here during the dot com boom but that was scrapped during the recession.

-The Meydenbauer inn project is also on 112th, its sandwiched between an old office building and the Excalibur apartments. The lot is currently empty.

-Not exactly sure where the Alliance project is, but looking at the map it looks like its directly south of the "Abella" condos on ne 4th and 110th.

-the Foutains at Pacific Regents tower looks like it'll be the second tower in the pacific regents complex. I'm guessing that it'll be located on the parking lot of the first tower. I've always wondered why they built that tower in the middle of the block instead of up to the street.

[needsalife]

Dang, I had no idea about these. Looks like I've got some more work to do on my model

[horatio_the_hermit]

has anyone noticed the lack of development in the "New Bellevue" area. ie the northwest corner of downtown. Not a single project there that i know of. Even the area across 405 has more development. What gives.

[James Bond Agent 007]

They're gonna put a new Starbucks in downtown Bellevue, I saw the sign today.

[James Bond Agent 007]

has anyone noticed the lack of development in the "New Bellevue" area. ie the northwest corner of downtown. Not a single project there that i know of. Even the area across 405 has more development. What gives.
Yeah I always thought they should build some midrise project where that jewely store is, across from the mall.

[Chinook]

I've been waiting for someone to announce something for the corner of Bellevue way and NE 8th on the NW side. The other 3 corners have sleek new buildings an then there is gap of hodge-podge jewelry stores and other muck. It wouldn't surprise me if that corner has a new plan within 5 years. Its starting to detract from the surrounding area and doesn't serve anyone that well with small parking lots and low traffic shops that don't use that real estate to its full potential. Level it please.

[destroybananas]

wow great info, thanks for taking the time to look!

[WolverineFan]

Here's a picture of the new Lexus lot ... facing North.

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/RandyLucas425/Lexus1.jpg

[Fulham]

NOTICE OF DECISION
Schnitzer Northwest Eastgate
Location: 3005 160th Ave SE
Neighborhood: Sammamish/East Lake Hills
File Number: 05-135618-LD
Description: Design Review approval to construct three seven-story office buildings for a total of 500,000 gross square feet. Proposal includes one level of below-grade parking under each building for a total of 470 stalls for the three buildings, a separate 8-level parking structure for 1,207 stalls, and 248 stalls of surface parking for a total of 1,925 parking stalls on-site. Proposal also includes site landscaping and associated utilities.
Decision: Approval with Conditions
SEPA: Determination of Nonsignificance
Concurrency Determination: Meets Requirements
Appeal Deadline Ends: May 25, 2006, 5 p.m.
Date of Application: December 2, 2005
Completeness Date: December 20, 2006
Notice of Application Date: January 26, 2006
Applicant Contact: Clyde Wright, Schnitzer Northwest,

[James Bond Agent 007]

In addition to the new hotel under construction in Issaquah, there's a proposal for a 3-story office building across from it.

Just in case anyone wanted to know. :)

[northface]

yup!^ ive driven by there a lot recently.

[MrVandelay]

Bellevue: Pacific Regent Phase II application:
Application Date: May 12, 2006
Site Address: 919 109th Ave NE Bellevue
Description: 22 story residential and 3 story addition to existing tower.

http://transact.mybuildingpermit.com/permitsearch/PermitDetails.aspx?permitnumber=06112898&permitstatus=Open

[MrVandelay]

Ashwood II (Ashwood Commons)

Description: A mixed-use multi-family project consiting of 22-story high rise and a 13-story mid-rise with 262 living units, two levels of retail, with 5-level parking garage with 477 stalls.
http://transact.mybuildingpermit.com/permitsearch/PermitDetails.aspx?permitnumber=06109586&permitstatus=Open

[bgwah]

Pacific Regent Phase II?

They built the first a while ago, so I'm kind of surprised they're building a second... Weird.

[James Bond Agent 007]

Ashwood II (Ashwood Commons)

Description: A mixed-use multi-family project consiting of 22-story high rise and a 13-story mid-rise with 262 living units, two levels of retail, with 5-level parking garage with 477 stalls.
http://transact.mybuildingpermit.com/permitsearch/PermitDetails.aspx?permitnumber=06109586&permitstatus=Open
I hope they make this one a little different-looking from the first one.

[bgwah]

I hope they make this one a little different-looking from the first one.

I had to type my message twice because the power went out as I was typing it the first time!

:hell:

[James Bond Agent 007]

^
LOL, yeah I got the blackout too.

But in a month I'm moving to Issaquah. I hope they don't have so many blackouts there!

[MrVandelay]

Pacific Regent Phase II?

They built the first a while ago, so I'm kind of surprised they're building a second... Weird.

Do you know when the first one was built?

BTW: i think its fantastic ANOTHER one goes up. That part of town is going to be one cool corridor of towers when this is all done.

[northface]

what does the pacific regent towerrt look like now?

[SeattleHusky82]

Here's a proposal I found for a 6 story apartment building on the south side of Main between 107th and 108th across from the Masins building. It will require demolition of the Jasmine Thai restaurant. I had a feeling that this area would be the next to see some new residential development. With the SRM and Main St gateway projects at the intersection of Bellevue way and Main, I could see residential development move east on main and replace those little strip malls.

http://transact.mybuildingpermit.com/permitsearch/PermitDetails.aspx?permitnumber=06112585&permitstatus=Open

[Skian]

I think Pacific Regent was built in the mid eighties. Originally it was to be 2 towers, but the developer had trouble selling the condo units at first. It is an over 55 community and they were a bit ahead of the curve. Now, almost all of the units have been aquired (by hook or by crook) by The Fountains, a company that sells the units for the aged buyer's lifetime. when they die, The Fountains regains ownership.

[Last Chance]

^
LOL, yeah I got the blackout too.

But in a month I'm moving to Issaquah. I hope they don't have so many blackouts there!

I've been in Issaquah for 8 months now. Not one blackout yet. Just bears. Well, just that one garbage bear.

Don't bring the blackouts with you!!!

[Fulham]

^^^
Yeah the planning application for the 107th & main project is on page 1 of this thread.

This one came through in today's Permit Bulletin:

NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PUBLIC MEETING
Bellevue at Main
Location: 15 Bellevue Way SE
Neighborhood: West Bellevue
File Number: 06-106375-LD
Description: Application for a Design Review for a mixed use residential project
with 123 residential units, 75,000 sf of office space, 37,000 sf of retail space, a
4 level parking garage with 521 stalls.
Approvals Required: Design Review, Concurrency Determination, and ancillary permits
and approvals.
SEPA: Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) is expected. Refer to page one General
Information Regarding use of Optional DNS Process.
Minimum Comment Period Ends: June 1, 2006, 5 p.m. Refer to page one for information
on how to comment on a project.
Public Meeting: 6:00 p.m.; Thursday, June 1, 2006; Bellevue City Hall; City Hall
Conference Room 1E-108; 450 110th Ave NE.
Date of Application: March 15, 2006
Completeness Date: March 15, 2006
Applicant: Ev II LLC

[James Bond Agent 007]

I've been in Issaquah for 8 months now. Not one blackout yet. Just bears. Well, just that one garbage bear.

Don't bring the blackouts with you!!!
Maybe we should have an Issaquah meet. :D

I'll be living in the Windsong apts, south of downtown on Front Street.

[Last Chance]

Maybe we should have an Issaquah meet. :D


I think that it would just be the two of us since bgwah thinks very little of Issaquah. And you probably wouldn't like me in person. :rolleyes:

Anyway, welcome to the 'Quah. Nobody calls it that though.

[northface]

HELLO!!! AND ME..im the biggest issaquah advocate here!!

[bgwah]

I think that it would just be the two of us since bgwah thinks very little of Issaquah. And you probably wouldn't like me in person. :rolleyes:

Anyway, welcome to the 'Quah. Nobody calls it that though.

It just seems so poorly planned and... I don't know. Messy. State park to an office campus by a lumber yard to a strip mall with an enormous parking lot to miners with hundreds and hundreds and identical apartments and townhouses on top of a hill that have no pedestrian connection to the stores below and is a horrible waste of would could have been a semi-urban neighborhood, and so on. At least in Sammamish we have the courtesy to hide most of our sprawl with trees.

Besides, when you live between Redmond and Issaquah, I don't think any sane person would choose Issaquah over Redmond.

[Skian]

Issaquah has I-90
Redmond has 520

You make the choice!

[needsalife]

If given a choice, I would choose Redmond, but if I have to drive to Seattle, I would take the I-90. I really hope we don't have to wait for the 520 to sink to replace it

[Skian]

When they replace it, they wont be adding much capacity, if any.....
Plus the region will be in complete gridlock when the bridge closes for replacement. I-90 is getting close to capacity.

[destroybananas]

Issaquah gets on my nerves...sorry no offense to anyone, but the way they planned it doesn't make any sense.

[Skian]

After looking at Issauah, what makes you think they planned it?

[Last Chance]

HELLO!!! AND ME..im the biggest issaquah advocate here!!

Whoops. My bad. Sorry about that. You have been a huge advocate of Issaquah and of Renton. Please forgive the oversight.

[northface]

haha i was kidding....its good!

[bgwah]

Taco Bell/KFC under construction in Sammamish right now!

Only saying so because I love Taco Bell and I'm glad we're finally getting one. :yes:

[James Bond Agent 007]

^
Meh, Taco Time is waaaay better. I like their Mexi-fries. :D

[bgwah]

^
Meh, Taco Time is waaaay better. I like their Mexi-fries. :D

Blasphemy! GRID said he worked at the Sammamish Taco Time in the 90s, which I found amusing.

Besides, Taco Time's food is disgusting.

[James Bond Agent 007]

^
Hmm, I never noticed "disgusting" people at Taco Time. It all tastes fine to me!

[northface]

taco time is good! chipotle is better! Anyways...sammamish sucks and isnt a real city anyways...

[bgwah]

taco time is good! chipotle is better! Anyways...sammamish sucks and isnt a real city anyways...

It could always be worse. We could be Issaquah! :yuck:

[northface]

mm hmm....^jealousy....

[sequoias]

I like Taco Time better! :D I like their Mexi-fries, too. I could care less on KFC and Taco Bell popping up there because it's not the best place for me to eat. I'd rather cook at home with good healthy food than going to fast food anyday.

[VillageIdiot]

mmmmmm, mexi fries!

Taco Bell sucks, Taco Time is WAY better (but alot pricer)

[horatio_the_hermit]

you guys are a joke. I will say youre an amusing joke but a jooke none the less.

[MrVandelay]

I saw that the tower-crane at the eddie bauer building is moving higher today. Progress is being made!

[Last Chance]

you guys are a joke. I will say youre an amusing joke but a jooke none the less.

Yeah, This almost turned into another Tribute to how great Tim's Cascade chips are. By the way, they're still the best!

Nothing wrong with interjecting a little fun, as long as we can get back on track...:)

[Last Chance]

I saw that the tower-crane at the eddie bauer building is moving higher today. Progress is being made!

Seems funny to call it the Eddie Bauer building now. Wonder who the potential buyers of Eddie Bauer could be? (MrVandelay posted an article in the NW economy thread about a possible sale of Eddie Bauer)

Glad to see it moving along.

[northface]

yeah it looked a lot taller today for some reason..and when driving north on 405...it fills in the gap between the towers from the 80's and lincoln sqare...so now lincoln square doesnt look as out of place..just image the bellevue towers in there too!!! and CITY CENTER II! ANDDD ANNNNDDD!...THE BRAVERN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[James Bond Agent 007]

^
Calm down, son.

[horatio_the_hermit]

calm up captain

[James Bond Agent 007]

Next to Ashwood Commons there's a Proposed Land Use Action sign which says an applicant wants to build 22-story and 13-story buildings (both residential it seems). I guess this is the Ashwood Commons II project someone mentioned somewhere a couple weeks ago.

[James Bond Agent 007]

Oh yeah I forgot - they're also soon gonna start building a new park-and-ride in Issaquah. :D

[Last Chance]

Oh yeah I forgot - they're also soon gonna start building a new park-and-ride in Issaquah. :D

Another one? Where will that one be? That's interesting.

The Issaquah Highlands Park and Ride is quite the facility. Nicest looking Park and Ride I have ever seen - hands down. And it seems to get a lot of use. Maybe that's the reason for another one.

[northface]

well the one they are going to start construction on is down in issaquah on SR 900 (Renton-Issaquah Road) Its right off the freeway. That will be very nice when they complete that because there isnt much parking and Im going to have to use it everyday this summer!

[northface]

double post**

[James Bond Agent 007]

Another one? Where will that one be? That's interesting.

The Issaquah Highlands Park and Ride is quite the facility. Nicest looking Park and Ride I have ever seen - hands down. And it seems to get a lot of use. Maybe that's the reason for another one.
What I meant was, they're gonna re-do the existing one. Build a garage, and everything.

[northface]

Bellevue skyline...now
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/8273/img53280lv.jpg

Bellevue skyline in 2-3 years.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/htrontrebor12/bell.jpg

red-construction
blue-approved
green-proposed
towers that i included are under construction except for one which is approved

many towers arent included because they are behind the other buildings.