Gold shovel in hand, Kemper Freeman lobbed a few clumps of earth into a wheel barrel and quickly apologized for any added work it might create for the crew that will be responsible for constructing Lincoln Square 2, which marked the beginning of the $1.2 billion Bellevue Collection expansion on Wednesday.
The Kemper Development Company announced today announced it will break ground on its $1.2 billion Bellevue Collection expansion during a Wednesday ceremony, with the first phase of the Lincoln Square expansion to be begin opening in fall 2016.
The second annual Strollin’ to Fight SIDS had raised about $12,500 by the start of the 5-K walk June 7 at the Newport High School track course. Funds raised go to the CJ Foundation for SIDS.
Bellevue residents and business owners told Sound Transit on Thursday that a 25-acre maintenance facility in the city’s Bel-Red Corridor could remove them from the map permanently, and urged its board to look somewhere else — anywhere else.
Downtown Bellevue has a lot of room to grow, and there’s no doubt it will. Residents speaking in one of several work groups at a downtown livability open house advocated that growth not squeeze out open spaces there and finding incentives for developers to do so.
Opponents of Puget Sound Energy’s proposed Energize Eastside project spilled out of council chambers Wednesday during a Bellevue City Hall forum, which is just one part of the city’s growing involvement in the controversial undertaking.
Bellevue councilmembers say Sound Transit has been full of surprises lately, and that’s not been a good thing.Bellevue councilmembers say Sound Transit has been full of surprises lately, and that’s not been a good thing.
The Historic Flight Foundation will commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied Forces invaded Normandy, by putting veteran aircraft in the sky and over western Washington on Friday.
Transit ridership in Bellevue has increased 144 percent over the past decade, but Deputy Mayor Kevin Wallace found himself Monday still struggling with a master plan that calls for dedicating traffic lanes for buses.
City Manager Brad Miyake has tapped Mark Risen to take over as interim fire chief following Chief Mike Eisner’s retirement later this month.
City Manager Brad Miyake has tapped Mark Risen to take over as interim fire chief following Chief Mike Eisner’s retirement later this month.
Parents and children caught up with Eastside law enforcement and firefighters during Saturday’s Child Safety and Law Enforcement Appreciation Day at Factoria Mall.
A Bellevue entrepreneur says the Washington State Liquor Control Board has reversed an earlier decision denying him licensure to open a recreational marijuana shop on 130th Avenue Northeast, allowing him to move forward as one of four operators allowed in the city.
The state Department of Transportation plans to start a two-mile overlay project early next month on all southbound lanes of I-405, from Northup Way to Southeast Eighth Street.
Audience Science is seeing tremendous growth in its Bellevue office, and Chief Technology Officer Basem Nayfeh expects even more expansion to occur as questions mount over fraud in the digital advertising market.
The former site of Salute has sat vacant for years in Old Bellevue, but that’s about to change as construction ramps up for the June opening of Local Burger, which Josh Groff says will be an extension of a Belltown restaurant for which he is also a limited partner.
Whether Bellevue is willing to buy back tentative cuts in bus service throughout the city will be a hard sell by King County, with city councilmembers insisting Tuesday there be a return on investment that includes a plan to bolster Metro efficiency and reduce its own operations costs.
The Eastside Heritage Center called on Bellevue residents to join its cause to save the city’s oldest structure on Main Street from demolition to make way for future development during a public hearing Wednesday night at City Hall.
The FBI is on the lookout for a man who robbed the Key Bank on Bellevue Way Northeast this morning, making off with an undisclosed amount of money.
This Saturday is Child Safety and Law Enforcement Appreciation Day at the Marketplace at Factoria. The first 50 children in line under 12 will receive free bicycle helmets. Helmets will run $9 after that. There will be music, games and opportunities to take photos atop a police motorcycle and for Operation Child Safe ID.The event is 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
