A New York-based real estate firm has acquired the Bellevue Galleria, home of Rock Bottom Brewery and L.A. Fitness, among others for $87.5 million.
Stefan Friedman, a spokesman for Thor Equities, said the contracts have been signed, and the deal should close in approximately 10 days.
East Link light-rail is a key piece of the drive to bolster downtowns and link major communities in King County, Executive Dow Constantine told political and business leaders Tuesday.
The two-year-old debate over whether Kemper Development will be able to operate a helicopter landing strip on top of the Bank of America building in downtown Bellevue is near its end.
The Bellevue City Council took preliminary action Monday to deny an appeal of Kemper’s application by John Su of Su Development, and a group headed by Ina Tateuchi, the namesake of a planned concert hall near the building. The council will take up the matter one more time, likely next week, marking the final decision in the debate that has been punted back and forth since 2009 between the council and the city’s Hearing Examiner.
It’s rare to become a world champion of anything. Let alone at the age of 16.
But for Kevin Tam, Isaku Kamada and the rest of Team W.A.S.A.B.I. 2, that became a reality when the squad took home the world championship, beating out more than 400 other teams from 16 countries last weekend at the 2011 VEX Robotics World Championship at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida.
The State Supreme Court has shot down a lawsuit brought by Kemper Freeman, and former State Sen. Jim Horn, among others, to stop East Link light-rail from coming across the Interstate 90 bridge.
The lawyers for Freeman and Horn argued in hearings last October that the decision to convert the two center lanes into light-rail tracks was unlawful, as any transfer of lanes away from use by cars for public transit would be an illegal use of motor vehicle and gas tax funds that were spent on the bridge. Additionally, their attorneys questioned the constitutionality of a $250,000 appraisal study of the lanes from the motor vehicle fund, which is built through license fees and vehicle taxes.
After months of agonizing and a difficult decision by the Bellevue City Council over whether or not nearby property owners should pay for a portion of road projects on 120th Avenue Northeast and Northeast Fourth Street, it was the land owners that made the final call. They said “no.”
In the ever-raging debate over Eastlink light rail, the Bellevue City Council continues to disagree with Sound Transit over South Bellevue alignments with one of the points of contention being Bellevue’s desire to support the route it feels better protects neighborhoods. Don’t tell that to Walt Casto.
County prosecutors have filed charges against a 38-year-old Bellevue man who was arrested for attempting to lure underage girls at a Seattle grocery store earlier this month.
The 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami earlier this month decimated parts of Japan: More than 25,000 people are either dead or missing, with the number expected to rise. Buildings were toppled and villages washed away. And this occurred in a country widely held as one of the best prepared for a natural disaster.
The horrifying results and images have forced cities, states and countries all over the world to again ask the question, what if it happened here?
Bellevue Emergency Management hosted a forum Wednesday to discuss that exact question. Disaster preparation officials emphasized geological similarities to the area of Japan where the quake struck on March 11. The latest death/missing persons toll could have been more if it weren’t for the extensive pre-planning that was done in Japan.
AT&T said Sunday it plans to acquire Bellevue-based T-Mobile for $39 billion. Both companies have immense local presence.
Uwajimaya closed its doors in Overlake for the last time Wednesday night as preparations for the move to 120th Avenue Northeast continues.
The store is still on track for its projected March 25 opening, but there remains work to be done. Much of the heavy lifting on the interior of the store was completed, but many loose ends still need to be tied up before the store opens, said Uwajimaya Chief Executive Officer Tomoko Moriguchi Matsuno.
The parent company of David Barton Gym, which has branches all over the country including Bellevue, filed for Chapter 11…
Bellevue has initiated an outside investigation of a failed deal between Council Member Kevin Wallace’s development firm and GNP Railway as a potential conflict of interest.
The parent company of David Barton Gym, which has branches all over the country including Bellevue, filed for Chapter 11…
A former King County Sheriff’s deputy has been charged with stealing drugs kept by the department that were supposed to be used for training drug-sniffing dogs.
Kristopher Kizer, 30, currently lives in Arkansas. He was first hired in 2005, and was with the Eastside Narcotics Task Force, which is based out of the Bellevue Police Department, from October 2009 until October 2010. During this time, Kizer allegedly stole thousands of dollars worth of narcotics.
Samantha Quick has always loathed gasoline.
She made her husband Dave fill up the car when it needed fuel. They powered their 1981 Mercedes with bio-diesel. They were proud owners of a Toyota Prius. But even that wasn’t enough.
When Quick learned about the Nissan Leaf – one of two brands of all electric cars – she immediately began her quest to own one. Her diligence paid off when she received the revolutionary vehicle on Jan. 24.
“I’d just been searching for a long time to find a car that didn’t use any petroleum products,” said the Bellevue resident and employee of software company Egencia.
The state House passed a pair of bills Saturday that would authorize tolling on major Eastside highways. House Bill 1382;…
A health and fitness club will be one of the center pieces of the newly renovated Kelsey Creek Center.
Developers applied for a permit last month for the club, which will take up a portion of the old K-Mart building. A grocery store will share the spot with the health club, said Nat Franklin owner of PMF Investments, which owns the Kelsey Creek property.
Tom Perea lives on an island. A land-locked island. One surrounded on all sides by Bellevue.
The Bellevue City Council nearly halted several years of work to have property owners pay for part of projects expand…
