The Bellevue City Council cleared a land use change and development agreement on Monday to allow for the construction of Intracorp Seattle’s 350,000-square-foot Crossroads Village complex at the former Haggen grocery site.

Intracorp’s plans include 230 units of townhouses and residential flats and 18,000 square feet of boutique retail space, as well as a number of public amenities built into a development agreement reached by the developer and city. The council initiated a land use code amendment process in February to allow for an increase in multifamily housing in the Crossroads subarea, since such development has been capped north of Northeast Eighth Street since 2007.

Councilmembers lauded the development as a good use for the old grocery site in April, but had little left to say on Monday, quickly approving the land use change and development agreement. A 16-foot wide park connector trail leading from the southern boundary of Crossroads Village up a stairway to Crossroads Park is one of several public benefits included in the development agreement. An ADA walkway will run southeast from the stairway to connect back to the park trail. The portion of the project where Crossroads Village meets the park will be designed as both a visual access point and to enhance park safety. A pedestrian-oriented commercial corridor — extending from the mall, through Crossroads Village, to Northeast 15th Street — will have retail on both sides.

The old Haggen site is located at 15751 N.E. 15th St.