[TheBostonBoy]

Wow, this is impressive....It is unbelievable how fast Bellevue is growing. It is like a mini Dubai, or Miami with how fast those cities are growing too. I think in 10 years or so, Bellevue will be a pretty large city and I think we are gonna see some towers reaching up to 45-55 stories high. I just wish Boston could get projects running this fast, and not have such a large NIMBY opposition. But it is going through a big boom right now kinda, and we might be getting our first 1000 footer in about 5 years. Great stuff though for Bellevue! And great pictures Hans, keep up the great work!

[AJphx]

wow, so Microsoft is taking office space in both the eddie bauer building and all the space in both of The Bravern's towers?

[horatio_the_hermit]

yes dees ees correct.

[NW Mike]

Bellevues Skyline has already passed many american cities. Its truly amazing watching it happen. Seattle has over 23 Cranes and Bellevue around 16 give or take. Its an incredible time to be here.

[mhays]

To clarify, the 23 and 16 are the downtown areas only. Bellevue would be in the low 20s overall I'd guess (like 3 more along I-90), and Seattle must be in the 30s somewhere.

[horatio_the_hermit]

4 along I-5. Sorry to be nitpicky, but its so sweet.

[Hans Gruber]

July 28th 2007
This is my Fuji S5200 with all it's power!

http://aycu10.webshots.com/image/22369/2000043345496967912_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2000043345496967912):notacrook:

Very soon I will give a good shot looking from East to West. In 5 years, Downtown Bellevue will be in the top 25 nationwide of city skylines in the United States. Remember, The Bravern has 4 towers and City Center 2's elevator shaft is rising quickly. Washington Square has 4-5 more 20+ towers and the old Safeway will be making room for 2 40+ story Westin like Towers.

[WESTSEATTLEGUY]

COOL, AWESOME. GREAT, AMAZING, All the Great Words. As always great shot Hans!!!!!! Absolutely beautiful. :tup:

[mikeybb555]

Pictures tell so much more than words can!

[James Bond Agent 007]

^
Hey mikey, from your blog:

There is no location more painfully vacant than the Bellevue Galleria. Since its opening in 1999 Bellevue Galleria has gone through some major tendents including Tower Records, Hooters, Houlihan's, Ben and Jerry's, The Garage, and more.
That's tenants, not tendents. ;)

[mikeybb555]

Thx, the more help the better!

[NW Mike]

:previous:
Your Blog is GREAT! but needs a little more editing with spelling sometimes. But Keep up the great work.

I screw up spelling all the tyme.:)

[PA Pride]

Bellevue looks like a baby Vancouver being born. Great picture!

[mikeybb555]

Hans, you inspired me!

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c163/mikeybb555/IMG_3724.jpg

[Hans Gruber]

Thank you! It's not really me, it's the camera. I just did a lot of research before I bought the right camera. I've got some secret spots for future shots from the southeast as well as an east to west shot that I will be unveiling soon.

Once the City Center 2 steel gets up 10 floors and the Bravern takes off vertically, I will get some great pics. I'm a lifetime eastside resident and I've watched every building go up over the last 20+ years.

Bellevue Towers is really going to be special. It has not received the attention it deserves. Of course, once it's 40+ stories up, everyone will take notice. The design is just outstanding. They're building an identical Bellevue Towers in another city, can't remember which one, but Bellevue Towers is the first one going up.

Once Bellevue Towers is complete, the Galleria will easily be able to fill the vacancy on the upper levels.

Here's the glass going in on the North Tower North Side, you can also see the plumbing is being installed as well. 4th and 5th floors shot.

http://aycu03.webshots.com/image/20762/2004659926002079137_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004659926002079137)

The new Meydenbauer Avalon complex is simply massive in size. The new Safeway is going to be enormous. I guess January 2008 is the moving day for Safeway and that means the Safeway/Bartell's will be leveled clearing the way for 2 new 40+ story towers just like the Westin building.

Meydenbauer Avalon apartments/Safeway
http://aycu40.webshots.com/image/24999/2003124130077118471_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003124130077118471)

Keep up the good work with your blog, Mikey!

[Hans Gruber]

Any word on the Rumor regarding Microsoft paying $20 million for 24x7 a week construction on the Bravern project? It wouldn't suprise me if this were true, Microsoft mints 4 billion per quarter alone.

On a side note, I've been told that Paccar owns the entire block of 108th from NE 4th to NE 8th. This includes the Bank of America, Social Security building property, California Pizza Kitchen property and the large flat parking lot next to the Paccar corporate prison building.

Let's not forget the former Good Guys building and the Barnes and Noble site as well as the original Tower Records location off NE 8th. All of this could be large towers 450ft high. This area is located inside the largest wedding cake footprint. Bellevue has done a wonderful job supporting development, let's hope they raise the building height limit to at least 600ft soon.

[Hans Gruber]

OneMainStreet.com
http://aycu28.webshots.com/image/23187/2004269886518512384_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004269886518512384)

This is the site I was talking about on Main Street, I forgot to post the pics.

http://aycu40.webshots.com/image/24039/2004215982416203507_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004215982416203507)

http://aycu01.webshots.com/image/22600/2004215058235830394_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004215058235830394)

[captredbeard]

The wedding cake design is a good idea, but we will have a regular looking cake soon with so many 450 foot towers. We need that limit up to 650-700 feet for those middle blocks.

[WESTSEATTLEGUY]

-Yea for Bellevue towers :banana:

[WESTSEATTLEGUY]

-Last night I went to Daniel's Broiler in downtown Bellevue with my family. It was my first time going. The view was equally as good as the food. Bellevue towers look likes is going along nicely and 333 Tower looks like it has topped out too.

[Hans Gruber]

Washington Square is moving along quite well. The east tower is almost topped off. The downside to the Washington Square project is the massive size and footprint. Two of seven building will be complete by probably the first quarter of 2008. That leaves 5 more buildings that will take years to construct to be complete. In 5 years, Washington Square will be a jewel but just think about the residents waking up every moring for years to jack hammers, nail guns and beeping trucks.

The 333 Hines Tower, aka Expedia.com building is going along very fast. It's topped off and windows are now 4 floors high. After the unfortunate crane collapse in late 2006, Hines Tower construction has probably been the fastest of all the new projects. Granted, the Hines Tower is a lot simpler to build than the Bellevue Towers or The Bravern.

Bellevue Towers are moving along quite well. The vertical growth of the two towers can seem slow at times. However, inside the towers work is moving along very quickly on the lower floors. The heating/air conditioning ducts are installed on the lowest floors. Windows are installed in many places and plumbing pipes are visible on the bottom 5-6 floors. In addition the public park and social areas have been built up from nothing. For the last month, it's like they've been building 4 towers instead of 2. When the Bellevue Towers are completed in early 2009, I suspect the Galleria will be fully leased with more stores or restaurants.

The Bravern is somewhat of a disappointment if you consider how long the parking garage structure has been assembled on the northeast corner. Granted the garage is 8-9 levels deep, it seems they are working at a snails pace. The garage level is almost at street level with the exception of the northwest corner, which is still 2 floors below the ground. The road does rise from east to west vertically which explains why the northwest corner is still below ground a bit. Four cranes are now up at the Bravern with the 4th being added in the condo tower section. It's going to take until January before the condo towers garage reaches street level in my estimation as the ground floor of the condo garage is still under construction. The Bravern is a massive project and the garages are bigger than the massive Lincoln Square garage. Let's hope the rumors about Microsoft paying for 24-7 construction work on the Bravern office portion. Remember, the parking garages always take the longest to build and then everything else goes up pretty quickly.

City Center Two is moving along very fast. The garage section was not poured like most garages. They layed down steel plates and poured concrete over the top. I think this may be due to the shallowness of the garage at 3-4 levels. The footprint is massive making each garage level huge. They cement elevator shaft tower has grown at a very fast pace. I think the elevator shaft only has a couple floors to go. The steel work is 5-6 floors up and rising quite fast.

In 5-6 years, downtown Bellevue will have a significant skyline that will be bigger than cities 3-5x larger in population. I expect Microsoft to take a shot at the City Center 2 in the near future due to its proximity to The Bravern and their need to grow outside their main campus.

[WESTSEATTLEGUY]

-I can't wait to see Bellevue in 6 years. :hmmm:

[MrVandelay]

The only thing I wish was visible from this angle is Lincoln Square and Eddie Bauer Tower

http://a7.vox.com/6a00d09e6a8333be2b00e3989d76e70005-pi

http://a6.vox.com/6a00d09e6a8333be2b00e3989d538e0001-pi

[mikeybb555]

Yahoo coming to downtown Bellevue (http://www.downtownbellevue.net/2007/08/yahoo-coming-to-downtown-bellevue.html)?!?! This would be sweet to have all of the major internet search engine players in the same backyard!

[horatio_the_hermit]

Yeah, I saw that. Big news indeed. Too bad theyre only looking for 120,000 sqft. If they could lease out all of CC Plaza, we'd be sitting pretty.

[stockjock98004]

Anybody have any info on the proposed new construction of (4) 21-story buildings above two floors of commercial space on the west side of 106th Avenue NE between NE 2nd Street and Main Street across from Bellevue Pacific Center?

[mhays]

It's on the city's quarterly downtown project update. Somewhere in this thread (or another Bellevue thread) there's a link.

Would be a very cool project. Talk about a boost for the SW corner of DT.

[Chad]

Can anyone repost the picture of the future Phases Of Washington Square?

Thanks

[needsalife]

sorry about that, here it is

http://home.comcast.net/~kirkh/05-07-06_1510.jpg

[mikeybb555]

This is an old picture. If you go into their presentation center, they have actually taken two of the towers down in which they had planned.

Seems as if they might have under anticipated possible competition in the area. I'm sure they will still do something great with the property, but I think they should wait a couple of years to really "feel out" what Downtown Bellevue is in need of after many of the projects become complete.

[James Bond Agent 007]

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2007/08/27/daily8.html?jst=b_ln_hl

Downtown Bellevue condo tower planned
Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) - 2:19 PM PDT Monday, August 27, 2007

A new 12-story, 242-unit condo tower will open in downtown Bellevue by the end of 2009, according to developers.

Tonsing Properties LLC of San Francisco and ProNet Capital LLC of Denver said they bought a one-acre site at 111th Avenue Northeast and Eighth Avenue Northeast for about $8 million to build the Vida project. Currently on the site are some small retail uses and some residential units.

Total development costs for the Vida project, which will also include 10,000 square feet of street-level retail space and four levels of underground parking, is $75 million, developers said.

Vida condo units will range in size from 450 square feet to 900 square feet, with the average size being 650 square feet.

"We are excited to bring something worldly to the Bellevue market," said Raymond Tonsing, president and CEO of Tonsing, in a statement.

[Hans Gruber]

450-900sq feet per unit? those are not homes, they're closets.

[Aleks]

i was beign crazy the other day and checked for homes over 1 million bucks and Bellevue tower condos were on sale. Just thought I'd let peeps know.

[Hans Gruber]

80% of the north tower at Bellevue Towers is sold out. Bellevue towers has units over 6000sq ft. That's why they're for sale for over $1 million. I've heard the south tower units will go on sale in September.

[WolverineFan]

Here is the new plan for Washington Square....hopefully.

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/RandyLucas425/DSC02560.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/RandyLucas425/DSC02559.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/RandyLucas425/DSC02557.jpg

[Hans Gruber]

The north tower of Washington Square has all of it's exterior windows in place.

http://aycu39.webshots.com/image/26918/2001765642559503268_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2001765642559503268)

The south tower claims that it's 24 stories tall. I thought both buildings were the same height.

[Hans Gruber]

I'm a little disappointed with the exposure of this pic, but it will have to do until the sun comes out again. A little too bright for my taste, but here it is.

http://aycu22.webshots.com/image/24381/2003842131741894720_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003842131741894720)

The Bellevue Towers and City Center 2 are rising quickly. The glass is higher up on the Hines Tower 333.

[FrenchTouch]

Great Pics! Does anyone has some updated pics of the bellevue towers exterior?:)

[WESTSEATTLEGUY]

Thanks for the update Hans. I love that shot you always take. It's beautiful.

[Hans Gruber]

This is what you're looking for.

Bellevue Towers wide shot
http://aycu10.webshots.com/image/24289/2001587928274628539_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2001587928274628539)

Both Towers are at floor 20 if you look at the tip tops of the buildings

http://aycu09.webshots.com/image/26368/2001550432954445375_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2001550432954445375)

North Tower view with glass installed

http://aycu38.webshots.com/image/26077/2001520881367208633_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2001520881367208633)

South Tower view

http://aycu37.webshots.com/image/27036/2001527346760675626_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2001527346760675626)

Corner shot

http://aycu28.webshots.com/image/26347/2001575964095935504_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2001575964095935504)

:cheers:

[WESTSEATTLEGUY]

^ How recent are those??

[Hans Gruber]

They were taken August 30th 2007

[bgwah]

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2007/08/27/daily8.html?jst=b_ln_hl

Downtown Bellevue condo tower planned
Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) - 2:19 PM PDT Monday, August 27, 2007

A new 12-story, 242-unit condo tower will open in downtown Bellevue by the end of 2009, according to developers.

Tonsing Properties LLC of San Francisco and ProNet Capital LLC of Denver said they bought a one-acre site at 111th Avenue Northeast and Eighth Avenue Northeast for about $8 million to build the Vida project. Currently on the site are some small retail uses and some residential units.

Total development costs for the Vida project, which will also include 10,000 square feet of street-level retail space and four levels of underground parking, is $75 million, developers said.

Vida condo units will range in size from 450 square feet to 900 square feet, with the average size being 650 square feet.

"We are excited to bring something worldly to the Bellevue market," said Raymond Tonsing, president and CEO of Tonsing, in a statement.

Interesting. That block will be pretty much full, then. Seeing as how this has a completion date of 2009, it will be interesting to see what the residential density of that block will be for the next census.

[James Bond Agent 007]

According to the new PSBJ out yesterday, rumor has it that Yahoo! is about to sign a lease for 120,000 sq ft at One Twelth@Twelth - which is the office complex where CH2M Hill is located. Apparently there's a lot of untaken space in that complex, according to the article.

So much for our hopes for CCII. Though the article did say that CCII has several prospective tenants they're in discussions with.

The article also said that Research in Motion (RIM, the makers of Blackberry) are going to take half of the space in the Legacy I-90 office park in Eastgate. Not sure exactly which one that is.

[Hans Gruber]

Brand new shots of City Center 2

South Side shot

http://aycu10.webshots.com/image/27169/2003304767906746077_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003304767906746077)

East side of City 2, straight up

http://aycu27.webshots.com/image/26706/2003320652764711730_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003320652764711730)

East Side wide angle, this building is really fat!

http://aycu07.webshots.com/image/24846/2003315930368415685_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003315930368415685)

[Hans Gruber]

The Westin/Condo tower from an interesting angle, makes it look massive. Of course it really is huge looking from north to south

http://aycu06.webshots.com/image/26005/2003950072078352813_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003950072078352813)

Eddie Bauer building straight up the west side

http://aycu30.webshots.com/image/25749/2003944685789696336_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003944685789696336)

West side Eddie Bauer a bit wider shot

http://aycu03.webshots.com/image/25002/2003952651734877765_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003952651734877765)

Bellevue Towers and the Expedia building from the Westin patio

http://aycu28.webshots.com/image/25587/2003950900189284899_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003950900189284899)

[James Bond Agent 007]

Great shots!

[WESTSEATTLEGUY]

^ I agree!! They're awesome!!

[FrenchTouch]

Thanks for the pics... Bellevue is really going to be different once all the projects are completed!

Microsoft is under serious negociation to buy RIM...

[Hans Gruber]

Kirkland, next door neighbor to Bellevue has it's first hotel in downtown Kirkland. I just thought it was worth posting because Kirkland has no forum.

http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004446739013047220]http://aycu35.webshots.com/image/24914/2004446739013047220_rs.jpg[/URL

The Heathman Hotel chain is based in Portland Oregon. It's an upscale boutique style hotel and fits very nicely into downtown Kirkland.

[WESTSEATTLEGUY]

^ Cool. Thanks for sharing. It looks nice!!

[Hans Gruber]

Here is a shot of the south side of the Hines 333 Tower from the southeast. Notice the heating/AC ductwork and the final fire insulation coating being applied on the top two floors.

http://aycu38.webshots.com/image/25157/2002130507606821158_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2002130507606821158)

[Hans Gruber]

128 units in a 20 story tower and they put the actually exterior panels on displays. Very good marketing.

http://aycu37.webshots.com/image/27716/2002098343224591542_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2002098343224591542)

[NW Mike]

Great update! I'm liking Ten20.
Expedia (333) is looking great with all that glass.

[mhays]

128 units in a 20 story tower and they put the actually exterior panels on displays. Very good marketing.

http://aycu37.webshots.com/image/27716/2002098343224591542_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2002098343224591542)

Those weren't done for marketing. That's a mock-up for the benefit of the design and construction team.

[Hans Gruber]

Let's agree to disagree. The mock up is right next to the advertising sign on the corner of the street. I say they want future renters to see what the exterior will look like.

[mhays]

Sorry, but any contractor, architect, or developer will tell you that's patently absurd. It doesn't happen that way, ever, on any planet.

A mock-up is a serious, expensive exercise. It has significant impacts on the design schedule, and also has issues on the construction process -- offset only because it can be an important confirmation of design and construction methods (finishes, etc.). It costs many times the price of any sign.

Furthermore, this is a rental, and they don't need to rent anything this far out. By the time it's important, they won't need a mock-up because they'll have something better -- the actual building.

The closest you got to the truth is that they might have relocated the mock-up to that spot because they think it looks nice with the sign. But that's not a significant reason why they created it.

[Hans Gruber]

That's what I meant. They're getting ready to hang the exterior and they placed it on the corner of the property. I used the wrong word when I said mock up. What I meant to say is they had a pre assembled exterior piece ready to hang on the concrete. Instead of storing the exterior piece of the building out of sight, they put it out on display for the public to see.

I should have said here's a assembled piece of the exterior of the building ready to hang on display.

I meant it was an actual piece of the exterior ready to be hung but I did not describe it correctly. These pieces hang from the building on steel hangers and then are bolted to the structure.

I said mock up because I don't think they hang that entire piece exterior. I think it put together piece by piece and then it will look exactly like what I photographed. I really do think it was put together to look like a mock up to give prospective renters a good idea of what the building will look like when complete.

[mhays]

I doubt that piece is going to be hung. It's a mock-up, not a piece that's going to be hung. As for your last point, it's your right to believe anything.

[captredbeard]

I am going to agree with Hans on this one, the ONLY reason the mockup was put out there in public view next to a sign is for marketing, if not they wouldn't be on the street but closer to construction. mhays may be right about why it was made in the first place, but now it's only for marketing...

[mhays]

I'm actually saying what you're saying captredbeard. The point is mock-ups aren't made for marketing.

[Jasonhouse]

Let's agree to disagree. The mock up is right next to the advertising sign on the corner of the street. I say they want future renters to see what the exterior will look like.

It's a mock up erected to ensure that the parts being used will actually fit according to plan, and they aren't cheap. It certainly wasn't created as a marketing tool.

[horatio_the_hermit]

Either way, Hans' pictures are sweet.

[Hans Gruber]

A view of the East Tower at Washington Square. I always thought both building were going to be 22 stories each.

http://aycu25.webshots.com/image/26504/2003240604836081966_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003240604836081966)

You can clearly see the east tower is going to be 25 stories based on the existing numbering of the utility elevator.

http://aycu15.webshots.com/image/27534/2003247388721236300_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003247388721236300)

[James Bond Agent 007]

^
Hey, a few more stories. I'm not complaining. ;)

[destroybananas]

I'm actually liking how they're turning out. I do hope they go forward with the changes made to WA square.

[Hans Gruber]

The Bravern, Sept 12th The pit to the right is the parking garage for the two condo towers being built. The parking garage for the office towers is at least 8 levels if not 9 levels deep.

http://aycu01.webshots.com/image/27080/2002799669905343568_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2002799669905343568)

[Hans Gruber]

The north tower of bellevue towers has hit 22 floors. This pic is several days old and they're working on 23 already

http://aycu09.webshots.com/image/26048/2005401788641234088_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2005401788641234088)

Close up shot of north tower

http://aycu18.webshots.com/image/28377/2005445524793933799_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2005445524793933799)

Window installation tracks put in place for north tower

http://aycu22.webshots.com/image/27701/2005484414222604642_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2005484414222604642)

Wide angle shot of Bellevue Towers and Expedia building facing south. Never seen before angle.

http://aycu13.webshots.com/image/26252/2005480784675492907_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2005480784675492907)

That's it for today!

[hi123]

the glass on bellevue towers is beautiful!!!!!! Any updates on honver Tower bellevue? There is a new rendering of it here:
http://www.hanoverco.com/sub.asp?p=Portfolio

once you go there click on "in development"

It has a new name too, it's now called ashton bellevue.

[James Bond Agent 007]

As always, great shots Hans!

[Hans Gruber]

Direct shot of the south tower off NE 4th street

http://aycu03.webshots.com/image/29082/2004254207202967861_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004254207202967861)

South Tower with a view of the north tower and the Westin Tower. This picture turned out well.

http://aycu09.webshots.com/image/28448/2004284615329753246_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004284615329753246)

South Tower of Bellevue Towers with freshly installed glass and all the floors are numbered in several places.

http://aycu20.webshots.com/image/26459/2004219422602887187_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004219422602887187)

[WESTSEATTLEGUY]

^ Cool!!! I love the glass!!! This is going up fast.

[Hans Gruber]

I'm not sure exactly what the changes will be at Washington Square but I have a few opinions. I think Washington Square should have one super tall office building 40 stories should be about right. Add a high end hotel tower without condo's on top 30 stories, perhaps a Ritz Carlton, Four Seasons Hotel. People do not realize how much business Microsoft brings to the Eastside. They've got 40,000 employees and google, Yahoo and tons of internet startups.

For years the Seahawks have stayed at the Hyatt Regency the night before the game. Why? The Seahawks do this to make certain players don't go out and get wasted the night before the big game. Last Season the Dallas Cowboys stayed at the Westin instead of downtown Seattle.

Then maybe add one or two more condo towers to finish off the super block.

[Hans Gruber]

This picture is 5 days old, but you can see the progress being made on the glass of the Expedia tower. I believe this is the first building to have LEED certification for energy efficiency for a office tower on the Eastside.
Bellevue Towers will have full LEED certification when completed. Both are very "green" projects.

West view of Expedia Tower

http://aycu03.webshots.com/image/27042/2001314902420282296_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2001314902420282296)

[WESTSEATTLEGUY]

^ I like the glass again. Cool, building, even though its rectangular.

[James Bond Agent 007]

They need to wash the windows. :D

[testdrive]

They have almost completed the 23rd and 24th floors of City Center 2. Looks like they my be topping this one out as soon as late next week. I am looking forward to seeing what the glass will look like once they start putting it on the building.

[Hans Gruber]

You asked for glass on City Center Two so here it is.

http://aycu37.webshots.com/image/26756/2002793597029411711_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2002793597029411711)

More glass.

http://aycu37.webshots.com/image/26396/2002781051733136053_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2002781051733136053)

Wide Shot

http://aycu11.webshots.com/image/27810/2002788469226972135_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2002788469226972135)

The steel workers at City Center two are so fast, you will see the building topped off by Friday. These guys have been doing close to 4 floors per week. I looked up tonight and saw only one floor remaining plus the roof.

[WESTSEATTLEGUY]

Cool, Bellevue builds sooooo fast.

[testdrive]

They started work on the last 2 floors yesterday of the City Center II.:cheers:

[James Bond Agent 007]

Yeah, glass!!! :banana:

Gotta go there tomorrow.

[mikeybb555]

Great shots of City Centre 2...now we just need some verified tenants! (besides El Gaucho)

[Hans Gruber]

Taken today from a different perspective

http://aycu21.webshots.com/image/27820/2002214063874147074_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2002214063874147074)

[Hans Gruber]

I'm trying out the new camera. This one has 7.1 megapixels. City Center 2 is almost topped off.

http://aycu01.webshots.com/image/28760/2001068434196616297_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2001068434196616297)

[hi123]

What's the tower u/c next to the washington square towers? Is it hanover tower or 1020?

[SeattleHusky82]

What's the tower u/c next to the washington square towers? Is it hanover tower or 1020?

That's the Ten20 tower which is being built by Hanover. Hanover is also building the Ashton across the street from there (not visible from this angle).

[townyx2]

Wow. Great pic

[Hans Gruber]

I just read the Puget Sound Business Journal. It looks like the Galleria does in fact want to convert the movie theater and the empty 2nd floor to office space. This was reported earlier by Mike.

I don't think it's the best idead to convert the movie theater to office space. I think the Galleria could be successful once the Bellevue Towers and Washington Square are completed. I think adding and escalator from the public (near the coffee shop) space open area to the second floor would create more foot traffic. They could also pull out the second floor space closer to the elevators. This would make the space less cavernous.

In 2 years, with several of the condo projects completed, there will be a need for more restaurants and shopping. It will be a mistake to turn the Galleria into office space on the top floors.

The Galleria has lots of underground parking and it looks as if the new owners are going to convert the theater and the second floor to office space.

[Hans Gruber]

This hard to find photo reveals on October 26th 2007, Bellevue Towers North Tower is 27 stories tall. The South Tower is rumored to be two stories shorter but that can not be confirmed. Here's the evidence for the north tower.

http://aycu33.webshots.com/image/30392/2003476176705130192_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003476176705130192)

[Hans Gruber]

The Expedia tower should be named the Darth Vadar building with it's blacker than black windows. I also spyed a piece of crane being moved over lord Vador's new digs. Bellevue Tower north tower 27 floors up vs. 25 floors for the south tower.

October 26th 2007, it rains every day in Seattle!:tup:

http://aycu40.webshots.com/image/32959/2001914787788941931_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2001914787788941931)

[davedensf]

Wow, a small city like Bellevue has as much going on in it as Denver. Very nice looking skyline you're developing.

--dave

[mhays]

Denver has nothing like Bellevue's count of highrises u-c.

I wouldn't call Bellevue a small city though. Downtown Bellevue serves the whole 3.8 million metro as #2 to Downtown Seattle.

[WESTSEATTLEGUY]

Wow!!! Great shot!!! Bellevue towers are going up fast! When is it predicted to top out?

[crow]

This hard to find photo reveals on October 26th 2007, Bellevue Towers North Tower is 27 stories tall. The South Tower is rumored to be two stories shorter but that can not be confirmed. Here's the evidence for the north tower.

http://aycu33.webshots.com/image/30392/2003476176705130192_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003476176705130192)

great shots - in the end both towers are 450 tall from their respective grade elevation.

actually the south tower is 43 stories and the north tower is 42 stories, b/c of how the city measures height. The south tower lobby is on level 3, and the north tower is on level 1, but the south tower in the end has one more level of housing above the retail and parking than the north tower.

[Hans Gruber]

Denver has nothing like Bellevue's count of highrises u-c.

I wouldn't call Bellevue a small city though. Downtown Bellevue serves the whole 3.8 million metro as #2 to Downtown Seattle.


Well said Mhays. Some people have no idea the size downtown Bellevue will be in 5 years. They also don't realize Bellevue is the top office market in the country right now.

I will be taking some shots soon from an airplane over downtown Bellevue within the next six months. I want the Bravern to grow a bit more before I take to the sky.

[Hans Gruber]

great shots - in the end both towers are 450 tall from their respective grade elevation.

actually the south tower is 43 stories and the north tower is 42 stories, b/c of how the city measures height. The south tower lobby is on level 3, and the north tower is on level 1, but the south tower in the end has one more level of housing above the retail and parking than the north tower.

Thanks. Sometimes I get Vertigo with which tower is which. I go to the LA Fitness next door several times per week and get confused which one will be 42 and which will be 43 stories tall.

One more thing. They are laying creme colored or light brown marble on the side of the public area south and southwest corner. I will wait another week to take a couple of pics of the stone work. It looks nice but there's still so much more to do. The pics wouldn't do the workmanship justice.

[Hans Gruber]

This is not the best shot and it certainly doesn't capture the entire eastside of downtown Bellevue.

http://aycu25.webshots.com/image/33064/2004372209208359034_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004372209208359034)

[Hans Gruber]

City Center 2 glass installed on several levels.

http://aycu39.webshots.com/image/29238/2002626848227472724_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2002626848227472724)

[horatio_the_hermit]

Great shot Hans. I really appreciate the photo uptades as I havent been able to make it back to Bellevue much since school started. City Center Plaza is a sharp looking building.

[hi123]

ONE main is now U/C :

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http://seattlecondosandlofts.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/onemainstreet.jpg

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