Offices to give way to condos in Bellevue

[Sundodger]

Offices to give way to condos in Bellevue

A longtime cornerstone of downtown Bellevue, the old Puget Sound Energy headquarters, is coming down this week to make way for twin condominium towers the developer anticipates will be one of the region's most energy efficient new residential projects.

Called Bellevue Towers, the project at the corner of 106th Avenue Northeast and Northeast Fourth Street, will feature 565 condominiums atop retail shops, a restaurant and parking. The 42- and 43-story towers are to be completed in the fall 2008. Condo prices are projected to range from $400,000 to $7 million for units 700 to more than 6,000 square feet.

http://www.bellevuetowers.com/

[tombarnes]

Nice towers. What did the old HQ look like? Anything special?

[Sundodger]

^ it was low and ugly but some people wanted to save it. Luckliy they didn't get their way:

[tombarnes]

That building is seriously ugly! Good to have it gone!

[catdr]

So a 700 sqft condo is going to start at $400,000?

[Sundodger]

^

You can't get a house for anything under $315,000 in the area, and those around that price are under 1,000 sq ft.

[AceMentor]

I really can't it to go up to Seattle again. I think I would have paid to have that old building removed it was so ugly

[Southernyank]

here are new images of bellevue towers

[Southernyank]

Washington Square has updated their site

http://www.washingtonsquareliving.com/

[Southernyank]

Hines plans 20-story tower at Tech Tower site

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories.../06/daily9.html

[Southernyank]

Hanover BRE Tower

This mixed-use, 20-story residential tower includes 202 units and approximately 2,600 sf of retail space.

http://www.collinswoerman.com/boards_alt.htm#