Independent project record
Downtown Bellevue · WALive views, dated updates, and the story behind Bellevue’s three-tower project. Independent and not affiliated with Onni Group.
Site now
Follow the camera, check the city record, and read what changed.
The former buildings are gone and earthwork is under way. The city now lists the shoring permit as Issued; the below-grade structure is Ready to Issue, while full clear-and-grade remains Pending.
Checking the city ledger…
Permit approval and visible work are separate milestones. “Ready to Issue” is not an issued permit.
Recent published updates could not be checked. Showing the available dated articles.
The project
Local reporting has described Onni 606 as Washington State's largest construction project. The public record shows why.
On a roughly four-acre block bounded by the NE 6th Street Grand Connection and NE 8th Street, Onni Group is building three towers — two residential and one office — joined by a shared above-grade podium. The project is widely known as Onni Bellevue or simply the 606 Bellevue towers. Acquired in 2019 for $116M, the former Barnes & Noble site at 606 106th Ave NE is being transformed into one of Downtown Bellevue's largest mixed-use blocks.
The June 2022 approval establishes 1,059 residences, 257 hotel rooms and 871,818 square feet of office. An April 2026 profile reports a larger program, but no amended city schedule in the records reviewed here reconciles those totals. The plan also includes a 15,000-square-foot public open space and a segment of Bellevue's Grand Connection.
Project dimensions
The civic bargain
The headline figure of roughly 4,000 jobs is the city's SEPA estimate — it bundles the temporary construction workforce with the permanent positions the finished office, hotel and retail are expected to support, so it is a measure of activity the block will generate over its lifetime, not a single payroll. The same 2019 SEPA model used 1,289 homes, while the later 2022 approval lists 1,059; both versions concentrate substantial housing near the 2 Line. In exchange for building to the 600-foot ceiling, Onni dedicates a 15,000-square-foot plaza and a landscaped segment of the Grand Connection — public benefits intended to outlive the cranes.
Explore
Three ~600 ft towers, floor by floor — hotel, residences, office and daycare, with full specifications.
02How Onni 606 stacks up against the tallest buildings in Bellevue — all three towers hit the city's 600-ft ceiling.