Downtown Bellevue · WA
Three towers.
One landmark address.
A three-tower, mixed-use development rising on the former Barnes & Noble block in Downtown Bellevue — set to become the largest construction project in Washington State.
The project
The largest construction project in Washington State.
On a roughly four-acre block bounded by NE 4th and NE 8th Streets, Onni Group is building three towers — two residential and one office — joined by a shared, three-story podium. Acquired in 2019 for $116M, the former Barnes & Noble site is being transformed into one of Downtown Bellevue's defining addresses.
The program totals more than 1,289 residences, over 300 hotel suites and roughly 896,000 square feet of office space, wrapped around a 15,000-square-foot public plaza and a segment of Bellevue's Grand Connection. Excavation is slated to begin in July 2026, kicking off a build of close to five years.
- Developer
- Onni Group
- Architect
- IBI Group (Toronto)
- Landscape
- LOCI (Vancouver)
- Survey
- Core Design
- Civil
- KPFF
Impact
What it means for Bellevue.
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 1,289 homes land in a downtown that has struggled to add housing fast enough to match its job growth; concentrating that many residences on transit near the 2 Line is the kind of supply Bellevue's own growth targets call for. And in exchange for building to the 600-foot ceiling, Onni dedicates the lasting public benefits that outlive the cranes — a 15,000-square-foot plaza and a landscaped segment of the Grand Connection, the pedestrian spine the city is stitching from downtown to the waterfront.
Explore
Dig into the details.
The Towers
Three ~600 ft towers, floor by floor — hotel, residences, office and daycare, with full specifications.
02Skyline & height
How Onni 606 stacks up against the tallest buildings in Bellevue — all three towers hit the city's 600-ft ceiling.
- 03History of the blockThe 1961 John Danz Theatre, the Belle Lanes bowling alley turned bookstore, and the many lives of the buildings now demolished.
- 04LocationOn the western edge of Downtown Bellevue — steps from the Bellevue Collection, the Grand Connection and the 2 Line.
- 05The developerOnni Group — the Vancouver-based, family-run developer behind the project, building since 1965.
- 06Timeline & updatesFrom the 2019 land purchase to a 2030 finish — milestones and the latest project news.
- 07GalleryRenders and construction photography as the project takes shape over the coming years.
- 08FAQQuick answers: how tall, when it's done, how many homes, what was there before, and who's building it.