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When the City of Bellevue permit file for Onni 606 moves, we catch it and write it up — independently, and sourced to the filing itself.
July 2026 progress report: Onni 606 moves into early earthwork
A month-to-date visual record shows the cleared Bellevue block advancing from slab removal to broad shallow grading, while the permits for shoring and the deep garage dig remain pending.
Six excavators spread across Onni 606 as early earthwork expands
A July 21 photograph shows more equipment, a broader graded work area and the northeast slab broken up; Bellevue logged the early-grading permit's second erosion-control inspection a day earlier.
Early excavation is under way at Onni 606 — and Bellevue's record explains the permit boundary
A broad shallow cut, exposed soil and dump-truck activity mark the start of limited excavation under an issued early-grading permit; the shored garage dig remains pending.
Slab removal pushes south as crews clear another band of the Onni 606 site
A July 15 photograph shows yesterday's remaining foreground slab gone, rubble consolidated and four excavators spread across the early-works area.
Fuel storage, construction power and utility work deepen 606 mobilization
Three small Bellevue records point to a more fully equipped jobsite, while the shoring permit still holds the line before the deep dig.
A day later, slab removal has spread across a much wider part of the Onni 606 site
A July 14 photograph shows a broad field of broken concrete and exposed subgrade where the previous morning's close view showed one bounded removal area.
Three excavators strip the remaining slab as Onni 606 enters early earthwork
A close view shows three excavators breaking and clearing concrete across a widening work area — systematic slab removal, not yet the deep shored dig.
Onni 606 Temporary Power Permit Moves to 'Ready to Issue' Status
The permit for temporary construction power at the Onni 606 development site in Downtown Bellevue has advanced to 'Ready to Issue,' indicating progress toward site utility installation.
Demolition done: the 606 block is cleared, but excavation still waits on permits
Dickson Demolition has taken both buildings down and graded the four-acre superblock flat. The dig can't start until the mass-excavation, shoring and below-grade permits clear city review.
Site power goes in: the first field-mobilization permits reach the 606 record
A temporary electrical service plus a 2,500- and 4,000-amp construction-power drop — small filings, but the first concrete sign the block is shifting from demolition toward the dig.
Onni proposes reshuffling the towers — moving the hotel from Tower 1 to Tower 3
A pending City of Bellevue application (26-106943-LJ) would comprehensively reconfigure Onni 606, most notably relocating the hotel. It is filed but not yet approved.
Cleanup report No. 19 points to on-site fieldwork by the end of June
TRC's latest quarterly progress report to the Department of Ecology is the first in the series to flag imminent field work on the contaminated 606 site.
Coverage frames Onni 606 as one of Washington's biggest projects
An April profile lays out the full program — homes, hotel, office, pools and a public plaza — and bills the development as the largest construction project in the state.
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