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Belle Lanes → Barnes & Noble (1957 – 2026) →
Building Two: Belle Lanes → Barnes & Noble at 626 106th Ave NE, 1957 – 2026. The bowling alley came first — Belle Lanes, a downtown Bellevue fixture for 35 years — before being remodeled into one of the Eastside's best-known bookstores, and finally a furniture showroom. Key facts: Belle Lanes…
/historyBelle Lanes → Barnes & Noble — Belle Lanes (1957–1992) →
Opened in 1957 when Bellevue was barely a town, Belle Lanes was a 'curved, squat, beige bunker' of 32 lanes under subdued light — its long roof carried on arched wooden trusses — with 20-foot letters spelling B-O-W-L across the roofline. The Danz family's SRO owned it too — close enough to the…
/historyBelle Lanes → Barnes & Noble — Barnes & Noble (1993–2022) →
A few months after the lanes closed, the building was remodeled into a Barnes & Noble. For 29 years the 626 106th Ave NE store was a Downtown Bellevue institution — until, anticipating the redevelopment, it announced its move and decamped to Crossroads Mall in fall 2022, the new store opening the…
/historyBelle Lanes → Barnes & Noble — Furniture, to the end (2022–2026) →
The cavernous former bookstore spent its final years as a furniture showroom, trading right up until the block was cleared.
/historyWhat was on the site before? →
The block held the 1961 John Danz Theatre (later an electronics store, a furniture store and churches, including Doxa Church) and the former Belle Lanes bowling alley, which became a Barnes & Noble in 1993 and later a furniture store. Both were demolished ahead of construction.
/faqOnni 606 — overview →
Onni 606: Three towers. One skyline-defining address. A three-tower, mixed-use development under construction on the former Barnes & Noble block in Downtown Bellevue — described by local reporting as Washington State's largest construction project. Address: 606 (& 620) 106th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA,…
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2019 — Site acquired: Onni Group purchases the ~4-acre Barnes & Noble block for roughly $116M. 2021 — Cleanup track opens: Ecology's December 15 opinion says that, if the proposed independent cleanup is completed as described, further remedial action will likely not be needed. It is prospective—not…
/timelineConstruction phase guide — Demolition and block clearance →
01; status Complete; records 25-126179-BE · issued Jan 12, 2026. Visible evidence: The former John Danz Theatre and Belle Lanes/Barnes & Noble structures disappear, followed by slab breaking, sorting and removal. What that evidence supports: An issued demolition permit plus field removal…
/timelineBlock chronology (1957–2026) →
1957 — Belle Lanes opens: A bowling alley arrives on 106th Ave NE. 1961 — John Danz Theatre opens: A 1,500-seat single-screen cinema opens Dec 22, the year its namesake dies. 1990–94 — Theatre dims; demolition averted: Slated for a parking lot, the cinema is spared after an arts-center proposal…
/historyEnvironmental — Ecology points north, with limits. →
Ecology's December 2021 opinion says the PCE contamination on the property is believed to originate solely from two upgradient sites to the north: the former dry-cleaner property later known for the “Thinker Toys” computer store and the Bellevue Corner Unocal site, both across NE 8th Street.…
/environmentalPermit 25-126179-BE — Demolition →
Status Issued Jan 12, 2026; Applied Oct 30, 2025 · issued Jan 12, 2026. The demolition permit (expiring Jan 11, 2029); its scope notes it "replaces expired permit 21 133862 BE," the original 2021 demolition filing that had lapsed. Dickson Demolition completed removal of the former John Danz Theatre…
/permitsOnni 606 by the environmental record (SEPA) →
Gross floor area: 3,507,371 sf (2019 program, three towers on a podium); Site area: 174,914 sf (4.01 acres; the pre-demolition block was over half surface parking); Excavation: ≈356,853 cu yd (soil removed for the below-grade garage); Demolished: ≈68,100 sf (≈27,900 sf retail + 40,245 sf “church” —…
/permitsPermits — King County assesses the cleared block near $140 million — almost all land. →
The entire Onni 606 site is carried by the King County Assessor as a single consolidated parcel, 154410-0214, with a situs address of 680 106th Ave NE and a lot size of 174,913 square feet (about 4.02 acres). The Assessor lists the taxpayer of record as ONNI 106TH AVE BELLEVUE LLC, still under the…
/permitsWhere the displaced tenants went →
Barnes & Noble → Crossroads Mall, Bellevue: Moved fall 2022 after ~29 years; the new store opened the day after the old one closed. Doxa Church → Redmond (17935 NE 65th St): Relocated to a converted industrial building near Marymoor Park in 2022 after ~7 years in the old theatre. 116 Church →…
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