Avenue Bellevue
Avenue Bellevue is a new mixed-use destination located in the heart of Bellevue’s retail core that will feature two ultra-luxury residential towers, a 5-star InterContinental Hotel, and over 75,000 SF of retail and restaurants.
Client Name
Fortress Development
Location
Bellevue, WA
Services
Design Architect
PROJECT Overview
280’ / 24 Story Tower (Market-Rate Condos)
308’ / 25 Story Tower (Bespoke Condos Over 5-Star Hotel)
115,331 SF Site
1,280,000 GSF
408,000 SF Residential
153,000 SF Hotel
76,000 SF 5-Star Retail
223 Luxury Condos
104 Estate (Ultra Luxury) Units
251 Luxury Hotel Keys
790 Parking Stalls
Contacts
Amanda Keating
Senior Principal
Avenue Bellevue sets a new standard for hospitality and residential design in the Pacific Northwest region.
A new NW destination
Avenue Bellevue contains two highly sculpted condominium towers with over 300 luxury residences and a robust mix of high-end retail, food and nightlife. It will also be home to the areas first luxury InterContinental Hotel with 251 guest rooms, a full-service spa and fitness center, and ballrooms and meeting spaces connected via a glass sky bridge. The retail podium features a mix of materials and facades, all inspired by worldwide retail trends but grounded in materials local to the Pacific Northwest.
A pedestrian lifestyle
The pedestrian esplanade was an integral part of the project – not only does it connect two of the busiest streets in Bellevue, but it also branches into the alley, breaking up Bellevue’s “super blocks” to create a more pedestrian friendly and manageable scale. Throughout the new “woonerf,” large open-air plazas, lush landscaping, water features and five-star retail and dining are all woven together into a unified expression that will create a true Live/Work/Play destination. Layers of retail, hotel and residential seamlessly blend at the podium, raising above the street with stairs and bridges to allow continuation of the pedestrian realm at grade.
Sculpted forms
Fortress Development tasked the Weber Thompson team with creating a tower that was truly bespoke, one of a kind, and unlike anything in the Pacific Northwest. The concept of serpentine forms and playful geometry were developed on day one, creating a constant sense of movement – from their emergence in the streetscape to their culmination in the sculpted wave forms of the deck. The wave forms, themselves wrapped around a curved massing, were designed to create usable exterior space for every unit, while at the same time feeling fluid and dynamic. The second tower, although more subdued, maintains the curved central mass. Both towers terminate with matching crowns.
Avenue Bellevue in the News
These are the Seattle area’s largest construction projects
Puget Sound Business Journal
November 4, 2022
Silverstein lends $700M for Avenue Bellevue
Daily Journal of Commerce
April 22, 2021
Avenue Bellevue closes largest construction loan in Bellevue history for $700M
Downtown Bellevue Network
April 22, 2021
Avenue Bellevue closes $700M construction loan on mixed-use project
Globe St.
April 22, 2021
Avenue Bellevue condos selling nicely
Daily Journal of Commerce
December 12, 2019
In conversation with Andy Lakha
425 Business
November 21, 2019
Fortress Development reveals new photos of Avenue Bellevue’s “residences” model unit
The Registry
November 7, 2019
He delivers big Seattle-area development projects from start to finish
The Seattle Times
April 12, 2019
Avenue Bellevue in the News
New luxury condos In Bellevue, raising the bar for all Seattle condo projects, Avenue Condos
Seattle PI
February 28, 2019
Renderings revealed for “Avenue Bellevue” luxury development
Downtown Bellevue Network
January 29, 2019
Creating a place where modern Bellevue can shine
The Seattle Times
January 3, 2019
Weber Thompson, HBA collaborate for Bellevue, Wash. mixed-use project
Hotel Management
December 18, 2018
Region’s first InterContinental Hotel finds a home in the $1B-plus Avenue Bellevue project
Puget Sound Business Journal
November 28, 2018
