Downtown Bellevue
Downtown Bellevue is the central business district of Bellevue, Washington, United States.
Downtown Bellevue is the central business district of Bellevue, Washington, United States. It is bounded by I-405 to the east, NE 12th Street to the north, 100th Ave NE to the west, and Main Street to the south, and covers an area of around 400 acres (160 ha). It is the second largest city center in Washington state, with more than 50,000 employees and 12,000 residents. Geographically centered near the heart of the Puget Sound region, downtown Bellevue is a regional growth center offering over 9 million square feet (840,000 m2) of Class A office space, various major retail and entertainment locations, more than 2,500 hotel rooms and almost 10,000 housing units.
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Worth seeing in and around Downtown Bellevue
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bill Gates's house
Bill Gates designed and owns a 66,000-square-foot mansion that is on Lake Washington in Medina, Washington. In 2009, property taxes were reported to be US$1.063 million on a total assessed value of US$147.5 million.
3.6 km · building · Wikipedia - 02Bellevue Towers
Bellevue Towers is a high rise condominium complex in downtown Bellevue, Washington. Construction began in 2006 and was completed in 2009.
100 m · high-rise apartment building in Bellevue, Washington, U.S. · Wikipedia - 03Bellevue Botanical Garden
Bellevue Botanical Garden is a botanical garden east of downtown Bellevue, Washington on Main Street. Established in 1992, many different organizations work to maintain the garden to keep it free of charge.
1.6 km · American botanical garden · Wikipedia - 04One Lincoln Tower
Lincoln Square is a mixed-use urban development in Bellevue, Washington, owned by prominent local developer Kemper Freeman. Lincoln Square, located along Bellevue Way between NE 6th and NE 8th streets, consists of two skyscrapers with retail and restaurant space, and a movie theater; and a 148-room residential tower and 337-room luxury hotel; and underground parking.
200 m · hotel and apartment building in Bellevue, Washington · Wikipedia - 05Bellevue Arts Museum
The Bellevue Arts Museum was a museum of contemporary visual art, craft, and design located in Bellevue, Washington, part of the greater Seattle metropolitan area. A nonprofit organization established in 1975, the Bellevue Arts Museum provided rotating arts exhibitions to the public.
200 m · museum in Bellevue, Washington, US · Wikipedia - 06Bellevue Downtown Park
Bellevue Downtown Park is a 20-acre park located in downtown Bellevue, Washington, United States, a suburb of Seattle. The park consists of a circular ring with a large central greenspace that is surrounded by a moat and walking trails.
500 m · park in Bellevue, Washington, U.S. · Wikipedia - 07Bellevue Square
Bellevue Square is a shopping center in Bellevue, Washington, United States. The mall has over 200 retail stores with anchors Macy's and Nordstrom.
400 m · shopping mall in Bellevue, Washington, US · Wikipedia - 08Frederick W. Winters House
The Frederick W. Winters House in Bellevue, Washington, United States, was built in 1929 in Mission Revival style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 and is the only nationally designated property in the city of Bellevue.
2.7 km · historic house in Washington, United States · Wikipedia - 09Bellevue City Hall
The Bellevue City Hall is a government office building and city hall in Bellevue, Washington. The current city hall, located in Downtown Bellevue, opened in 2006 after the $121 million renovation of a former Qwest data center.
400 m · city hall building of Bellevue, Washington, United States · Wikipedia - 10Washington Technology University
Washington Technology University was an American private university based in Bellevue, Washington. The school offered a bachelor's degree in information security targeted at local residents wanting to join the Seattle technology industry, and admitted its first class in January 2018.
700 m · American private university · Wikipedia
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Getting to Downtown Bellevue
- Airports
- Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), 20 km · Victoria (YYJ), 147 km · Vancouver (YVR), 190 km
- Stations
- Bellevue Transit Center, 300 m · East Main, 800 m · Wilburton, 1.1 km · Mercer Island, 4 km · South Bellevue, 3.3 km
- Portland → Downtown Bellevue2592 km · quickest by road, 43h 19m · $255–355
- Spokane → Downtown Bellevue2196 km · quickest by road, 35h 23m · $205–285
- Boise → Downtown Bellevue2096 km · quickest by road, 33h 38m · $200–280
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Downtown Bellevue
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Downtown Bellevue. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inSeaplane service is available between Seattle and various island destinations throughout Washington state and British Columbia.
- Get inRenton Municipal Airport (), farther from downtown than Boeing Field but still closer than Sea-Tac Airport, is another option for general aviation, with a sea plane dock at the north end of the airport on Lake Washington known as Wiley Post Memorial Seaplane Base.
- Get inAir charter companies fly a variety of private charter aircraft and jets for small groups and individuals.
- Get inThey serve the Mukilteo Ferry Terminal (18) and Paine Field Airport (8) from both Seaview Transit Center and Everett Station.
- Get inThe nearest Island Transit stop towards Seattle from Whidbey Island is at the Clinton Ferry Terminal (1, 58, 60).
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Next door to Downtown Bellevue
Downtown Bellevue is 10 km from Seattle, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- International School Bellevueschool in Bellevue School District, Washington, USA2.4 km
- Bel-Redneighborhood of Bellevue, Washington, US2.8 km