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May 18, 2009

Taller buildings may be in Bellevue's future

  • Today the city council will consider updating the land use code and design guidelines for downtown development.
    • By LYNN PORTER
    Journal Real Estate Editor

    Image courtesy Sky-Pix [enlarge]
    The Bellevue planning department wants to study allowing taller buildings downtown in exchange for more interesting design, more public amenities and affordable housing.

    In the last half-dozen years, about 4,000 condos and apartments have sprouted up or are under construction in downtown Bellevue. At the same time, numerous high-rise commercial buildings have been erected, transforming the skyline.


     
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