Bellevue: 10833 NE 8th

BellevueBoy · October 25th, 2007, 10:24 AM

In the DJC's design spotlight on Ruffcorn Mott Hinthorne Stine - the architect of 5th & Madison, 114 Pike - they listed their current projects which includes a 40 story high rise for Bellevue by Beacon Capital Partners.

My educated guess is that this tower is going to be on the large parking lot on NE 8th street between 110th and 108th avenues across from the Bravern. Beacon Capital bought this site (along with City Center Plaza) earlier this year and have been rumored to be planning another office tower once CCP is complete. Because of its location at the top of a ridge, this tower would presumably be the tallest in the skyline.

http://www.djc.com/special/design2007/survey.html

bgwah · October 25th, 2007, 11:45 AM

Awesome! Where does it say it will be office, though? A 40 story office tower would definitely be over the 450 height limit, no? I'm thinking it would have to be residential or mixed-use.

horatio_the_hermit · October 25th, 2007, 11:48 AM

Yeah, a 40 story office would most certainly be over height limit. Sweet. Thats the perfect spot for a tallest. Right in the core.
I REALLY hope to see this come to fruition.

CityView Jim · October 25th, 2007, 05:16 PM

Wasn't that at one point called the Speiker Tower?

BellevueBoy · October 25th, 2007, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by CityView Jim

Wasn't that at one point called the Speiker Tower?

Spieker was the development firm that once planned a 25 story office tower on that site about 6-7 years ago. Here's a rendering of it, kinda looks like the Lincoln Square office tower.

This site has changed hands a bunch of times since then. Equity acquired Spieker. Blackstone acquired Equity. Beacon bought the site from Blackstone. I'm assuming this is an office tower because of the location and because Beacon is a major office developer. Mixed-use is definitely a possibility though.

I hope they buy the Yen Lui site because an old photo studio would look really out of place sandwiched between all these new developments. I'd also like to see them line NE 8th with retail, that'll help bridge the gap between the Bravern and the Bellevue Collection.

blackc5 · October 25th, 2007, 09:12 PM

Good news. Is that the rendering for the old Speiker I assume? Seems like it based on the floors...

blackc5 · October 25th, 2007, 11:08 PM

Oh, and from that link you shared. How about this building in memphis? woah:

jessejb · October 25th, 2007, 11:27 PM

^ dammit you tease...I saw the pic and was like "what? something awesome?"

taiwanesedrummer36 · October 26th, 2007, 12:09 AM

They should make it 50+ stories and design it better to be Bellevue's landmark skyscrapercity.

***Bond James Bond*** · October 26th, 2007, 01:21 AM

^ ^ ^
That building is in Louisville, not Memphis.

blackc5 · October 26th, 2007, 04:40 AM

Double woah - not sure where I got Memphis from. Either way, pretty different!

XiaoBai · October 26th, 2007, 11:17 AM

^
Meh, the south's the south...

CrazyAboutCities · October 27th, 2007, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by blackc5

Oh, and from that link you shared. How about this building in memphis? woah:

Very funny! I hope Bellevue/Seattle will NEVER get something like this!

XiaoBai · October 27th, 2007, 06:31 AM

^
The building's biggest problem is that, if built (in Louisville) it'll be the signature tower in that particular skyline. I think this building itself is sort of interesting, but as the dominant tower in any skyline it will look god-awful. It would look far better were it to be built in Seattle, where there would already be enough taller and similar sized towers surrounding it--which would add to the tower's uniqueness. However, it would look horrible in Bellevue.

blackc5 · October 27th, 2007, 06:34 AM

I agree Xiao - I cant really say yet whether I hate it or love it... for that reason. It depends on the context of where it is built.

horatio_the_hermit · October 27th, 2007, 12:22 PM

I dont care AT ALL about that funky building. If you want to talk about it, take it to a southern thread. All I want to hear is the sweet sound of Bellevues height limit squeaking upward.

XiaoBai · October 27th, 2007, 01:01 PM

^
Nah, I think we'll talk about it here!

CrazyAboutCities · October 27th, 2007, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by XiaoBai

^
The building's biggest problem is that, if built (in Louisville) it'll be the signature tower in that particular skyline. I think this building itself is sort of interesting, but as the dominant tower in any skyline it will look god-awful. It would look far better were it to be built in Seattle, where there would already be enough taller and similar sized towers surrounding it--which would add to the tower's uniqueness. However, it would look horrible in Bellevue.

Seattle have enough of this type of architecture and boxy towers. It is time for Seattle to get something unique towers that are not so boxy.

Anyway, I'm off to Las Vegas now. Have a great weekend!

BellevueBoy · February 18th, 2008, 07:22 AM

There's a rendering of this tower in this week's PSBJ in an ad for Rushing Co., a mechanical engineering firm. Unfortunately its another bland box, similar to the 1918 8th tower in Seattle. If built, this will be the tallest tower in Bellevue due to its location at the highest point of downtown.

BellevueBoy · September 12th, 2008, 05:27 PM

Here's some renderings of this tower. Click on Portfolio > Office Mixed Use > 10833 NE 8th

http://www.ruffcornmott.com/

Image 04 has a second tower on the site where the Yuen Lui studio currently sits. There's no mention of this in the description so I'm thinking this is probably phase II once they finally acquire that site.

btw, we should change this thread title to "Bellevue: 10833 NE 8th" or something like that.

October 25th, 2007, 10:24 AM	#1
BellevueBoy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,058 Likes (Received): 0	Bellevue: 10833 NE 8th In the DJC's design spotlight on Ruffcorn Mott Hinthorne Stine - the architect of 5th & Madison, 114 Pike - they listed their current projects which includes a 40 story high rise for Bellevue by Beacon Capital Partners. My educated guess is that this tower is going to be on the large parking lot on NE 8th street between 110th and 108th avenues across from the Bravern. Beacon Capital bought this site (along with City Center Plaza) earlier this year and have been rumored to be planning another office tower once CCP is complete. Because of its location at the top of a ridge, this tower would presumably be the tallest in the skyline. http://www.djc.com/special/design2007/survey.html

October 25th, 2007, 11:48 AM	#3
horatio_the_hermit Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 216 Likes (Received): 1	Yeah, a 40 story office would most certainly be over height limit. Sweet. Thats the perfect spot for a tallest. Right in the core. I REALLY hope to see this come to fruition. __________________ We are the trash of Factoria. Our colors clash in Factoria. Grow a moustache in Factoria. We all get smashed in Factoria.

October 26th, 2007, 12:09 AM	#9
taiwanesedrummer36 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Little Taipei, Everett Posts: 1,047 Likes (Received): 0	They should make it 50+ stories and design it better to be Bellevue's landmark skyscrapercity. __________________ Everett/Snohomish County Development News Thread

October 26th, 2007, 01:21 AM	#10
*Bond James Bond* Licence to kill. Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Apple Maggot Quarantine Area Posts: 6,984	^ ^ ^ That building is in Louisville, not Memphis. __________________ Please DO NOT "like" any of my posts or request "friend" status. I don't care if you like me, or my posts. Thank you. - If you do either of these more than once you will be put on my ignore list.

October 26th, 2007, 11:17 AM	#12
XiaoBai 逍遥法外 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Shanghai上海 Posts: 708 Likes (Received): 1	^ Meh, the south's the south... __________________ 知之为知之，不知为不知

October 25th, 2007, 11:45 AM	#2
bgwah honk!!! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,778 Likes (Received): 81	Awesome! Where does it say it will be office, though? A 40 story office tower would definitely be over the 450 height limit, no? I'm thinking it would have to be residential or mixed-use.

October 25th, 2007, 05:16 PM	#4
CityView Jim Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 4,046 Likes (Received): 80	Wasn't that at one point called the Speiker Tower?

October 25th, 2007, 09:12 PM	#6
blackc5 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 490 Likes (Received): 8	Good news. Is that the rendering for the old Speiker I assume? Seems like it based on the floors...

October 25th, 2007, 11:08 PM	#7
blackc5 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 490 Likes (Received): 8	Oh, and from that link you shared. How about this building in memphis? woah:

October 25th, 2007, 11:27 PM	#8
jessejb Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,726 Likes (Received): 107	^ dammit you tease...I saw the pic and was like "what? something awesome?"

October 26th, 2007, 04:40 AM	#11
blackc5 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 490 Likes (Received): 8	Double woah - not sure where I got Memphis from. Either way, pretty different!

October 27th, 2007, 06:31 AM	#14
XiaoBai 逍遥法外 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Shanghai上海 Posts: 708 Likes (Received): 1	^ The building's biggest problem is that, if built (in Louisville) it'll be the signature tower in that particular skyline. I think this building itself is sort of interesting, but as the dominant tower in any skyline it will look god-awful. It would look far better were it to be built in Seattle, where there would already be enough taller and similar sized towers surrounding it--which would add to the tower's uniqueness. However, it would look horrible in Bellevue. __________________ 知之为知之，不知为不知

October 27th, 2007, 06:34 AM	#15
blackc5 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 490 Likes (Received): 8	I agree Xiao - I cant really say yet whether I hate it or love it... for that reason. It depends on the context of where it is built.

October 27th, 2007, 12:22 PM	#16
horatio_the_hermit Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 216 Likes (Received): 1	I dont care AT ALL about that funky building. If you want to talk about it, take it to a southern thread. All I want to hear is the sweet sound of Bellevues height limit squeaking upward. __________________ We are the trash of Factoria. Our colors clash in Factoria. Grow a moustache in Factoria. We all get smashed in Factoria.

October 27th, 2007, 01:01 PM	#17
XiaoBai 逍遥法外 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Shanghai上海 Posts: 708 Likes (Received): 1	^ Nah, I think we'll talk about it here! __________________ 知之为知之，不知为不知

February 18th, 2008, 07:22 AM	#19
BellevueBoy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,058 Likes (Received): 0	There's a rendering of this tower in this week's PSBJ in an ad for Rushing Co., a mechanical engineering firm. Unfortunately its another bland box, similar to the 1918 8th tower in Seattle. If built, this will be the tallest tower in Bellevue due to its location at the highest point of downtown.

September 12th, 2008, 05:27 PM	#20
BellevueBoy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,058 Likes (Received): 0	Here's some renderings of this tower. Click on Portfolio > Office Mixed Use > 10833 NE 8th http://www.ruffcornmott.com/ Image 04 has a second tower on the site where the Yuen Lui studio currently sits. There's no mention of this in the description so I'm thinking this is probably phase II once they finally acquire that site. btw, we should change this thread title to "Bellevue: 10833 NE 8th" or something like that. Last edited by BellevueBoy; September 12th, 2008 at 05:47 PM.

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