Spring District/Bel-Red Development News and Photos

From the Spring District website: Looks like they have early designs for the final phase of Spring District development (Blocks 1, 2, 3B, 4, 5B):

9/15/22

The big Liebherr is coming down today:


Block 5 core:


Block 13 (555 photobombed):

9/19/22

I was free so I went around taking some pics. Looks like they removed the boom for the Block 5 Liebherr and replaced it with a longer one + jumped it. I saw the boom was off last night but wasn't able to get any pics:


Anyways, Block 5 core is up to level 4:


Steel is on site with a drill (Block 13):

Holland Vicino apartments (on Northup). Looks like they are working on level 8 now:

Steel is on site (Block 5):

Steel is starting to go up for Block 5. This'll be exciting to see.

10/15/22

Spring District update:
The Block 5 core is up to level 6, rebar will be set to level 7


A pit is forming quickly on the Block 13 site. BNB has been pretty efficient so far. There will most probably be a crane up on site in the next 1-2 months:

Update on Holland's Northup Vicino:

Anthony77 said:

That building is massive and will totally change the feel of that part of town. Current neighborhood population is approximately zero, and - pow! - suddenly there'll be 402 units. It's exciting.

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There's the other Holland apartment project coming right next to the current project. There's also the Big One project (I'm pretty sure that's what it's called) on Bel Red, so there is a lot coming to that area.

It's exciting to see all the development. I went to a City of Bellevue talk at the city hall a few weeks back and they were talking about how they will address the crisis. They're expecting an increase of 70000+ jobs and 35000+ housing units in the next 20-30 years, so there will be a boom in housing soon, so it will be interesting to see how the city handles the housing shortage and the influx.

Ajohns90 said:

There is still some developable land in the Bel-Red Corridor, and Wilburton. After that, where will additional units go, at scale (i.e., not one-off infills)? Eastgate?

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I have a friend who's a city planning major at UW, and he's tuned into all the city's plans. He says that after the Spring District is finished, Factoria/Eastgate are next (for developable housing units), but there isn't much demand there for housing. So I guess that junky Factoria mall will definitely get torn down, just not anytime soon.

10/27/22

Holy smokes BNB works fast (Block 13). 2 weeks ago they were barely below grade.

11/18/22

Spring District Updates

A Comansa crane stub has appeared on the Block 13 site:


The Block 5 double core has topped out (basically), and steel is on floor 2:


Also, the manlift was removed from Block 6.