I haven't had a chance to drive by this project, is it underway or are they just clearing land at this point? Just curious of the status, as this is a MAJOR project! Very cool stuff coming down the pipeline in the next few years...
Do you have a source for this? I can see this in the long term--Facebook in Seattle is more Microsoft than tech startup--but in the short term I stick with my (unsupported) claim that Facebook will occupy its existing Spring District buildings before building out any further in Bellevue.
As for the commute, I agree in principle. But in reality, Seattle people have an insane and unfounded bias against the Eastside. While I think most of them will deal with the commute, and many of them will end up with a shorter commute going east vs. going to SLU, they'll all still bitch and moan as if Seattle were some perfect island of superiority floating on a cloud of marijuana smoke.