List of tallest buildings in Bellevue, Washington

The U.S. city of Bellevue, Washington, is a suburb of Seattle with 31 high-rise buildings that are 230 feet (70 m) or taller in height.[1][2] Downtown Bellevue developed into a high-rise office district in the 1970s and 1980s and continues to grow, with new residential buildings being introduced in the late 2000s. The tallest buildings in the city, measuring 450 feet (140 m) in height, are the 42-story Lincoln Tower One, W Hotel at Lincoln Square, and the 43-story Bellevue Towers Two.[3][4] Lincoln Tower One was the first skyscraper to reach the city's 450-foot (140 m) height limit upon completion in 2005.

A portion of the Bellevue skyline
Bellevue's skyline from Mercer Island

Bellevue's history of skyscrapers began with the completion of the Paccar Tower in 1970; this structure is regarded as the city's first high-rise.[5] High-rise building construction remained slow until 1982, when the city's first skyscraper building boom took shape. Eight of the city's 24 tallest buildings were completed within the next seven years, including City Center Bellevue, which was the tallest building in Bellevue for almost two decades.[6] The skyscraper construction boom ended in 1989, and subsequently only one high-rise which ranked among the city's tallest structures was completed in the 1990s. Beginning in 2000, Bellevue entered into a second, much larger building boom that continued to 2010. More than half of Bellevue's twenty tallest buildings were completed after 2000; nine projects were completed in 2008 alone, including Bellevue Towers. Overall, Bellevue's skyline is ranked third in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, after Seattle and Portland.[A]

With the groundbreaking of the SoMa Towers project in 2012,[7] the city entered another era of building construction. The largest of the recent developments under construction are the W Bellevue Hotel (500 Lincoln Square) and 400 Lincoln Square; both of these buildings constitute the southward expansion of Lincoln Square and stand approximately 450 feet (137 m) tall.[8] Buildings exceeding the current 450-foot height limit have been proposed and the city raised height limits in 2017 to allow for 600-foot (180 m) buildings in some areas of the downtown core.[9][10] As of 2015, there are 24 additional buildings under construction and planned for construction in Bellevue.

Cityscape
A panoramic of Bellevue's skyline from Downtown Park.
A panoramic of Bellevue's skyline from the southwest

Tallest completed buildings

This list ranks Bellevue's buildings that stand at least 150 feet (46 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.

Rank Name Image Height
ft (m)		 Floors Use Year Coordinates Notes
1 Bellevue Towers Two 450 (137) 43 Residential 2008 47°36′50.94″N 122°11′52.04″W
  • The tallest all-residential building in the city.[4]
One Lincoln Tower 450 (137) 42 Hotel, Residential 2005 47°36′56.95″N 122°12′2.80″W [3]
W Bellevue Hotel — 450 (137) 42 Hotel, Residential 2017 47°36′54.58″N 122°12′2.09″W
4 400 Lincoln Tower — 449 (137) 31 Office 2017 47°36′51.18″N 122°12′2.84″W
5 Bellevue Towers One 430 (131) 42 Residential 2008 47°36′52.28″N 122°11′53.83″W
6 Lincoln Square North 412 (126) 28 Office 2007 47°37′1.49″N 122°12′3.88″W
  • Tallest all-office building in Bellevue[12]
7 City Center East 360 (110) 26 Office 2009 47°36′53.65″N 122°11′37.77″W
  • The building was originally planned to rise 34 floors and 450 feet but was downsized in December 2005.[13]
8 City Center Bellevue 358 (109) 27 Office 1986 47°36′54.26″N 122°11′44.68″W
  • This is the tallest building completed in the 1980s.[6]
9 One Bravern Court — 325 (99) 30 Residential 2009 47°36′58.79″N 122°11′33.73″W
  • This building is also known as The Bravern Residence Tower I.[14]
Two Bravern Court — 325 (99) 30 Residential 2009 47°36′56.86″N 122°11′35.02″W
  • This building is also known as The Bravern Residence Tower II.[15]
11 Symetra Financial Center 324 (99) 25 Office 1986 47°37′1.21″N 122°11′48.23″W
  • This building was formerly known as Rainier Plaza.[16]
12 Key Center 322 (98) 22 Office 2000 47°36′57.70″N 122°11′48.23″W
  • This building is also known as Three Bellevue Center.[17]
13 Skyline Tower 318 (97) 24 Office 1983 47°36′50.59″N 122°11′38.25″W [18]
14 989Elements 288 (88) 26 Residential 2006 47°37′8.80″N 122°11′29.63″W
  • This building was the first rental apartment high-rise building in Bellevue.[19]
15 Bravern Tower II — 280 (85) 23 Office 2009 47°37′1.25″N 122°11′34.71″W
  • It is also known as The Bravern Office Commons–Tower II.[20]
16 Tower 333 272 (83) 20 Office 2008 47°36′48.54″N 122°11′48.47″W
  • This building is also known as Tower 333.[21]
17 Bank of America Tower 270 (82) 21 Office 1988 47°37′4.29″N 122°12′0.94″W [22]
18 Hyatt Regency Bellevue 265 (81) 25 Hotel 1989 47°37′5.70″N 122°12′3.24″W
  • This structure is the tallest all-hotel building in the city.[23]
19 One Bellevue Center — 260 (79) 22 Office 1983 47°36′51.01″N 122°11′48.16″W [24]
Two Washington Square 260 (79) 25 Residential 2008 47°37′7.47″N 122°11′51.20″W [25]
21 Bellevue Pacific Tower 259 (79) 23 Office, Residential 1995 47°36′42.44″N 122°11′53.46″W
  • This structure is the tallest building completed in the 1990s.[26]
22 One Washington Square 250 (76) 24 Residential 2008 47°37′7.52″N 122°11′54.84″W [27]
929 Tower — 250 (76) 19 Office 2015 47°37′5.72″N 122°11′48.43″W [28]
24 SoMa North Tower — 248 (76) 22 Residential 2015 47°36′45.83″N 122°11′54.34″W [7]
25 Elements Too West 247 (75) 22 Residential 2009 47°37′6.97″N 122°11′30.05″W
  • This building is also known as Ashwood Commons–Phase II Tower I.[29]
26 Ten20 — 240 (73) 22 Residential 2008 47°37′11.21″N 122°11′45.23″W [30]
Ashton Bellevue — 240 (73) 20 Residential 2008 47°37′10.42″N 122°11′48.12″W
  • This building is also known as VUE Hanover Tower.[31]<
Center 425* — 240 (73) 16 Office 2016 47°36′51.19″N 122°11′57.98″W
  • This office project is topped out.[32]
29 Avalon Towers Bellevue East Tower — 230 (70) 24 Residential 2010 47°37′8.06″N 122°12′7.27″W [33]
30 Plaza Center — 223 (68) 16 Office 1982 47°37′4.36″N 122°11′38.28″W [34]
31 SoMa South Tower* — 219 (67) 18 Residential 2017 47°36′44.25″N 122°11′54.48″W
  • This residential building is topped out.[35]
32 Pacific Regent Tower — 200 (61) 17 Residential 1987 47°37′6.76″N 122°11′41.78″W
  • This building is also known as The Fountains at Pacific Regent.[36]
33 Hyatt Regency Bellevue North Tower — 199 (61) 16 Hotel 2009 47°37′7.50″N 122°12′0.86″W [37]
34 Bravern Tower I 175 (53) 12 Office 2008 47°37′1.00″N 122°11′28.93″W
  • This building is also known as The Bravern Office Commons–Tower I.[38]
35 Paccar Tower 170 (52) 13 Office 1970 47°37′0.01″N 122°11′58.64″W
  • This structure is the tallest building constructed in the 1970s.[5]
36 Summit Building B — 169 (52) 13 Office 2002 47°36′48.20″N 122°11′41.12″W [39]
37 Seattle Marriott Bellevue — 165 (50) 17 Hotel 2015 47°36′45.73″N 122°11′34.00″W [40]
38 Elements Too East — 161 (49) 13 Residential 2009 47°37′5.7″N 122°11′28.7″W [41]
39 Avalon Towers Bellevue West Tower — 154 (47) 14 Residential 2010 47°37′7.98″N 122°12′9.81″W [42]

Tallest under construction, approved and proposed

Under construction

This lists buildings that are under construction in Bellevue that are expected to rise over 150 feet (46 m), but are not yet completed structures.

Name Height*
ft (m)		 Floors Year (est.) Coordinates Notes
Avenue Bellevue South Tower 308 (94) 26 2022 —
  • Formerly known as The Elan Tower I.[43][44]
Avenue Bellevue West Tower 284 (87) 25 2022 —
  • Formerly known as The Elan Tower II.[44][45]
Brio North 245 (75) 23 2019 47°37′11.4″N 122°11′29″W [46]
One88 240 (73) 21 2020 47°36′42.2″N 122°12′0.3″W [47]
888 Bellevue 215 (66) 19 2019 47°37′06.9″N 122°11′45.6″W [48]
Summit III — 17 — 47°36′48.1″N 122°11′44.9″W
  • 280,000 square feet to be leased by Amazon.[49]
1001 Office Towers East 186 (57) 15 2022 47°37′11.2″N 122°11′58.9″W
  • Also known as Binary Towers.[50]
  • To be leased by Amazon.[51]
1001 Office Towers West 186 (57) 15 2022 47°37′11.1″N 122°12′01.6″W
  • Also known as Binary Towers.[52]
  • To be leased by Amazon.[51]

Approved

This lists buildings that are approved for construction that are expected to rise over 150 feet (46 m), but have not started excavation.

Name Height*
ft (m)		 Floors Year (est.) Coordinates Notes
555 108th Avenue 600 (183) 42 2023 47°36′55″N 122°11′48.5″W
  • Once complete, this will be the tallest building in Bellevue.
  • Planned by Vulcan Real Estate[53]
Four 106 Phase I North Tower 303 (92) 27 2021 47°36′48.45″N 122°11′54.21″W [54][55]
Four 106 Phase I South Tower 303 (92) 27 2021 47°36′47.17″N 122°11′54.53″W [54]
Bellevue Plaza Tower 1 250 (76) 17 —
Mira Phase II 240 (73) 20 — —

Proposed

This lists buildings that are proposed for construction that are expected to rise over 150 feet (46 m), but have not been approved.

Name Height*
ft (m)		 Floors Year (est.) Coordinates Notes
Bellevue 600 600 (183) 43 2024 47°36′57.7″N 122°11′39.6″W
  • Proposed by Amazon.[56]
Cloudvue Tower I 600 (183) — — —
  • Previously known as the Elev8 Project.[57]
Cloudvue Tower II 600 (183) — — —
  • Previously known as the Elev8 Project.[57]
Cloudvue Tower III 600 (183) — — —
  • Previously known as the Elev8 Project.[57]
680 106th Avenue NE Tower 1 600 (183) 50 2023 47°36′57.3″N 122°11′51.7″W [58]
680 106th Avenue NE Tower 2 600 (183) 50 2024 47°36′58.5″N 122°11′54.8″W [59]
680 106th Avenue NE Tower 3 600 (183) 46 2023 47°36′00.2″N 122°11′52.8″W [60]
The Eight 396 (121) 26 2022
  • Developed by Skanska[61]
Washington Square Tower 277 (84) 20 —
Bellevue Plaza Tower 2 250 (76) 17 —
Bellevue Plaza Tower 3 250 (76) 17 —
Bosa II 230 (70) 21 — —

* Table entries with dashes (—) indicate that information regarding building heights or dates of completion have not been released.

Timeline of tallest buildings

This is a list of buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Bellevue.

Name Image Years as tallest Height
ft (m)		 Floors Location Notes
Puget Power Building — 1956–1967 (11 years) 52 (16) 4 10607 NE 4th Street
47°36′49.30″N 122°11′55.10″W		 [62]
400 Building 1967–1970 (3 years) 92 (28) 7 400 108th Avenue NE
47°36′50.40″N 122°11′45.60″W		 [63]
Paccar Tower 1970–1982 (12 years) 170 (52) 13 777 106th Ave NE
47°37′0.01″N 122°11′58.64″W		 [64]
Plaza Center — 1982–1983 (2 years) 223 (68) 16 10900 NE 8th Street
47°37′4.36″N 122°11′38.28″W		 [65]
Skyline Tower — 1983–1986 (3 years) 318 (97) 24 10900 NE 4th Street
47°36′50.59″N 122°11′38.25″W		 [66]
City Center Bellevue 1986–2005 (19 years) 358 (109) 27 500 108th Avenue NE
47°36′54.26″N 122°11′44.68″W		 [67]
One Lincoln Tower 2005–present 450 (137) 42 604 Bellevue Way
47°36′56.95″N 122°12′2.80″W		 [68]
Bellevue Towers Two 2008–present 450 (137) 43 10655 4th Street
47°36′50.94″N 122°11′52.04″W		 [4]

See also

Notes
A.^ Based on SkyscraperPage diagrams of Seattle, Portland, and Bellevue.

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