Glad I don't live on the eastside anymore.

Quoted: "Even with reduced travel, drivers should give themselves two extra hours to get around the region," she said.

Bellevue is awesome. Costly taxes? I don't think so, not compared to Newcastle where I live.

Quoted: "When you're surrounded by mountains and nature," he says, "you can't help but be content."

wow, a 22 year old guy that's running a grocery store!

Crazy, I just passed by the Paragon yesterday!

Quoted: Thursday's defection by Republican Rep. Fred Jarrett to the Democratic Party leaves only the Eastside's most rural legislative district with any GOP state lawmakers.

I think that lack of Asian politicians is due more to non-interest than to other factors, like discrimination or lack of opportunity.

Downtown Bellevue is still hot. I was at the Belle Arts site this past weekend and they sold 6 out of a remaining 15 units or so in the past 2 weeks - pretty good!

That city's core is really growing. With all of the development money being poured into it, it's becoming an even more attractive place for residential living.

Quoted: Freeman said his Kemper Development company is spending about $500,000 to put on the second annual Fashion Week today through Sept. 22 at the Bellevue Collection. "If someone wants to do a better fashion show than this, they're going to have to be pretty sober,"

Bellevue is still a hot market, especially in the downtown core.

Bravern will not necessarily compete with Bellevue Square, as the anticipated stores there are going to be even higher end, luxury outlets.

I was talking to some agents in downtown Bellevue today and one of them mentioned that among Freeman's projects was one to potentially demolish the parking structure outside of JC Penney's/Macy's to build a mall within a mall - another residential/commercial mix. This is all heresay, but given that the mall itself is such prime real estate, I believe that the parking lot's space is worth a lot more to the city and its developers than in its current form

Quoted: Two years after the opening of Lincoln Square, work is under way for a $1 billion, five-year renovation of Kemper Freeman's Bellevue Collection. However, the veteran mall developer is facing stiff competition from rival The Bravern.