Huge Preview Weekend at One Main, over 285 Groups Toured

Last weekend, 285 groups toured during the Sneak Preview event at One Main Street Condominiums in Old Bellevue. Yes that's "groups," not "people."

According to Kim Tate, who greeted visitors in the lobby, "I tried to keep track of people using tick-marks until I hit 250, and then I couldn't keep up any more!"

The public grand opening is March 27th, and we have set aside this week and next to ensure that we give interested prospective buyers time and space to tour. If you toured this weekend and would like to return for a private showing, or if you missed this weekend and would like to set up a time to tour, contact our sales team for an appointment to tour this week - call 425.452.6246 or e-mail info@onemainstreet.com.

Happening this week: Pre-grand opening events at One Main Street Condominiums

Construction is wrapping up at One Main Street Condominiums, and to celebrate we are hosting the first pre-grand opening events. This is the first chance for agents and prospective buyers to tour the newly completed homes and three fully furnished models.

This Thursday, March 11th from 4 to 7 p.m., agents are invited to tour at the premiere Brokers Open. The model homes and select completed homes will be open for touring, and you can enjoy wine, cheese and chocolate and a chance to win $1000 from Greenbaum Home Furnishings.

Then this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, March 13th and 14th from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. is the first VIP priority event, where prospective buyers will have a chance to tour prior to the advertised public grand opening. Visitors this weekend will also have a chance to win $2500 from Greenbaum Home Furnishings.

Events will start in the lobby at 10000 Main Street, Bellevue, with parking available in the garage or on-street. For more information visit the Website, freshly updated with new floorplans, features and photos, at http://www.onemainstreet.com/.

One Step Closer to the Waterfront Park.

Bellevue reviewing draft plan for park on Meydenbauer Bay

By Lynn Porter, Journal Staff Writer, via djc.com 

image courtesy of City of Bellevue

...The city of Bellevue is one step closer to creating a new park along Meydenbauer Bay that would connect the waterfront with downtown...

The shoreline of Meydenbauer Bay is mostly privately owned, with housing and leased moorage fenced off to the public...The park will give the public more access to the water and provide areas for picnics, swimming or walking on a boardwalk with views of the city.

Bellevue has included the park in its comprehensive plan for two decades, and has been acquiring property for it since the 1950s. It now owns about 10 acres, which includes three piers where it leases out slips, 11 single-family homes, 51 apartment units and three duplexes, some of which it rents out.  

(The draft master plan is being presented this week.)

The draft plan calls for:

• Removing two of the three piers. The remaining pier would be expanded and connected to a proposed L-shaped floating boardwalk. The boardwalk would mostly run parallel to the shoreline, allowing habitat there to be restored.
• Expanding the swimming beach and relocating it to the center part of the park.
• Creating a grand entry where 100th Avenue Southeast is now, with viewpoints and terraces.
• Daylighting a native stream.
• Creating an elevated walkway from the grand entry to the shoreline.
• Building two underground parking garages.
• Creating a community building with a glass front overlooking the water, and the back built into the hillside. It would have an elevator connecting the upper and lower park.

The area just upland from the planned park, east of the grand entry, is mostly 1950s apartment complexes, some of which have been converted to condos, said Cole. The steering committee recommends incentives for redeveloping that area, including increasing density from 30 multifamily dwelling units per acre to 60 and reducing setbacks, but not increasing heights.  

In return, the city wants to have wider pathways to the planned park from downtown, Old Bellevue and other amenities.

For more information, visit the project Web site at: http://www.bellevuewa.gov/meydenbauer_project_intro.htm 

or contact Robin Cole at (425)452-6195 (rcole@bellevuewa.gov) or Mike Bergstrom at (425)452-6866 (mbergstrom@bellevuewa.gov).  Full article can be found here. (paid subscription)

What's Your Walkscore?

Thanks for asking!  We're quite proud of our Walkscore.  One Main Street Condos has a stellar Walkscore, 91 out of 100 to be exact.

A Walkscore is based on how walkable your address is.  How close are transit, grocery stores, restaurants, coffee shops, bars, movie theaters, schools, parks, libraries, book stores, fitness, drug stores, hardware stores, clothing and music to you?  Phew!  That's a lot of conveniences to have so close.  Since we're talking about One Main Street Condominiums, those things are all under a mile away, definitely walkable.  In fact, it's labeled a Walkers' Paradise.  Ahhhhh...the good life.  Come home to One Main Street in Bellevue and see how wonderful having everything a short walk away can be.

Walkscore Website

One Main Street Website Wins Silver Award

We are very excited to announce that One Main Street is a 2010 Nationals Awards Finalist and recipient of a Silver Award for the "Best Website for a Community." The Silver Award Winners are the top vote recipients in each category and are finalists for the Gold Award, winners of which will be announced and presented at The Nationals Awards ceremony on January 19, 2010 at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Now in its 29th year, The Nationals pays tribute to superior new-home sales and marketing achievements by individual sales and marketing professionals, homebuilders and associates, and sales and marketing councils. The competition is presented by the National Sales and Marketing Council (NSMC), a council of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).

We would like to thank Effective Design Studio who has provided outstanding creative for all of our marketing efforts, including our award-winning website. We look forward to the awards ceremony in January and are hoping to bring home the Gold!

Presentation Center Moves into the New Building

We're very excited to announce our new Presentation Center, coming soon to the retail space in the west corner of the new building at 10,000 Main Street. To facilitate the move, we're closing the current Presentation Center for the holidays. We'll announce the exact date of the grand opening here on our blog, so check back for updates.

The Waterfront comes to Main Street

From the djc.com (click to view full original article):

The Daily Journal of Commerce has an article about how Bellevue is in the process of becoming one of the premier Waterfront cities in Puget Sound.  It is interesting and very exciting that One Main Street would be at the portal to this wonderful park and waterfront redevelopment.  You will be able to step outside your front door and be a short distance to all waterfront living has to offer.

From Sandy Fischer's article: Bellevue Reconnecting With Its Waterfront

"A new master plan for Meydenbauer Bay, as drafted, would create a vibrant park that strengthens connections between the historic waterfront, the marinas, Main Street in Old Bellevue, Downtown Park and the city’s urban center. Attractive streets, new uses, parks and public spaces would create a remarkable and memorable place on Meydenbauer Bay, restoring Bellevue’s prominence as a waterfront city."

"One of the most dramatic new places would be the park entry plaza located near the intersection of Main Street, Lake Washington Boulevard Northeast and 100th Avenue.* The master plan recommends creating a new urban plaza and memorable connection by removing an apartment complex on a kite-shaped parcel of city-owned land.

The plaza would be a gateway to the waterfront, showcasing art, offering dramatic views of the water and providing a gathering space on Main Street. The structure supports an elevated, stylized pier that terminates in a viewing platform. The plan recommends closing 100th Avenue Southeast to vehicular traffic and building a pedestrian staircase with viewing and seating terraces framed by attractive water and landscaped drainages features.

The historic whaling building would become a centerpiece of the marina district where a proposed reconfiguration of piers and moorage would improve views, accommodate transient moorage, provide education programs and reduce overwater coverage.

The park entry plaza near 100th Avenue and Main Street would offer views of Meydenbauer Bay. The apartment building on the corner (below) would be razed to make way for the project.
The city-owned residential properties between Meydenbauer Bay Beach Park and 99th Avenue Southeast would be converted to park land. Shoreline activities would include a larger beach, playground, and picnicking and sunbathing terraces.

The swim area is defined by a curvilinear floating pier that also provides moorage for kayaks, canoes and other people-powered vessels. An elevated overlook is planned for land adjacent to Lake Washington Boulevard. A community activity building with parking beneath it abuts the hillside, efficiently uses the land, places required parking out of sight and provides elevator access between the upper and lower park areas."

*right where your new condo is!
 
Visit http://www.djc.com/news/re/12012184.html for the full article.

Image from City of Bellevue website.