Artisanal Spring Fling this weekend at The Bravern

Looking for a fun and free experience to welcome the warm weather season that the whole family can enjoy? Join Artisanal Brasserie & Winebar and The Artisanal Table Pizzeria Enoteca at The Bravern for a ”Spring Fling” weekend! From noon – 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 10 and Sunday, April 11, both Artisanal restaurants will celebrate the beginning of spring with a host of events. Free gelato, live music, raffle contests, coloring contests for the kids, a cooking demo and more.


Details: http://bellevuelocaltable.com/blog/?p=1153

And of course stop by One Main Street for a tour while you're around town. Furnished models are open daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m .at 10000 Main Street. http://www.onemainstreet.com/.

Big Grand Opening weekend at One Main Street

Whew! Excuse us while we wipe our brows, we are still trying to recover from a very busy month of March, and a huge grand opening weekend that saw over 400 groups tour One Main Street in Old Bellevue.

If you came to tour during one of our busy days, and you have other homes you'd like to see, or if you'd like to tour again at a time when you'll have our full attention to answer all your questions, please let us know if we can schedule a private tour for you. To reach us, call 425.452.6246 or e-mail info@onemainstreet.com.

We are onsite daily now from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 10000 Main Street, Bellevue. (We'll be open this Saturday, but closed on Sunday to celebrate the Easter holiday.)

If you haven't had a chance to visit us yet, it's a great time to stop by -- with the days getting longer, the sky getting brighter and the beautiful lake, city and mountain views getting better. We hope to see you in Old Bellevue soon!

Grand Opening this Weekend at One Main Street Condominiums

This weekend is the Grand Opening at One Main Street Condominiums. Starting Saturday, March 27th, the sales center and fully furnished model homes will be open daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 10000 Main Street, Bellevue.

Come find out why over 350 groups have already toured during the sneak preview weekends at One Main Street - this is the newest condominium in Downtown Bellevue, and the only new condos in Old Bellevue.

Our address scores a near-perfect 91 on walkscore.com because from your morning coffee and stroll in the downtown park, to your afternoon shopping at Bellevue Square, to your dinner and evening cocktail, you can do everything on foot with no need to get in your car.

Inside, the homes at One Main Street offer unexpected treats like generous terraces and decks, gourmet kitchens, spa bathrooms, and great views of Meydenbauer Bay, Downtown Bellevue city lights and Mount Rainier.

Be one of the first to tour and own at One Main Street Condominiums, stop by this weekend. Homes are priced from the mid $300s to $1.6M, with one- and two-bedroom homes ready to move in now, and three-bedroom homes coming soon. We're giving away $500 gift certificates to Greenbaum Home Furnishings to three lucky winners!

New Model Homes by Greenbaum Home Furnishings

There are two new model homes to tour at One Main Street Condominiums in Bellevue, both designed and provided by Greenbaum Home Furnishings.

Home 405 is a beautiful corner home with two bedrooms and two bathrooms, floor-to-ceiling windows and a large private outdoor terrace that's already plumbed for your gas barbecue.

#405 is a corner home with tons of natural light

Huge private patio with great views

Home 302 is a one-bedroom plus den/two bathroom home with a spacious living area and gourmet kitchen, perfect for entertaining a crowd. The spa master bathroom is a treat!

Spacious living area in home 302

Gourmet kitchen with sleek SieMatic cabinets and high-end stainless steel appliances

Soothing spa bathroom with stone-tile surround shower and soaking tub and heated floors

This weekend is the last chance for a sneak preview of these homes prior to the March 27th grand opening. Stop by this weekend, March 20th and 21st from 11 to 6, or call for a private showing today, 425-452-6246.

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)