Massive Bear Creek Mixed-Use project underway

Bear Creek Mixed-Use Description:

Anyone walking the Luminary Trail during Redmond Lights would have seen this boxed gargantuan project.  At present it's being excavated for underground parking with 2 cranes on site. It's located on north side of Bear Creek Parkway between Redmond Way and 161st Street NE.

According to the Design Review Board minutes it's a 6-story, mixed-use building with 360 residential units, 5,000 sf live/work apartments and associated parking. At a later date, the live/work apartments could be converted to retail.  363 parking spaces are partially below grade.  Storage for 360 bikes.

The project is currently proposed in two phases. Phase one would consist of approximately 190 units and phase two would introduce the remaining 170 units and common open space features on the 75,575 square foot site. The project will be adjacent on the north side to the Sound Transit rail tracks which are proposed to run the length of the property east to west. The massing of the building will offer the opportunity to conceal the rail tracks, maintenance area and associated facilities from being in view from Bear Creek Parkway.

Location: 15806 to 15904 Bear Creek Parkway Applicant: Gary Noyes with NW Pacific Development, LLC Staff Contact: Sarah Vanags, 425-556-2426, svanags@redmond.gov Ms. Vanags stated that this was a 5 story mixed-use building

Reported by Bob Yoder