Mixed-use neighborhood · Bel-Red
Spring District
A 36-acre, 16-block transit-oriented neighborhood rising on a former Safeway distribution site around a 2 Line station.
The Spring District is a transit-oriented urban neighborhood in Bellevue's Bel-Red corridor, built around the Spring District/120th light rail station. Spanning 16 blocks across about 36 acres, it is being developed by Seattle's Wright Runstad & Company with Shorenstein Properties on land formerly occupied by a Safeway distribution center, which the partners bought in 2007 for $68 million.
Plans unveiled in 2007 envision roughly 5.3 million square feet of housing, office, and retail space, with construction phased over about 15 years. Confirmed office tenants include Meta (formerly Facebook) and the Global Innovation Exchange, an institute formed by the University of Washington, Microsoft, and Tsinghua University.
The neighborhood also includes affordable housing, with BRIDGE Housing selected to build 234 affordable homes, including units reserved for residents with developmental disabilities. The Spring District is a flagship example of Bellevue's strategy to convert its Bel-Red industrial land into dense, walkable, rail-served communities.