The latest & greatest on all things Bellevue, Eastside, and Chamber-member-related.
The Bellevue Chamber's Transportation Committee met April 2 to hear from WSDOT's Director of Innovative Partnerships Anthony Buckley on the state's emerging public-private partnership program, with brief updates on the King County Transportation Benefit District vote and Sound Transit realignment. Continue Reading
The 2026 Eastside Real Estate Symposium opened with Amazon Public Policy Director Guy Palumbo and CBRE Senior Vice President Bryan Oliver on the forces reshaping the region's housing and office markets. Continue Reading
Washington needs 1.1 million homes over 20 years and currently falls short by tens of thousands annually. The ERES policy panel brought together Senator Jessica Bateman on systemic housing reform, Bellevue Director Nick Whipple on development services improvements and GovStream AI, and Saf Rabah Continue Reading
Since the Wilburton rezone passed in June 2025, developers have submitted applications for over 2,300 housing units in the 300-acre neighborhood. The ERES panel examined the code buildability strategies, MFTE Supercharger, and East Rail infrastructure that made Wilburton a model Continue Reading
Dartmouth economist Andrew Samwick closed ERES 2026 with a keynote on federal fiscal headwinds, AI's real employment impact, and the structural advantages positioning the Eastside for continued growth. Continue Reading
Bellevue building inspectors issued a formal notice of violation this week after determining that Mayor Mo Malakoutian's cheekbones exceed allowable height limits under the city's land use code. Continue Reading
In a decisive show of civic engagement, Seattle voters overwhelmingly approved an $8 billion levy Tuesday aimed at studying why things in Seattle cost so much. The measure passed with 72% support. Continue Reading
After years of cost overruns, engineering challenges, and increasingly strained subarea math, Sound Transit officials announced a breakthrough solution to the long-running ST3 Ballard-Issaquah dilemma: Ballard will be renamed "Issaquah." Continue Reading
The Washington State Department of Revenue (DOR) issued an emergency rule late Tuesday temporarily blocking access to Zillow and Redfin in Medina and several nearby Points communities after detecting what officials described as "highly irregular and coordinated browsing behavior." Continue Reading
Just days after the opening of the Sound Transit Crosslake Connection, Pioneer Square residents are raising alarms about what they describe as a "rapid and highly coordinated shift in neighborhood character," following an influx of Eastside visitors arriving via the new line. Continue Reading
The East King Chambers Coalition met on March 26 for a packed session covering the 2025 legislative aftermath, Saturday's historic Cross-Lake light rail Continue Reading
Our Board of Directors convened for their March meeting earlier this week, and in addition to our regularly scheduled programming, did a formal welcome for our newest group of recruits. Get to know them — or get re-acquainted — below! Continue Reading
