07.13.2026 | Project Update
Project Description
Filament consists of two eight-story mixed-use multifamily buildings. It includes 293 apartment units and 7,664 square feet of retail at grade. Both buildings have multi-story below-grade parking, which will accommodate 342 parking stalls. The project site is located at 10538 & 10588 NE 2nd St in downtown Bellevue. The project start date is targeting September 2026, and completion is estimated for December 2028.
- Site Preparation & Preconstruction
- Final project easement secured, completing the last major preconstruction milestone.
- City of Bellevue preconstruction meetings for ROW, clearing & grading, and shoring completed.
- Excavation startup planning, utility coordination, permitting, and sequencing efforts are ongoing.
- PSE coordination on the pole relocations is ongoing, access on 2nd for mass ex dirt haul-out depends on it.
- Mass Excavation & Shoring
- Mass excavation mobilizes 9/10.
- Contractor mobilization and site logistics planning complete.
- Environmental, permitting, and sequencing activities ongoing to support excavation start.
- Shoring scheduled to start 9/21.
- Tower Crane
- Tower crane foundation excavation planning is ongoing.
- Excavation is targeting October completion to support crane erection before Bellevue's holiday moratorium.
- Utilities
- PSE confirmed transformers are reserved and available in April or May 2027.
- Merlino is scheduled to start installing the PSE pathway, begin potholing operations, and perform cut-and-cap work.
- Environmental
- AECOM is scheduled to perform targeted soil sampling to further define contaminated soil locations.
- Site monitoring cameras are scheduled to be installed prior to major excavation.
