City Council initiates Downtown Livability 2.0, a rewrite of the 2017 land use code aimed at the next wave of high-rise development across a 410-acre core forecast to absorb 37,600 jobs and 14,500 housing units by 2044. Bellevue is reopening the rulebook that governs its skyline. On May 5, 2026, the City Council initiated Downtown Livability 2.0, a land use code amendment that revisits the 2017 overhaul widely credited with shaping the current g…
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