Skanska wants to build one of the tallest mass-timber office towers in the country in downtown Bellevue. Called Bevel, the roughly 200,000-square-foot, 12-story building would sit at 106th Avenue NE and NE 9th Place, and the developer is pushing it through the city’s design review with an eye on breaking ground late this year.
Project Scope
Bevel pairs a mass-timber structure above grade with a steel core and a concrete parking structure below. The timber frame is the point: exposed wood, lighter foundations, and a carbon profile a conventional steel-and-concrete tower can’t match. The design team includes Mithun and mass-timber specialist Waugh Thistleton. Skanska is targeting LEED v4 Platinum along with Fitwel and Salmon-Safe certifications, and is aiming for administrative design review approval by late summer, with delivery around 2028.
Why It Matters
Mass timber has been creeping up in height as codes catch up, and a 12-story speculative office tower is a real test of whether the material pencils at scale in a soft office market. Bellevue has stayed stronger than most West Coast office submarkets, which makes it a plausible place to try. If Bevel gets built, it becomes a reference project for developers weighing timber against steel on their next tower.
Project Team & Details
| Developer | Skanska |
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| Architect | Mithun |
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| Consultants | Waugh Thistleton (Mass Timber) |
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| Status | Planned |
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| Delivery Method | Design-Build |
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| Sustainability Certification | Targeting LEED v4 Platinum |
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| Funding Source | Private |
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