Bellevue Square

[1] Bellevue Square is among the minority of class A malls that are privately held and not owned by a public Real Estate Investment Trust.

[6] In the 1980s, the mall, then led by the original developer's son, Kemper Freeman Jr., expanded in several phases, finally adding a location for the Seattle-based department store The Bon Marché in 1984.

[7] The 200,000 square foot area was converted into smaller retail stores in May 2015 for the following holiday season including UNIQLO and Zara.

[8] On May 31, 2020, much of the interior of Bellevue Square (which had been closed for two months in response to the COVID-19 pandemic) was damaged by looters in a downtown riot.

Police alleged it was staged by organized gang members amid the George Floyd protests that had begun in the area.

Aerial view of Bellevue Square