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BELLEVUE, WA-Neiman Marcus will anchor a mixed-use development here with its first luxury fashion store in the Pacific Northwest. Neiman Marcus will occupy 125,000 sf on three floors at the corner of 110th Avenue NE and NE Eighth Street in Downtown Bellevue. The store's grand opening is planned for March 2009.

The first phase of the Bravern will contain about 700,000 sf of office space in two towers, 300,000 sf of retail and underground parking for 3,200 cars. Completion is slated for mid 2008. A second phase will add a boutique hotel and 500 view condominiums in two towers.

The listing brokers for Bravern are Wendy Silverman of Chicago-based Creative Retail Leasing and Susan Zimmerman of Seattle-based GVA Kidder Mathews. The duo worked with Steve Quintin of Westfair Realty Advisors and Charlie Staadecker of Staadecker and Co. to secure the Neiman Marcus commitment.