Nonprofit developers on Monday rolled out an early vision for EverGlen Village, a so-called "legacy project" that would turn more than eight acres in Bellevue's newly rezoned Wilburton neighborhood into a campus-style hub of affordable senior housing and community services. The concept sketches multiple midrise buildings with on-site space for nonprofits and ground-floor retail tailored to residents and local partners. If it all comes together as outlined, the project could deliver roughly a thousand new affordable homes for older adults and significantly reshape this slice of the Eastside.
According to the Puget Sound Business Journal, a group of nonprofit housing organizations is driving the proposal, which project materials label a "legacy project" meant to keep the site in mission-driven hands while tapping into the neighborhood’s new zoning capacity. The Business Journal situates EverGlen within a fast-building stack of filings in Wilburton as developers move quickly on the fresh rules.
What the plan would build
Project materials from Transforming Age describe EverGlen Village as an 8.4-acre master plan that keeps nonprofit ownership in place while layering in a multi-building campus of affordable senior housing, community services and nonprofit-focused retail. Early coverage by the Daily Journal of Commerce puts an initial massing concept at about 1,043 units in as many as five buildings, with roughly 1.2 million square feet of floor area.
The same early look points to potential mass-timber construction, underground parking and office space, along with room for partner organizations such as Bastyr University or a YMCA. In other words, the vision is less a single tower and more of a full-service senior village stitched together on one large site.
Where it fits in Wilburton's rebuild
The property, roughly at NE 8th Street and 124th Avenue NE, sits inside the Wilburton Transit-Oriented Development area, a short walk from Sound Transit’s Wilburton Station. The city rezoned the district last year to encourage denser, mixed-use projects that hug new transit investments.
As detailed by the City of Bellevue, officials are pairing that zoning with tools like a tax-increment financing district and an MFTE catalyst program to help pay for infrastructure upgrades, including the Grand Connection Crossing. Local coverage has tracked a Wilburton land rush since those incentives hit the books, and EverGlen slots into that surge as one of the more community-focused plays.
Money, timing and next steps
DASH - through its affiliate Transforming Age - closed on a key acquisition tied to the site in June 2025, a move Transforming Age highlighted in a June 2025 announcement as a step toward expanding affordable housing for older adults. The organization says EverGlen is now in the master-planning phase while it lines up partners and service providers.
For now, though, the money and the schedule are open questions. Project funding strategies and entitlement timelines have not been nailed down, and the next moves will depend on city permitting, partner commitments and community review. Only after that gauntlet would the vision advance into formal design review and, eventually, construction.
What neighbors and advocates are watching
Supporters pitch EverGlen as a way to secure long-term nonprofit control of a large, transit-oriented site while delivering an integrated mix of services for older adults. Neighbors, advocates and city planners, however, are already eyeing the fine print that has yet to be written: how any existing uses are handled, how parking and transit access are balanced, and how the funding stack comes together.
The proposal lands in a market that is shifting quickly, and its fate will hinge on how public incentives, partner grants and design review shape the final package. For now, EverGlen exists as a big-picture blueprint that is about to head into months of public scrutiny, where supporters and skeptics alike will test just how far this senior village idea can go.
