Eastside

The communities east of Lake Washington anchored by Bellevue — now the region's second downtown and a major tech employment center rivaling Seattle itself. The Eastside stretches from Mercer Island and Newcastle in the south through Bellevue and Kirkland to Woodinville and Bothell in the north, with Redmond, Sammamish, and Issaquah extending eastward toward the Cascade foothills. Home to Microsoft, Nintendo, T-Mobile, and Amazon's expanding Bellevue campus, the Eastside blends upscale suburban living with urban-scale density along the I-405 and SR-520 corridors.