Well the new Barney's opened up last week in Pacific Place shopping center in downtown. They moved from their small "City Center" building location. I asked for a review from my partner who went on the day they opened and he said the selection of the highest end name brand products (Prada, etc.) at relatively reasonable prices was better then Beverly Hills or New York. Not sure if that was special because they had just opened but it at least gives people an alternative to Mario's, which is only a half block away.
Now if we can just get that Neiman Marcus in Bellevue opened some time sooner then 2009. And maybe put in something similar to the "Bar on 4" like at the Beverly Hills Neiman Marcus.