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Discover Downtown:
A Spotlight On Downtown's Business Community

Through teamwork, flexibility and collaboration, Equity Office strives to be partners in the success of its customers, providing convenient and unique services. Please visit one of Equity Office's 8 buildings in downtown Bellevue.

MWBoone and Associates helps people plan for and manage their retirement. Located in Bellevue for 20 years, we offer independent fee-only financial planning and investment management services. Our advisors include Certified Financial Planners and Chartered Financial Analysts with over 40 years of combined experience. The firm is nationally recognized by Worth magazine as one of "America's Top 250 Financial Advisors" and the Puget Sound Business Journal as "One of Washington's 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies" the past two years. Though most of our clients live or work in our local area, we serve clients in 17 states and six countries. Symetra Financial Center, Suite 2230, (425) 462-6406, www.mwboone.com.

Onfe, Inc. is a local mortgage company offering residential and commercial lending services. While Onfe offers its services to the main stream market, its tremendous growth comes mainly from catering to the growing Hispanic Community and other local emerging markets. 110 Atrium, 110 110th Ave. NE, Suite 605, (425) 452-8200, www.onfehomeloans.com.

Senior Financial Consultants offers advice and full service brokerage. We specialize in work with senior adults involving investments, taxes, estate planning and long-term care guidance. Plaza Center, 10900 NE 8th St., Suite 220, (425) 450-0500.

Construx Software Builders Inc. helps software-intensive companies benefit from software development best practices. Through a mix of training, consulting, tools, and hands-on support, Construx's pragmatic approach to software engineering helps organizations meet their cost, schedule, and quality objectives. Construx addresses needs at the organizational, project, and individualevels. Construx's focus on software development best practices spans project planning and management, requirements, architecture and design, construction, configuration management, software process, quality assurance, and testing. Plaza Center, 10900 NE 8th St., Suite 1350, (206) 262-5468, www.construx.com

From its dynamic design to its outstanding list of amenities, The Summit stands as a benchmark of urban office excellence. Offering superb exposure, easy access, fitness and food, The Summit has become more than a prime address.

Puget Sound Energy
The states oldest and largest energy utility, with a 6,000-square-mile service territory stretching across 11 counties, Puget Sound Energy (PSE) serves more than 1 million electric customers and 700,000 natural gas customers primarily in western Washington. PSE meets the energy needs of its growing customer base through incremental, cost-effective energy conservation, low-cost procurement of sustainable energy resources, and prudent investment in the energy-delivery infrastructure. 10885 NE 4th St.,
(425) 454-6363, www.pse.com.

e-Dialog, Inc. formerly Adinfonitum provides precision e-marketing solutions to Fortune 500 companies using customer and market intelligence to maximize long-term customer value with contextually targeted communications. 320 108th Ave. NE, Suite 300,
(206) 682-7777, www.e-dialog.com.

Captaris, Inc. is a leading provider of software products that automate business processes, manage documents electronically and provide efficient information delivery. Our product suite of Captaris RightFax, Captaris Workflow and Captaris Alchemy Document Management is distributed through a global network of leading technology partners. We have customers in financial services, healthcare, government and many other industries, and our products are installed in all of the Fortune 100 and many Global 2000 companies. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, Captaris was founded in 1982 and is publicly traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol CAPA. 10885 NE 4th Street, Suite 400, (425) 455-6000, www.Captaris.com.

Skyline Tower is located on one of Bellevue's most visible intersections, an ideal location for downtown and Eastside area offices.

Grubb & Ellis Company is a commercial real estate advisory firm with global reach providing brokerage, property management and consulting services. Skyline Tower, 10900 NE 4th St., Suite 908, www.grubb-ellis.com.

National Specialty Underwriters, Inc. (NSU) understands the challenges a retail broker faces. Our people have worked in all aspects of commercial insurance, including front-line sales production and are ready to help. Skyline Tower, 10900 NE 4th St., Suite 1100, (425) 450-1090, www.nsui.com.

Mezza Café offers espresso, fresh salads made to order, and breakfast and lunch items. Catered box lunch service is available with free delivery in Bellevue. Order online or by phone. Skyline Tower, 10900 NE 4th St., (425) 688-8544, www.mezzacafe.com.