Metro 112 Apartments, Bellevue: What the Rent, Fees, and Reviews Add Up To

All-In Monthly Cost by Unit Type

Studio units range 484 to 709 square feet across the same price band, so two studios at an identical rent can differ by 200+ square feet depending on floor and finish. One-bedroom units show the widest spread: 604 to 1,074 square feet, with price tracking floor and finish more than size. Two-bedroom units come in two floor plans, Summit and Pier, both around 1,000 to 1,286 square feet.

Add $175 to $200 monthly on top of any of these three ranges if you’re renting a deck parking space, since it isn’t bundled into base rent at any tier.

A rarity worth knowing before you tour: fewer than 7% of Bellevue apartment buildings carry a sun roof or deck, per Zillow’s building-feature data, the feature Metro 112 markets on its rooftop terrace and several unit balconies. That particular perk is genuinely uncommon in this market, not standard marketing language.

The Original Towers vs. the New South Building

The property was built in 2010 and carries 374 units across 13 stories, per the same CoStar-verified listing. Multiple leasing sources, the official site, Apartments.com, Redfin, and Homes.com among them, all repeat that a “brand-new South Building” is now leasing, distinct from the original 2010 stock. What none of them publish: which of the eleven floor-plan names (Botanica, Market, Mountain, Pacific, Cascade, Emerald, Summit, Pier, Anchor, Evergreen, Wave) sit in the South Building versus the original towers, or what year the South Building itself was completed.

If the newer stock carries different finishes, better soundproofing, or different views, that’s a real reason to pay more for one wing over another. Nobody publishes the breakdown, so the honest move is to ask the leasing office directly which floor plan and unit number sit in which building before signing.

Are the South Building apartments worth paying more for? No public data ties specific floor plans to the South Building versus the original 2010 towers, so there’s no published price premium to evaluate. Ask the leasing office to confirm which building your specific unit is in before comparing it against an older unit at a lower rent.

Location, Commute, and the Noise Behind the View

Walk, transit, and bike scores disagree depending on which provider supplied them: Apartments.com’s Local Logic-sourced figures show Walkability 90, Transit 70, Bikeability 50, while both Zillow and RentCafe cite Walk Score’s figures at 91 to 92, Transit 60 to 61, Bike 64 to 65.

Two independent measurement systems land close on walkability but swing by 10 to 14 points on transit and bikeability, so treat any single number quoted elsewhere as one provider’s read, not a settled fact.

The Soundscore of 69, rated “Active,” breaks down as busy traffic noise, calm airport noise, and active business noise. That’s a real counterweight to the rooftop’s Cascade Mountain view pitch: a high-rise this close to downtown traffic corridors carries real ambient noise the marketing photos won’t show.

South Bellevue light rail station sits 2.0 miles away, a 4-minute drive; Sea-Tac International is 16.9 miles, 25 minutes; Bellevue College is 4.1 miles, a 10-minute drive. The property’s repeated claim of “walking distance to Microsoft” and “less than a 5-minute drive to Amazon” could not be independently verified with a routing tool in this pass; Microsoft’s main Redmond campus sits several miles from downtown Bellevue, so that specific phrase deserves a map check before you weigh it in a decision.

Is the noise from downtown traffic noticeable from the units? HowLoud rates the address 69/100 on its Soundscore, “Active,” with traffic specifically flagged as “Busy.” Ask to view a unit facing away from 112th Ave NE and NE 4th Street if quiet matters to you.

Pet Policy and the Breed Restriction

Dogs and cats are both capped at two per unit, each carrying a $200 one-time fee, a $300 deposit, and $25 in monthly pet rent. The listed dog restriction: no Pit Bulls or breed mixes, with the property citing “laws and local ordinances” as its basis.

Checking that basis against Washington law: RCW 16.08.110 bars a city or county from banning a breed outright unless it maintains a behavioral-exemption process, and the state’s list of municipalities with breed-specific rules, Auburn, Bellingham, Buckley, Brewster, Bridgeport, Coulee Dam, and Grandview among them, doesn’t include Bellevue. Washington’s landlord-tenant framework separately allows a landlord to restrict breeds as private lease policy regardless of what the city does. In plain terms: the restriction Metro 112 applies functions as leasing policy under state landlord-tenant law, not a Bellevue city ordinance, whatever the “local ordinances” phrasing implies.

Is Metro 112 pet-friendly for all dog breeds? No. Pit bulls and breed mixes are excluded under the property’s pet policy. Public Washington municipal-ordinance lists do not show Bellevue among cities with a breed-specific ban, so this restriction reads as private lease policy rather than a city law; confirm directly with the leasing office if you own a restricted breed.

What Residents Say, Beyond the Star Rating

The headline 4.4 is real, but it’s built partly from an incentivized program, residents may receive reward points for posting a review during their lease, a detail disclosed only in fine print rather than beside the number itself. The wider 414-review, 4.1 average across platforms is a steadier read of the same building.

Confirmed themes

RentCafe’s aggregated resident-sentiment summary points to commute convenience, a clean and well-maintained building, responsive staff and maintenance, valued air conditioning in summer, and a positive community feel as the recurring positive themes across its review set.

Unconfirmed

Yelp’s 87 reviews couldn’t be read in this pass; its page blocks automated fetching. The 4 one-star and 2 two-star ratings within Apartments.com’s own 56 reviews weren’t individually readable as full text either. Any specific complaint pattern remains an open question.

Lease Terms and the Cost of Changing Your Mind

Take a real example: unit E102, quoted at $2,520 in the pricing snapshot above. Breaking that lease early would run 200% of that figure, roughly $5,040, on top of whatever rent is already owed for the notice period. That’s the single largest financial risk on this page, and it’s the one figure the official marketing site never mentions.

What happens if I need to break my lease early? The published early-termination charge is 200% of one month’s base rent, in addition to a $125 late fee if a payment is also missed during that process. At a $2,520 monthly rent, that’s roughly $5,040 in termination cost alone.

Schools Nearby

Enatai Elementary and Chinook Middle both carry GreatSchools ratings in the 7 to 8 out of 10 range depending on which feed pulled the data, and Bellevue High School rates 9 to 10 out of 10. Check GreatSchools.org directly for the current figure.

Building Basics and the Award Claim

Metro 112 was built in 2010, carries 374 units across 13 stories, and sits on a CoStar-verified listing. The official site separately claims “A-List: Excellence in Customer Service” for 2024, 2025, and 2026.