This older downtown Bellevue building just sold, but it's not going anywhere

A good-sized property where restaurant Sushi Maru operates near the core of downtown Bellevue has sold for $7 million, and surprisingly the buyer is not a real estate developer.

Sushi Maru owner Paul Choi bought the property at 205 105th Ave. N.E., behind the Safeway (NYSE: SWY) from Bates Oil Co., according to public records. Choi plans to continue operating his restaurant in the nearly 50-year-old building and will continue to use the property for parking, according to a real estate broker who…