Planning 2011-12-15 COMPLETE AGENDA PACKET

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Southcenter Plan Book 1: Community Intent The Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Neighborhood Southcenter will continue to evolve as the region continues to embrace smart growth and liveable communities strategies, and deepens its commitment to transit. The northeastern quadrant of Southcenter will benefit from its enviable location between the Regional Center, Southcenter Transit Center and the Tukwila Longacres Station, and from the potential amenity value of the segment of the Green River that runs through the district. The community will leverage the rail station and bus transit center to bring new investment to the previously underutilized properties within walking distance of these facilities. The emerging new TOD neighborhood district will eventually be increasingly characterized by a compact and vibrant mix of housing, office, lodging and supportive retail and service uses. Local workers, commuters, shoppers, and residents will benefit from the easy access and convenience and to an increasingly wide variety of transit offerings accessible in the urban center. Parking will be accommodated by a combination of off- and on- street parking spaces /lots. Compact and coordinated mixed -use development will provide opportunities for shared parking facilities. Such facilities can be shared between public and private uses and between different private uses. As the area redevelops and intensifies, and as the value of land increases, off street parking may begin to transition into well- designed parking structures, such as those constructed by the Mall. A growing network of streets, public spaces and pedestrian connections will provide a fine grained scale to the district, and connect it more readily to adjacent areas. A new pedestrian bridge across the Green River will provide a more direct connection between the Sounder station and the rest of Southcenter, and a new east -west pedestrian- oriented corridor along the Baker Boulevard alignment will complete the connection between the Regional Center and the Tukwila Longacres Station. The overall structure of the TOD Neighborhood will be characterized by higher development intensities and building heights close to the Tukwila Longacres Station, lower -rise buildings along the river, increasing again to higher development intensities and heights where the district overlaps with the edges of the Regional Center. Between the Mall and the River, changes will include a more urban mix of compatible uses spanning retail, high density residential, live -work, office and lodging (Photos 15, 16, 17, 18, 19). W: \Long Range Projects \Southcenter Plan \Plan 2011 \Book 1 \FINAL Book 1_12.7.2011_PC.docx Page 18 12/7/2011 22