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Southcenter Plan Book 1: Community Intent <br />development occurs, new improvements will provide modest pedestrian amenities, as well as <br />beautification with indigenous landscaping. <br />The Workplace <br />Much of the southern portion of the Plan Area has been and will continue to be devoted to light <br />industrial, warehousing and distribution uses (Photo 30), many having located there for proximity <br />to the state's largest super regional shopping mall, easy access to highways, its central location in <br />Puget Sound, low rent, and available space The Workplace District will also continue to grow its <br />retail niche of larger -scale goods and to deepen its wide range of furniture outlets (Photo 31). <br />Higher intensity workplaces like low -rise office will bring new workers to the area. <br />Underutilized properties along the Green River may take advantage of their unique location along <br />the water and Green River Trail, and redevelop with mid -rise housing adjacent to this amenity. <br />2) Street Network From Superblocks to A Fine Grained Pattern of Streets and <br />Blocks <br />The evolution of the suburban commercial center into an urban center will be facilitated by the <br />maturation of its street and block structure. As development proceeds, policies for new <br />investment will insure the emergence of an increasingly fine grained network of new <br />interconnected streets and smaller blocks to accommodate by the intensification of the <br />Southcenter area (See Figures 1.3). New development may need to provide new street connections <br />to add the capacity that will accommodate the increase in internal district trips, in lieu of widening <br />the larger through- district arterials. New streets will relieve the pressure on limited arterial <br />network now handling all the vehicular circulation, by increasing access to development while <br />distributing the traffic in Southcenter across a number of routes. <br />W: \Long Range Projects \Southcenter Plan \Plan 2011 \Book 1 \FINAL Book 1_12.7.2011_PC.docx Page 23 <br />12/7/2011 <br />27 <br />31. Existing furniture outlet <br />30. Existing light industrial /warehouse <br />