Highlands Redevelopment

As part of a strategy to revitalize the Renton Highlands, the City targeted a 140-acre study area in the Highlands in 2000 for redevelopment (see map below). The Highlands redevelopment effort will create a more viable business district, provide additional housing options, improve and upgrade neighborhood infrastructure, and diversify our employment and business tax base.

The goal of the Highlands Redevelopment project is to redevelop one of Renton's older commercial and residential areas into an urban village featuring innovative design, compact urban development, transit orientation, pedestrian scale and a community focal point. The plan is to integrate the commercial shopping areas on both sides of NE Sunset Boulevard within the study area into a cohesive community retail shopping center and to integrate the surrounding housing areas into the plan. The outcome is to have an urban village feel that incorporates a high level of pedestrian activity into the design. This includes focusing on pedestrian amenities and integrating the residential areas with the commercial development.

Currently the City is working with property owners and the development community to make this plan a reality. The City anticipates that the redevelopment of the study area will occur over a ten-year time frame.