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Lynnwood staff report housing pipeline gains, but Northline Village financing delays one phase
Summary
City planning staff told the council the housing pipeline includes multifamily, ADU and middle‑housing upticks and several affordable projects (Scriber Place, Apollo Scriber Creek, Haskell). Northline Village's initial phase faces underwriting challenges tied to construction costs, and staff discussed tools like impact-fee timing changes to improve feasibility.
City planning staff briefed the Lynnwood City Council on March 18 about a busy housing pipeline, growing middle‑housing proposals and specific projects that are advancing through permitting or facing financing pressure.
Community Planning Manager Carl Almgren said multifamily production jumped in recent years, citing a 2020–24 average of about 403 multifamily units annually and an uptick in 2025. He highlighted a pipeline of ADUs, duplexes and small single‑family units enabled by the Unified Development Code and middle‑housing changes, including roughly 122 middle‑housing units currently in early stages and more than 42 detached single‑family units expected within five years.
Almgren reviewed several major projects: Scriber Place, a 52‑unit Housing Hope project serving…
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