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Commission forwards Junction Commons redevelopment to council, asks for traffic mitigation and housing conditions
Summary
The planning commission recommended that County Council consider the 19-building Junction Commons redevelopment, requesting that council and applicants coordinate on a phased traffic mitigation plan and on affordable-housing phasing and integration as conditions of any approval.
The Centerville Basin Planning Commission voted Feb. 24 to forward the proposed Junction Commons rezone and master plan — a 37-acre, 19-building mixed-use redevelopment of the former outlets site — to County Council with recommended conditions addressing transportation mitigation and affordable-housing phasing. Staff described the project as a transformation of a vehicle-oriented outlet center into a mixed-use hub with roughly 433 residential units and new commercial infill.
Applicant Adam Greenbaum (speaker 11) told commissioners the ownership group has already invested more than $20 million and is pursuing a vision centered on pedestrian connectivity, transit improvements and bike-share stations. “We’ve put over $20,000,000 into the deal, including a full rebrand, significant facility upgrades,” Greenbaum said, describing the replacement of a large asphalt-dominated site with plazas, amphitheater space and safer connections between the upper residential and lower commercial areas.
Commissioners praised the redevelopment concept but repeatedly raised two substantive concerns: cumulative traffic impacts across Kimball Junction — including adjacent projects such as Dakota Pacific and planned Olympic Park-area growth — and whether the proposed affordable-housing approach (an initial stand-alone LIHTC-funded affordable building plus additional affordable units phased through later buildings) met the commission’s integration expectations. Several commissioners asked that County Council consider a regional or multi-project transportation mitigation strategy and incorporate phasing or conditions tying mitigation to project build-out.
After discussion, the commission moved to forward a positive recommendation to council including staff findings and additional direction requesting a traffic mitigation plan coordinated across phases and clearer commitments on affordable-housing phasing and exterior compatibility; the chair announced the motion carried and the application will proceed to council review.
