2024-09-26
The Des Moines, WA City Council considered the sale of a small city-owned parcel called Tract C (approximately 19,881 square feet) to the Port of Seattle for $690,000 to support the Des Moines Creek Business Park West development, which is expected to create 600+ jobs near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The Port plans to use the land as a private truck access route for commercial cargo vehicles serving the new business park. The council also considered accepting a trail easement requiring the Port to construct a pedestrian and bike pathway connecting the Barnes Creek Trail to the Des Moines Creek Trail as part of the regional Lake to Sound Trail System.
2024-09-26
The Des Moines, WA City Council considered the sale of a small city-owned parcel called Tract C (approximately 19,881 square feet) to the Port of Seattle for $690,000 to support the Des Moines Creek Business Park West development, which is expected to create 600+ jobs near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The Port plans to use the land as a private truck access route for commercial cargo vehicles serving the new business park. The council also considered accepting a trail easement requiring the Port to construct a pedestrian and bike pathway connecting the Barnes Creek Trail to the Des Moines Creek Trail as part of the regional Lake to Sound Trail System.
2024-09-12
The Des Moines, WA City Council held a public hearing on September 12, 2024 to consider selling a small city-owned parcel called 'Tract C' (19,881 sq ft) to the Port of Seattle for $690,000, its appraised fair market value, to support truck access for the Des Moines Creek Business Park West development near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The sale is part of a long-running effort to develop commercial and industrial land on Port-owned property, with the project expected to support over 600 full-time jobs. The council also considered accepting a trail easement from the Port to connect the Barnes Creek Trail to the Des Moines Creek Trail as part of the same development agreement.
Background information on SR-509 WSDOT Surplus purchases by SeaTac and Des Moines along the 18th Ave Corridor For decades WSDOT owned surplus property along a corridor roughly parallel to 18th Ave., from 194th St. in SeaTac south through Des Moines as part of a previous plan for SR-509. The final (very different) alignment for SR-509
2024-09-26
2024-09-12