What's New in Lake Stevens Development? Six Story Multi-Use Project Scrapped; A New Civic Center Campus, a Thousand Homes at Whiskey Ridge ...and a Panda Express!
Exclusives: Whiskey Ridge & its 12,000 new residents; A 6-story Project at Chapel Hill is out: Civic Center campus, in...Plus: Panda Express In, Penn Cove Out; Lake Stevens Marketplace For Sale & More
LAKE STEVENS — J425 Development Updates are some of our most-read reports. If we could write ‘em everyday, we would. But we like to wait until we’ve got enough juicy tidbits stacked up to make the very best use of your time. With that said, we’ve been busy compiling all the latest development info in the greater Lake Stevens area…we’ve hit the locations on foot and sent the drone up to provide you with a bird’s eye view…we’ve also tracked down the key documents, photos, links and rumors necessary to arm you with all of the latest 425-based development info. With that said, let’s get right to it:
A Thousand New Homes — Starting at Just Shy of a Million Apiece!
A little over 15 months ago, J425 reported that over a thousands new homes designed to house an estimated 12,000 new residents were headed for the area known as Whiskey Ridge (just west of SR-9 and north of Soper Hill Road).
We returned to the area yesterday to check in on the progress of development and were greeted by a thicket of $850K new construction homes, popping up like dandelions in an unmowed yard.
Check out our article from 2023 on the history of this area – governed by the City of Marysville, but the children are headed to the Lake Stevens School District.
As far as the current state of play, new homes are starting at $800k and supposedly selling briskly – at least according to a rep staffing the Diamonds at Century Homes model unit.
City Approves 96-Home Development on S. Lake Stevens Rd Near Stitch Lake
With respect to development inside the bounds of Lake Stevens proper, the City Council approved the rezone of a nine acre plot of land located near Stitch Lake…or near the intersection of Davies and S. Lake Stevens Roads.
The steep hill was recently clear cut and after a hearing examiner, the planning commission and finally the city council reviewed and approved the rezone, development is set to begin on the new construction of 96 new homes arrayed across some 48 townhouse structures. The council approved the rezone on March 26, for more information check out the project file here.
It’s worth noting that Lake Stevens is the fastest growing municipality of its size in the state and local government is required by the Growth Management Act to provide an array of housing options for the projected population growth within City-controlled territory.
The Sparman Rezone – a townhouse project – is as close as one can get to affordable new housing within the confines of a piping-hot Lake Stevens real estate market. We’ll post a pdf of the project plans below.
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