Issaquah Highlands

Format
Full Case Study

City
Issaquah

State/Province
WA

Country
USA

Metro Area
Seattle

Project Type
Planned Community or Resort

Location Type
Outer Suburban

Land Uses
Community Center
Conservation Zone
Education
Fire Station
Mixed Residential
Town Square
Transportation Use

Keywords
One-way couplet street design
Pedestrian-friendly design
Public-private partnership
Single-family attached housing
Single-family detached housing
Sustainable community
Traditional neighborhood development
Workforce housing

Site Size
2300 acres
acres hectares

Date Started
1996

Date Opened
1998

Nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains near Seattle, Washington, Issaquah Highlands is a new 2,300-acre (931-hectare) high-density master-planned community. In this new urbanist–inspired project, only 725 acres (293.5 hectares) of land are devoted to residential and/or commercial development. Most of the remainder is preserved in parks and open spaces. The community mixes single-family homes with townhouses and multifamily buildings. At buildout, the project is expected to have a population of 8,000, with 3,875,000 square feet (360,000 square meters) of commercial and retail space planned by 2010.

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Case Study/Profile Type: DCS
Website: http://www.issaquahhighlands.com
World Region: North America
Developer(s): Port Blakely Communities
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Designer(s): Callison, GGLO, Dahlin Group, Calthorpe Associates
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