Let's Keep 12 story buildings out of Rainier Valley!

This height is not in keeping with the values or the use of Rainier Valley. Downtown, maybe, but not in the Rainier Valley

They want to build buildings that no one can afford in the Valley!

We can't afford to have this ajaicent to our single family neighborhoods. What we need are jobs and opportunities that will create jobs. Because of the upzone we have lost Pepsi to the Valley that had union wage jobs to Tumwater and if it goes through we will loose Lowes.

Please do not ruin our neighborhood, you have already done enough !!!!!!

There's more than enough zoning capacity now to accommodate growth in SE Seattle. More upzones are a blueprint for loss of existing lower priced and affordable housing.

Another blow to the southeast Seattle - Does this mean Lowe's and the jobs it provides goes away?

This sort of proposal should be a matter for the local residents to have decision making authority about. Let a public referendum decide. Lots and lots of congestion in the area already. how will this proposed 12 story apartment building alleviate that?

Height isn't the only problem - this proposal is a job killer.

Yet another developer giveaway. Time to put a stop to this, and show some respect for the neighborhoods for a change.

I'm concerned that Rainier Valley light rail stations are being treated differently than other light rail stations, with more density required than Roosevelt Station, for example. Southeast Seattle is already the densest of Seattle's neighborhoods outside of downtown. New Transit Equitable Development appears to be 'equitable' in name only.

I'm a huge fan of better housing, more jobs, and a stronger economy in Southeast Seattle, I want to maintain our neighborhoods as economically and ethnically diverse. That's why I want to increase density as much as possible in the Rainier Valley so we can have good, family wage jobs, support small local businesses and keep housing affordable for the people who live here. The logic of this petition is 180 degrees from the truth: keeping density low does nothing but force out small businesses and lower income people, making the whole city more inequitable and homogenous.

PS. Who authored this petition? Where is the data to back up this prehistoric logic?

I own the property directly across Rainier Ave -the Wendys & Deeny Construction-Please do not allow more high rise here. We need the pop factory and Lowes to stay

A large amount of Rainier Valley housing is unoccupied. We don't need more, especially a building that doesn't match the other zoning and will destroy the aesthetics of the neighborhood.

Japhet - we do not oppose density or growth. This petition that I wrote addresses one issue and that is building height. Read it again. And then ride, walk or drive along Rainier Avenue with your eyes wide open and see how many lots are available for growth right now, without 125 feet building heights. And see how many are built to six stories. I can count them. Can you?

Destruction of an already standing, non faulty building in favor of bigger and newer- is just not sustainable. The materials, money and time it takes to create causes major disruption around the neighborhood for several years. The proposal on seattle.gov claims that this will provide a town center and a "sense of place" however it does not go into details on how they plan to accomplish this very lofty yet desirable goal. I love the idea of walkability, bike friendly, family safe neighborhoods. But how is constructing a 12 story building going to provide that? I don’t think that it can. With big buildings come big business which makes everything more expensive. If the neighborhood doesn’t want to support Lowe’s then let’s make a change. But we don’t need to destroy and recreate- we can regenerate what we already have. A large building could be the answer to the food desert problem in South Seattle, it could become a community center, an indoor farmer’s market or the space could be divided affordably for entrepreneurs who are just starting new businesses. Remove the parking lot and plant some trees. This is what creates a sense of place and then you’ve got yourself a town center where people can gather to hang out and spending money isn’t the sole reason it was designed.

for 10 miles of Rainier Avenue there isn't a structure over 6 stories. Our neighborhood is not downtown - please keep tenement housing away from Rainier Valley - we have over our share of housing and need businesses, not more apartments.

I am not seeing private capital investing in the boarded up and decaying buildings now, making it even less likely that private capital will pony up for 13 acres and then be able to afford to build at 12 stories. A beautiful vision to urban planners everywhere; so unlikely in the real world of Southeast Seattle.