Editing Renton, Washington (section)

===21st-century redevelopment===
[[File:Renton Southpork Skyline.jpg|thumb|left|Renton skyline along Lake Washington, featuring the Southport development]]
The city government has encouraged redevelopment of industrial areas around Downtown Renton and near Southcenter since the 1980s. The first [[IKEA]] in the [[Pacific Northwest]] opened in Renton in 1994 at a former Boeing building;<ref>{{cite news |last=Soto Ouchi |first=Monica |date=October 17, 2006 |title=Culture key to assembling success at Ikea in Renton |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/culture-key-to-assembling-success-at-ikea-in-renton/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=November 3, 2023}}</ref> the original building was replaced by a new store on the same site in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tu |first=Janet I. |date=January 25, 2017 |title=Ikea's new store in Renton will open next month |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/retail/ikeas-new-store-in-renton-will-open-next-month/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=November 3, 2023}}</ref> The former [[Longacres (racetrack)|Longacres]] horse-racing track was redeveloped in the 1990s to support offices for Boeing and the [[Federal Reserve Bank]], which moved from its Seattle building.<ref>{{cite news|title=Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Opens Its New Seattle Branch Building in Renton|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2008/04/07/idUS210767+07-Apr-2008+BW20080407#QbEBaQtYMDhaG4Ys.97|work=Reuters|date=April 7, 2008|access-date=July 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124101152/http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/04/07/idUS210767+07-Apr-2008+BW20080407#QbEBaQtYMDhaG4Ys.97|archive-date=November 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Port Quendall, a land parcel in north Renton, is home to the Virginia Mason Athletic Center (VMAC), housing the [[Seattle Seahawks]] Headquarters and training facility that opened in August 2008; before then, the Seahawks trained in [[Kirkland, Washington|Kirkland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.virginiamason.org/body.cfm?id=158&action=detail&ref=115|title=Virginia Mason Medical Center|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016185752/https://www.virginiamason.org/body.cfm?id=158&action=detail&ref=115|archive-date=October 16, 2015}}</ref>

In the mid-1990s, Renton undertook a major redevelopment effort to revitalize its downtown core, which had declined in commercial prominence since the opening of the [[Westfield Southcenter|Southcenter Mall]] in [[Tukwila, Washington|Tukwila]] in 1968. The many car dealerships that had previously occupied the center of downtown Renton were encouraged through economic incentives to relocate to a newly created auto sales zone close to the I-405/SR-167 interchange.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rentonwa.gov/city_hall/community_services/museum/city_history/1990_to_2000|title=City of Renton History: 1990 to 2000|website=City of Renton|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724000933/https://rentonwa.gov/city_hall/community_services/museum/city_history/1990_to_2000|archive-date=July 24, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=July 24, 2019}}</ref> In place of the old dealerships downtown, a new transit center and parking garage were built in partnership with [[King County Metro]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rentonwa.gov/city_hall/community_services/museum/city_history/2000_to_present|title=City of Renton History: 2000 to present|website=City of Renton|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724000932/https://rentonwa.gov/city_hall/community_services/museum/city_history/2000_to_present|archive-date=July 24, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=July 24, 2019}}</ref> The transit center is surrounded by several multi-family residential buildings and a small [[town square]] named Piazza Park, which hosts a weekly [[farmers' market]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Piazza Park |url=https://www.rentonwa.gov/city_hall/community_services/parks_and_trails/find_a_park_or_trail/piazza_park |website=City of Renton |access-date=July 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723233841/https://www.rentonwa.gov/city_hall/community_services/parks_and_trails/find_a_park_or_trail/piazza_park |archive-date=July 23, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Renton Transit Center.jpg|thumbnail|right|Renton Transit Center]]

Centered on former Boeing Co. property near the south shore of Lake Washington is a {{convert|68|acre|m2|adj=on}} residential and commercial development named The Landing.<ref>{{cite web|title=South Lake Washington|url=http://rentonwa.gov/business/default.aspx?id=2814|website=rentonwa.gov|publisher=City of Renton|access-date=September 8, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080310235038/http://rentonwa.gov/business/default.aspx?id=2814|archive-date=March 10, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> To the north of the Landing, a hotel and office development on the lakefront called Southport has been developed at the site of the former Shuffleton power plant, which was demolished in 2001. A 347-room hotel operated under the [[Hyatt|Hyatt Regency]] brand opened in June 2017.<ref name="djc">{{Cite web|url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12111159.html|title=On the Block: Southport is a game-changer for Renton, with Class A offices and plans to expand|last=Miller|first=Brian|website=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320200852/https://www.djc.com/news/re/12111159.html|archive-date=March 20, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=July 23, 2019}}</ref>

In 2017, [[Bosa Development]] announced plans to build five residential towers between 16 and 23 stories at Quendall Terminals, a [[Superfund]] site in Renton on the shore of Lake Washington. The proposal was never formally approved by the city government, which had permitted six-story buildings on the site, and was dropped in 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stiles |first=Marc |date=March 21, 2024 |title=Source: Bosa won't pursue five-tower campus plan in Renton after all |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2024/03/21/source-says-bosa-wont-pursue-renton-tower-project.html |work=[[Puget Sound Business Journal]] |url-access=subscription |accessdate=March 22, 2024}}</ref>