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===Transit-oriented development===
[[File:Spring District Bellevue Aerial, May 2024.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view of the [[Spring District]], a large [[transit-oriented development]] that developed around a [[Spring District station|light rail station]] in [[Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue]].]]

Several major [[transit-oriented development]] (TOD) projects were constructed around Sound Transit facilities in the 2010s and 2020s after zoning changes were approved by local governments.<ref>{{cite news |last=Whitman |first=Victor |date=March 29, 2024 |title=Eastside developers track the light rail rollout with measured optimism |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/eastside-developers-track-the-light-rail-rollout-with-measured-optimism/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=December 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Deshais |first=Nicholas |date=August 25, 2024 |title=Lynnwood light rail route brings a housing boom |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/lynnwood-light-rail-route-brings-a-housing-boom/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=December 15, 2024}}</ref> Among the largest projects is the [[Spring District]], a {{convert|36|acre|ha|adj=mid}} [[mixed-use development|mixed-use]] neighborhood in Bellevue on the 2{{nbsp}}Line that began construction in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=January 13, 2022 |title=On the Block: Spring District achieves LEED neighborhood standard |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12145817.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |url-access=subscription |accessdate=December 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Stiles |first=Marc |date=September 13, 2013 |title=Construction of $2.3 billion Bellevue project starting Monday |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2013/09/construction-of-23-billion-bellevue.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |url-access=subscription |accessdate=December 15, 2024}}</ref> Sound Transit's first TOD project, Senior City at [[Federal Way Transit Center]], opened in 2010 and includes 61 units of [[affordable housing]] for senior citizens. It was developed as a [[public–private partnership]] with the nonprofit Korean Women's Association on surplus land adjacent to the transit center.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 11, 2010 |title=Senior City opens in Federal Way |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12018782.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |url-access=subscription |accessdate=December 15, 2024}}</ref> The [[Seattle Housing Authority]] redeveloped its Rainier Vista [[public housing]] complex into a [[mixed-income housing|mixed-income]] neighborhood after the nearby [[Columbia City station]] opened in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lindblom |first=Mike |date=July 11, 2009 |title=Columbia City light-rail station: Off the beaten path |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2009396059_stcolumbiacity29m.html |work=The Seattle Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817004752/http://old.seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2009396059_stcolumbiacity29m.html |archive-date=August 17, 2016 |accessdate=December 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Levy |first=Nat |date=September 3, 2013 |title=Developers find fertile ground for apartments in Columbia City |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12056827.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |accessdate=December 15, 2024}}</ref>

Beginning in 2015, new state legislation required Sound Transit to offer its surplus property from major construction projects to developers who would prioritize affordable housing. The "80–80–80 rule" in the legislation, later adopted by the agency in 2018, applied to 80 percent of surplus land around transit projects and required that developments designate 80 percent of residential units to residents who make 80 percent or less of the area [[median income]].<ref name="Times-TODLynnwood">{{cite news |last=Lindblom |first=Mike |date=December 12, 2024 |title=This land handout will bring apartments to Lynnwood light rail station |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/this-land-handout-will-bring-apartments-to-lynnwood-light-rail-station/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=December 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Kelety |first=Josh |date=May 1, 2018 |title=Sound Transit Plans to Facilitate Affordable Housing Near Light Rail Stations |url=https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/sound-transit-plans-to-facilitate-affordable-housing-near-light-rail-stations/ |work=[[Seattle Weekly]] |accessdate=December 15, 2024}}</ref> {{as of|2024}}, Sound Transit's TOD program had resulted in the creation of over 2,670 affordable housing units out of 3,470 constructed at 14 stations with a total value of $1.7{{nbsp}}billion.<ref name="Times-TODLynnwood"/><ref name="ST-TOD">{{cite web |title=Transit-oriented development |url=https://www.soundtransit.org/system-expansion/creating-vibrant-stations/transit-oriented-development |publisher=Sound Transit |accessdate=December 15, 2024}}</ref> Some of the developments also include community amenities, such as [[childcare]] facilities, medical clinics, and job-training centers.<ref name="Times-TODLynnwood"/><ref name="ST-TOD"/>