South Park Plaza Landbanked Site Park Development
Updated: April 7, 2025
Spring 2025
We are excited to invite the community to the ribbon cutting celebration for the new South Park Plaza on Saturday, April 26, from noon to 2 p.m.
Join us to meet with your community and enjoy the celebration. Thank you to the community whose participation over the years helped to create this park for this community and generations to follow.
Please see the park design below.
Location
Budget
Seattle Park District provides $2,668,875 for planning, design, and construction.
Schedule
Planning: 2018 - 2019
Design: 2019 - 2022
Construction: Early 2024 - Spring 2025
Project Description
This 0.83-acre site located along the South Park River Walk, an element of the South Park Green Spaces Vision Plan will provide the South Park community access to open space within this high-density urban area
The design includes an open lawn, primary event space, play elements, seating terraces, accessible pathways, bio-swales, irrigation and landscape improvements.
SPR purchased the site in 2014. The Seattle Park District funds the development of this parcel into a park. This parcel will not be accessible during construction.
Community Participation
Thank you to the community whose participation over the years helped to create this park for this community and generations to follow.
Construction Announcement - February 2024
Seattle Design Commission - 11/18/2021
Public Meetings - 10/12 & 10/16, 2021
- October 2021 Meetings Poster (In English, Spanish, and Vietnamese)
April 2021
- Press Releases Schematic design review and survey: (English; Spanish; Vietnamese)
- Survey Results
January 2021
- Press Releases South Park area projects update: (English; Spanish; Vietnamese)
Summer/Fall 2020
Public Meeting - 11/16/2019
Online Survey Results - 2019
Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) has determined that the project does not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment. An environmental impact statement (EIS) is not required under RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c). This decision was made after a review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with SPR. This information is available to the public on request. The Determination of Non-Significance was issued on December 23, 2021.