Malls · Washington
Rainier Square
Rainier Square began as a mall, turned into a 58‑story tower in 2020, and now has unknown status and ownership. · summary, model-written
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Site profile19 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence
On Facebook
This site: …https://www.facebook.com/192253444686586 overture · all sites with thisWebsite alive
This site: …http://rainiersquare.com/ overture / http check · all sites with this15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)
This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this200+ tax-credit housing units within 1 km
This site: 2,684 units in 40 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with this3+ other atlas sites within 10 km
This site: 5 within 10 km computed · all sites with this30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road
This site: 205,494 on I-5 fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisBike network nearby
This site: 467 ways openstreetmap · all sites with thisCounty permitting 2,000+ apartment units a year
This site: 7,119 units, King County census-bps · all sites with thisCounty typical rent $2,000+
This site: $2,323/mo zillow · all sites with thisGrocery within 800 m
This site: 26 stores openstreetmap · all sites with thisHigh earthquake risk
This site: Very High fema-nri · all sites with thisHigh inland flooding risk
This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with thisHigh natural hazard risk (FEMA NRI)
This site: Very High; inland flooding, earthquake fema-nri · all sites with thisHigh social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)
This site: 0.77 cdc-svi · all sites with thisHigh-income tract ($100k+)
This site: $145,642 census-acs · all sites with thisInterstate or freeway within 600 m
This site: I-5 fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisNational Register place within 500 m
This site: Agen Warehouse; Eagles Auditorium Building nps-nrhp · all sites with thisRail within 800 m
This site: Pioneer Square, Symphony, Westlake openstreetmap · all sites with thisRenter-majority tract
This site: 88% census-acs · all sites with thisNow
| Status | Status not verifiedWikipedia reported |
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Securitised debt and public filers
Filings (2001 to date) that name “Rainier Square” and “Seattle” (13 hits, first 13 sampled, 1 other filers such as tenants left out). No commercial-mortgage trust names this mall in the sample, which does not rule out a securitised loan. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.
| Kind | Filer | Filings | Dates | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public owner (weak) | WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS /TX/ | 12 | 2007-02-26 to 2021-07-30 | 8-K 9, 10-K 3 |
Site context
| Transit within 800 m | Pioneer Square, Symphony, Westlake, Westlake & 7th, Westlake Center, Westlake Hub (rail); 31 bus stops within 400 mOpenStreetMap |
|---|---|
| Motorway junctions within 2 km | 164, 165, 165A, 165BOpenStreetMap |
| FEMA flood zone | X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL |
| EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m | 90: 1101 2ND AVE LTD PARTNERSHIP; 1501 HOME PLATE CENTER; ADT SEATTLE 2; AGFA SEMINAR; AMAZON GO IBF4EPA FRS |
| Census tract 53033008102 | 3,512 people, 16,339 per sq mi; median household income $145,642; median gross rent $2,595; 88% renters; 11.4% vacant units; 25.2% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year |
| Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m) | 6 of 6 daily needs: 26 grocers, 5 schools, 28 parks or playgrounds, 29 health, 21 civic, 398 food and drink; 467 cycleway segments, 2051 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap |
| Opportunity Zone | noHUD |
| National Register places within 500 m | 15: Agen Warehouse; Eagles Auditorium Building; Times Building; Coliseum TheaterNPS |
| Housing permits, King County (WA), 2024 | 7,119 units in 5+ unit buildings, 1,093 in 2–4, 2,352 single-family; 2023: 7,274 in 5+Census BPS |
| Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract) | overall percentile 0.77; socioeconomic 0.57; housing and transport 0.98; 29% below 150% of poverty; 63% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR |
| Other atlas sites nearby | 5 within 10 km, 21 within 25 km: Westlake Mall (0.3 km); South Lake Union (0.7 km); Rainier Vista (0.7 km); Gas Station on 15th Avenue West (0.7 km); Mini Mart City Park (1.1 km)computed |
| Overture Maps | place Rainier Square (shopping_mall, confidence 0.97, from Overture, meta); building footprint 6,054 m², 259.0 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0) |
| Website and social | rainiersquare.com (alive) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive |
| Attention: Wikipedia page views | 203,980 since 2015; 12,979 in the last 12 months (-17% vs the prior 12); peak 2019-08 with 6,230Wikimedia |
| Tract change 2013–2023 | tract boundary changed between the 2010 and 2020 census; no 2013 comparisonCensus ACS |
| Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract) | very high overall (score 99.8); expected annual loss $16.6M; high: inland flooding, earthquake; community resilience very highFEMA NRI |
| Tax-credit housing within 1 km | 40 LIHTC properties, 2,684 units: Morrison Hotel (190 units); Marvin Gardens (175 units); Quintessa Apartments (132 units)HUD LIHTC |
| Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW) | 102,448 jobs in 5,725 establishments; average annual pay $60,273; employment location quotient 0.72; employment -1.1% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private |
| Jobs located in the tract, 2022 | 60,876 jobs; 838 in retail trade, 2,354 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 53033008102)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022 |
| Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract) | children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 36th income percentile as adults; 3.1% incarcerated at the 2010 count (49 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights |
| Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract) | not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 25.5%; median family income $138,281; 386 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | Seattle Public Schools (PK-12); 2 public schools within 1 mile: Middle College High School; Interagency Detention SchoolNCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 139 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Storm events in the county, 2016-2025 | 8 county-logged events: 6 heavy rain, 1 debris flow, 1 flood; $34,994,000 property damage reported; 1 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events |
| Homes for sale in ZIP 98101, 2026-09 | median list price $659,500 (-5.7% on the year); 127 active listings; median 74 days on market; 14% with a price cutRealtor.com Research |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 5,912 establishments (-10%); 104,570 jobs (+8%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $824,870 (-2% 1 yr, +7% 5 yr); typical rent $2,323/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 205,494 vehicles a day on I-5 (Interstate, 11 lanes); 9,952 trucks; 39 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
Summary, model-written
Rainier Square began as a mall (date unknown) and was later redeveloped into the Rainier Square Tower, a 58‑story mixed‑use skyscraper completed in 2020; its current status is listed as unknown.
Why. The record does not state why the mall changed use or why its status is unknown.
Where it stands. The site’s status is unknown and no controlling owner is specified in the record.
For a planner
- No prior planning actions are documented.
- No policy tools (e.g., zoning changes, incentives) are mentioned.
- Open questions include the site’s ownership, current use, and any pending entitlements.
For a developer
- Site size and parcel boundaries are not provided.
- Control/ownership of the site is unknown.
- Entitlement stage and any approvals are not described.
- Context‑layer constraints (flood, transit, environment) are not listed.
- Market signals from tract data are absent.
What we do not know yet
- Exact opening date of the original mall is missing.
- Reason for transition to tower is not stated.
- Current owner or managing entity is unknown.
- Present use/status of the site is unclear.
- Any environmental, flood, or transit constraints are not recorded.
- Data is model‑extracted and unreviewed (verified: draft).
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Elsewhere on the web
Pages with photos
- Rainier Square - Wright Runstad wrightrunstad.com
- The Residences at Rainier Square in Seattle, WA greystar.com
- Rainier Square Tower | NBBJ nbbj.com
- Moving in after Amazon backed out: Inside Rainier … geekwire.com
- Rainier Square Erector Says Speed Core Could Rise Even Faster enr.com
- News - Rainier Square rainiersquare.com
- Rainier Square | O'Brien360 obrien360.com
- Seattle (WA, USA), Rainier Square Tower -- 2022 -- 1457 commons.wikimedia.org
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Multifamily screen
- county grew 4.6% 2018–23
- median rent $2,035
Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.
History and original facts
| County | King County |
|---|---|
| Census division | 9 · Pacific |
| Notes | Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States |
Not yet recorded: acres, GLA, year opened, original developer, what is there now, retrofit year. Know it? Tell us.
Background
Rainier Square Tower is a mixed-use skyscraper in the Metropolitan Tract of downtown Seattle, Washington. The 850-foot (260 m) tall, 58-story tower is located at Union Street between 4th and 5th Avenues adjacent to the existing Rainier Tower; it is the second-tallest building in Seattle. The $600 million project was completed in 2020, and is the tallest building constructed in the city since the construction of the Columbia Center in 1985.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Rainier Square (shopping mall) · 2026-08-06 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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