April 6, 2026

Design team named for 13-acre Lynnwood redevelopment

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Public spaces would include a central lawn, a woonerf street and outdoor plazas.

LMN Architects has been tapped to head a design team for the 13-acre mixed-use redevelopment centered around the Lynnwood Event Center at 3711 196th St. S.W. in the city center.

The Lynnwood Public Facilities District (also called the District) announced Tuesday its architecture, engineering and project management picks for the redevelopment that includes expanding the event center, constructing 100,000 square feet of commercial space targeting local retail, a privately developed 300-room hotel, and about 400 units of mixed-income workforce housing in two apartment buildings.

The District master plan revisions the blocks it owns surrounding the 20-year-old Lynnwood Event Center and the four-building Alderwood Village Shopping Center strip mall (with lots of asphalt parking) as a walkable entertainment, cultural and retail district. Public spaces planned include a central lawn, a woonerf street and outdoor plazas with space for public programming as well as casual use.

LMN Architects will serve as lead architect, with Graham Baba Architects partnering “to design indoor and outdoor place-making storefronts that connect people to the surrounding community and nature,” the District said in a release announcing the team members.

Coughlin Porter Lundeen was selected for schematic and design development. The firm also served as civil engineering consultant for the concept plan and the District's development agreement with the city of Lynnwood.

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The plan revisions the area around the Lynnwood Event Center and Alderwood Village shopping strip as a walkable entertainment, cultural and retail district.

Bailey Cook, project manager for Coughlin Porter Lundeen, said opportunities to drive this level of transformation are rare.

“We are motivated and inspired to dive deeper into the technical design and help take this catalytic vision off the page and into Lynnwood,” Cook said in the release. “Our team is particularly excited about the central plaza component of the site and how bringing that to fruition will activate the space while contributing meaningfully to community-focused programming and vibrancy.”

Pine Street Group, which recently acted as development manager for the Seattle Convention Center's Summit Building, will serve as master plan development advisor. Real Retail has been hired “to curate local, Pacific Northwest retailers, restaurants and experiential businesses that align with the vision.”

The Bachman Group will serve as project manager and direct consultant services procurement.

The redevelopment has been in the works for decades. Created in 1999 to build and operate the event center (which opened in 2005), the District amassed the 13 acres surrounding the event center between 2002 -2005, now in the city center subarea growth plan. The District owns the full site and is the developer of the master plan, which it reports is the largest, public mixed-use redevelopment project in Snohomish County.

The DJC reported in August that the general construction schedule will begin with expansion of the event center and the parking garage and retail space, utilities and driveways, and the public central lawn. The hotel and apartments would follow. A 15-year timeline was then mentioned.

The new team members will join an existing redevelopment group that completed the master plan concept design and executed the development agreement, including JLL, Poag Development Group, Van Ness Feldman LLP, and Pacifica LLP.