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Quadrant Wins Long-fought Zoning Battle, Allowing Development to Begin

REDMOND, WA-Following more than 17 years of haranguing and flip-flops by government entities, Quadrant has finally won its battles to restore "urban" status to both of its master-planned communities here, Blakely Ridge and Redmond Ridge.

By Janet Parker | Updated on February 07, 2001

REDMOND, WA-In an 11-2 vote following impassioned discussions, Bellevue-based Quadrant Corp.’s Blakely Ridge master development just east of Redmond was restored to ‘urban’ status by the King County Council.

The community planned, for 2,450 units, has been embroiled in legal battles over its zoning, which had originally been designated as an urban development within the county’s comprehensive growth plan. However, that designation was torpedoed last year when the Growth Management Hearings Board reversed the zoning to “rural.”

Citizen groups that oppose large developments were hoping the rural designation would stick. Over the past several years groups, such as Friends of the Law and the Coalition for Public Trust, have filed numerous lawsuits and complaints in attempts to roadblock the projects.”

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