Zahilay Cuts Ribbon on Northgate Station Affordable Housing, With Phase 2 in Limbo

King County Executive Girmay Zahilay joined officials this week for a ribbon-cutting on Copperleaf Northgate, a 235-unit affordable housing building next to Seattle’s Northgate light rail station. The seven-story project, developed by Community Roots Housing and BRIDGE Housing, received $30 million in county transit-oriented development funding—the largest affordable housing investment King County has ever made. A planned Phase 2 for the remaining five acres remains in development limbo after a decade-long process.