Recent property sales and developments in Pierce County

The curated articles highlight major recent property sales and development news in Pierce County.

One notable plan involves a new sports complex in the Buckley area, featuring pickleball courts and soccer fields. Another major development focuses on a new housing effort for chronically homeless individuals near Spanaway Lake. Despite opposition from local residents, it secured necessary permits to move forward.

One article describes a significant land purchase in the Tehaleh community to bring hundreds of new homes to the area. Meanwhile, an industrial property in the Tacoma-Parkland area was sold to a company based in Philadelphia.

This aerial shows the vacant land set to be the future location for The Ridges, Tehaleh’s latest neighborhood planned near Bonney Lake.

NO. 1: LAND SALE SET TO BRING HUNDREDS OF NEW HOMES TO THE TEHALEH COMMUNITY

The master-planned Tehaleh community near Bonney Lake is gaining hundreds of new homes following a recent land purchase. | Published August 7, 2025 | Read Full Story by Debbie Cockrell

An artistic rendering of the pickleball courts at the Bonney Lake Athletic Facility planned for the Reed Property on Barkubein Road near 72nd Street East. This rendering is in one of the permits on the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office’s website.

NO. 2: NEW PIERCE COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX WILL HAVE PICKLEBALL, TURF FIELDS AND A TRAIL

A 20-acre property in the Buckley area is now one step closer to becoming a local sports complex. | Published August 11, 2025 | Read Full Story by Isabela Lund

A pair of cranes stand above an apartment building just beginning construction while surrounded by a number of apartment buildings near Tacoma Avenue on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Tacoma, Wash. By Pete Caster

NO. 3: REPORT: LOTS OF APARTMENTS PLANNED IN TACOMA, BUT MANY REMAIN ON PAUSE

A new regional report from a team with Kidder Mathews real estate group offers insight into a current slowdown of apartment development largely blamed on economic uncertainty. | Published August 14, 2025 | Read Full Story by Debbie Cockrell

A person walks down Tacoma Avenue past The Hailey Apartments on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in Tacoma, Wash. The project had originally launched in 2017 to much fanfare about converting a city parking lot next to the downtown public library to much-needed housing with affordable units included. The move to the 8-year MFTE, all market rate, was made to qualify for a new construction loan and required council approval, a vote that was delayed after public pushback from at least one council member. By Pete Caster

NO. 4: TACOMA’S TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM FOR APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT UNDER REVIEW

Members of the Tacoma City Council’s Government Performance and Finance Committee have been working on proposed modifications to the city’s multifamily property tax exemption program. | Published August 15, 2025 | Read Full Story by Debbie Cockrell

Hawksworth Villa at Kensington Gardens, a resort-style community for aging adults, includes eight suites on two floors. The building faces a spacious lawn and small apple tree orchard, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025 in rural Pierce County, near the city of Gig Harbor, Wash. By Julia Park

NO. 5: LUXURY RETIREMENT HOME FACES CONFLICT WITH RURAL PIERCE COUNTY NEIGHBORS, STATE

A luxury retirement community in the Gig Harbor area is proposing to expand its facility by building four new villas on their property, drawing resistance from neighbors in surrounding farmhouses and rural homes. | Published August 21, 2025 | Read Full Story by Julia Park

Duke Paulson, executive director of the Tacoma Rescue Mission, and others gather for groundbreaking ceremonies at the site of the new Good Neighbor Village in Spanaway, Washington, on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. A few dozen protesters picketed outside the property, and at one point two women with signs walked onto the property confronted by security. By Tony Overman

NO. 6: SPANAWAY LAKE HOMELESS VILLAGE GETS PERMIT APPROVAL FROM COUNTY. WHAT’S NEXT?

A unique but controversial project intended to house nearly 300 chronically homeless individuals near Spanaway Lake has received permit approval from Pierce County. | Published August 23, 2025 | Read Full Story by Cameron Sheppard

An industrial outdoor storage site, whose main address is 1124 112th Street E. in the Parkland area (seen here in 2021), recently sold to a Pennsylvania investment group.

NO. 7: INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY IN PIERCE COUNTY SOLD TO PENNSYLVANIA ENTITY. HERE ARE DETAILS

An industrial outdoor-storage site just south of state Route 512 in Pierce County sold this month to a Pennsylvania-based firm that specializes in such acquisitions. | Published August 25, 2025 | Read Full Story by Debbie Cockrell

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.