Town center with grocery, restaurants and retail up next for Tehaleh
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- Tehaleh plans a 150,000–200,000 sq ft town center with grocery anchor.
- Tall Firs Industrial Park completed a 130,000 sq ft building and seeks tenants.
- Tehaleh has sold 4,043 homes and has around 12,000 residents.
The master planned community of Tehaleh near Bonney Lake is progressing with both industrial and retail components of the site.
Tall Firs Industrial Park, first announced by Brookfield Properties and Panattoni Development in 2024, saw its first completed building last year, at 130,000 square feet.
Now, the community is gearing up for development of a town center, complete with grocery and retail as a new clubhouse is under construction.
Town center
According to emailed responses to questions from The News Tribune, Brookfield Properties representatives said, “We are currently reviewing concepts with a commercial developer for a future 150,000- to 200,000-square-foot town center featuring a grocery store anchor, restaurants, retail, coffee, daily conveniences and gathering space for events.”
The town center site is at the intersection of Cascadia and Tehaleh boulevards, close to Tall Firs.
Scott Jones is senior vice president of operations for Brookfield Residential, which manages Tehaleh. He told The News Tribune in a statement, “Tehaleh’s commercial opportunities are decidedly different as we offer shovel-ready sites at an unmatched scale paired with a tremendous quality of life due to 1,800 acres of open space, almost 50 miles of trails, 17 unique parks — including a dog park and mountain bike park — and, of course, unparalleled views of Mt. Rainier.”
Industrial park update
Tall Firs is currently being marketed for sale or lease, as reported earlier this month by the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce.
In response to questions from The News Tribune, Brookfrield officials said no construction date is set for a second building planned for the industrial park, which is on 170th Avenue East.
The site can accommodate “a variety of uses with potential examples being light manufacturing, product assembly, contractor workshop or research and development,” according to responses submitted via email from Brookfield representatives to The News Tribune.
Other developments
The 4,700-acre planned community south of Bonney Lake also has a new on-site East Pierce Fire & Rescue station, 14504 181st Ave. E.
There’s also a new welcome center for home buyers at 15264 208th Ave. Ct. E., Bonney Lake (hours Monday-Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m to 3 p.m., phone 253-205-8190).
A resident clubhouse is under construction. Two on-site elementary schools are in place, and the community’s full buildout will include three elementary schools and two middle schools.
According to information provided by Brookfield, 4,043 homes have been sold at Tehaleh as of March 16. The site is planned for more than 10,000 homes. Home prices range from $475,000 to over $1.4 million, and the average sales price last year was $748,000.
The estimated Tehaleh population as of Feb. 17 is around 12,000.
