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North Bay - Growing the Industries of Today - Attracting the Industries of Tomorrow (5 minute video clip)
The 57-acre North Bay site was part of the Port's acquisition of the larger Terminal 91 complex from the federal government in 1976. The site has seen numerous changes over the years. Until 2001, it was used as a holding area for hundreds of Nissan cars off-loaded from the piers.
With that use now permanently gone, and the jobs associated with it, it is time to bring jobs back to the North Bay site. There is an enormous opportunity – and responsibility to the public – to transform this underused, publicly owned property into a valuable asset for the city and region.
North Bay is 57 mostly vacant acres of underutilized property surrounded by more than 100 acres of working waterfront, maritime jobs and preserved greenbelt. It does not include Piers 90 and 91, which will continue to be dedicated to maritime use. Located between the Magnolia and Queen Anne neighborhoods, most of the site lies just north of the Magnolia Bridge.
North Bay will be a dynamic and thriving center that advances the region's vitality and generates new net revenue for the Port and the region. The site will preserve and build on present maritime industrial job activity while adding jobs in emerging industrial sectors that will shape the region's future.
Revitalization by the Port began in 1994 with investment of more than $100 million in Piers 90 and 91. As an economic engine for the region, the Port of Seattle invests in a number of different infrastructure programs, and making money from the use of vacant lands provides the necessary revenue stream to support important industries, sectors and businesses. Accordingly, investment in the neighborhood continues now with the North Bay area. Investment in North Bay's underutilized acres with new uses that complement the site's working waterfront and maritime core could increase the strength and livelihood of these businesses, as well as the Interbay neighborhood.
