Kent Selects Developer for 9.3-acre Manufacturing Campus

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13 Feb 2026


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The city of Kent’s long-anticipated Naden Avenue Manufacturing Campus has taken a major step forward.

The city has selected Mortenson Development Inc. to acquire and develop a 9.3-acre site for the future campus, which has been in the works for at least half a dozen years. It is in the Kent Valley industrial submarket north of state Route 516 and east of SR 167.

Mortenson — a prominent builder in the region for more than four decades — paid $18.3 million for the land, or $45 per square foot. The development is a public-private partnership between Mortenson and the city.



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