Our neighborhood provides new businesses a strategic location for accessibility, affordability, and foot & auto traffic. The central 1-mile corridor supports over 150 small businesses. MLK Jr. Way is a main thoroughfare for auto commuters, and the Othello Light Rail Station enjoys the highest ridership in all of Southeast Seattle. 98118’s rich global immigrant history also offers employees and customers a wide array of dining and shopping experiences with cultures from all over the world.
Priorities for Business Attraction and Retention
Meets the community’s top retail needs
> Health, Wellness, Fitness
> General Merchandise
> Boutique Retailers and shops
> Grocery & Food Services
> Boutique Restaurants
Meets the community’s key target sectors
> Office Space
> Medical Services
> Food Innovation
> Light Manufacturing
> Green Innovation
> High Tech
Creates living wage employment opportunities for the local community
Meets the community’s housing needs
Serves a wider cultural customer base
Provides public gathering, meeting, and leisure space
Provides the community with wider dining, shopping & gathering options after 5PM
Othello By the Numbers
Traffic Flow
Trade Area Highlights
Othello is home to high concentrations of residents between ages 19-35 and those over 75 years old – key demographics for retailers.
30% of households in the Othello area make $60-125K a year. Another 15% make over $125K.
