Auburn Junction would be a green, mixed-use, urban village spread out over 27 parcels with underground parking and walkways, an “upscale commercial and residential dominated project,” featuring ground-floor retail and restaurant facilities incorporating open space.

Its main features would be as follows:

• Condominium housing — from smaller studios and 1-bedroom units to units for families

• Lifestyle retail and entertainment – includes higher-profile restaurants, speciality retailers, and possibly a theater complex

• Flexible commercial space – commercial uses of office-flex space, lodging, educational settings and/or work-live potential on the ground floor and upper stories.

It calls for village green promenades to the north and northeast connecting to Main Street and Auburn Regional Medical Center and a green trail extending southeast to Safeway and south and west to the Sound Transit station. It incorporates a central open space called Auburn Junction plaza and underground parking connecting each of the facilities. Landscaped islands could incorporate large boulders, a waterfall and reflecting pool. It would be built in four phases over a four-year period. Phase 1 would be under way by 2009 and finished in 2013.