Eastview Village in Snohomish: What’s Actually Happening?
A new community of more than 1,300 homes is planned for the Cathcart and Snohomish Cascade area, just west of Highway 9 near Glacier Peak High School.
It’s called Eastview Village.
Development of this size isn’t something we’ve seen here in a long time.
Eastview Village proposed development area near Cathcart Way in Snohomish County. Illustration based on Snohomish County Council planning documents, July 2025, pages 4–6. Boundaries and phases are approximate.
To put it into perspective, it helps to look back at how this part of Snohomish County grew in the first place.
I remember when this area seemed pretty far out there. There were farms, wooded areas and a lot less... everything! The Wibbelman buffalo farm along 132nd was even a local landmark, with buffalo you could see from the road. Looking at this area today, it’s kind of crazy to remember how different it was.
Go back a few decades and much of the land around Cathcart Way was still rural and undeveloped. Silver Firs was being built, while the neighborhoods that would eventually make up much of Snohomish Cascade were still taking shape.
The Falls, Gold Creek and other communities followed. Roads were extended. Trees came down. Homes went up. Schools were built. Over time, what had once felt far outside the suburban core became the established community we know today.
It can be easy to look around now and feel like these neighborhoods have always been here.
They haven’t.
View from ‘end of road’ of 144th Pl SE between Glacier Peak High School and Little Cedars Elementary in Snohomish, Washington. Left photo taken August, 2023. Right photo taken September, 2026.
This isn’t a few new homes being built on an existing parcel.
It’s a new community.
What Is Planned for Eastview Village in Snohomish?
So what are they actually planning to build here?
Eastview Village covers about 145 acres on the north side of Cathcart Way, west of Highway 9 (near the Cathcart Transfer Station, Glacier Peak High School and Little Cedars Elementary). The plans include roughly 1,300 homes, about 61,000 square feet of commercial space, and a whole new network of roads running through the property.
Now, when we say roughly 1,300 homes, that may look a little different than what you first picture. Eastview Village will include a mix of apartments, townhomes and detached single-family homes. From what my research is showing, Eastview Village is being developed by Pacific Ridge, which is part of D.R. Horton.
The development is divided into 12 phases, although “phases” is a little misleading if you assume that means they’ll be built in order.
They won’t be.
The phases are really different sections of Eastview Village, and the County’s approval specifically states that they will not be developed in numerical sequence.
Source: Snohomish County Hearing Examiner, Eastview Village Decision, February 28, 2025
Phase 1 is the apartment portion near Cathcart Way and Cathcart Park. Current plans call for 331 apartments in 12 buildings, along with a clubhouse, pool and other resident amenities.
Source: Snohomish County PDS, Eastview Village Apartments Phase 1 Project Narrative
Phase 2 is next to it and includes another 40 apartments along with the commercial area.
The other phases continue north through the property and include the townhomes and detached homes.
Now, this is where the timing gets a little tricky. Even though everything is divided into phases, there isn’t a set schedule showing Phase 1 starts here, Phase 2 starts here, and the whole thing is finished by a certain date.
When Is Building Actually Going to Start at Eastview Village?
This is probably one of the biggest questions I had once I started digging into all of this: when is building actually going to start at Eastview Village?
The answer isn’t as straightforward as I expected.
At the time Eastview Village went through its approval process, the developer had estimated it could take about 6 years to build out the community. That doesn’t mean there is a 6-year construction schedule showing exactly when each phase will begin.
I contacted Snohomish County Planning and Development Services hoping to get a clearer answer. What I learned is that the earlier 6-year estimate isn’t really something to rely on today. The County expects the full buildout to take longer, with much of the timing depending on the market. The actual decision about when construction begins is up to the developer, not the County.
At this point, there isn’t a firm public date for when the first homes will start going up.
There is movement, though.
Eastview Village now has an issued early clearing and grading permit covering the development, and county records show activity under that permit.
Source: Snohomish County PDS, Eastview Village Early Clear & Grade, Permit 23 112200 LDA
There has also been movement on individual phases. On July 28, 2026, Snohomish County issued a separate land-disturbing permit for Phases 5 and 8, covering site work for the 138 townhomes planned in those two phases. The permit requires a preconstruction meeting before construction can begin, so the exact start date is unknown at this time.
Source: Snohomish County PDS, Eastview Village Phases 5 & 8, Permit 24 118401 LDA
Why Has Eastview Village Been So Heavily Debated?
Traffic and safety have been a big part of the discussion around Eastview Village.
One of the main access points is planned along 144th Place SE, between Glacier Peak High School and Little Cedars Elementary. This area already sees school buses, parent drop-off and pickup traffic, and high school drivers at the beginning and end of the school day.
Another planned connection would extend through 79th Avenue SE into the Greenleaf neighborhood. Residents there have raised concerns about additional traffic coming through their neighborhood as Eastview Village is built.
There have also been concerns about what adding roughly 1,300 homes could mean for traffic along Cathcart Way and the surrounding roads.
What About Stormwater and Flooding?
When a large wooded property is cleared for development, it changes how rainwater moves across the land. Managing that stormwater becomes a big part of the site work, especially when there are existing neighborhoods downhill that could be affected by runoff or flooding. That became a very real issue at Eastview Village in October 2025.
Heavy rain sent muddy runoff from the Eastview Village site down 79th Avenue into the neighboring Greenleaf community. Drains became clogged, the street flooded and several backyards were covered in mud. The Everett Herald reported that the runoff came from the Eastview site after the previously forested area had been cleared and exposed during site work.
Snohomish County required cleanup, sent a drainage engineer to the site and issued a correction order to the owner and contractor. Washington State Department of Ecology also began investigating whether the site was complying with its construction stormwater permit.
After the flooding, D.R. Horton added a new retention pond and hired crews to clean up the mud from affected backyards and walkways.
How Will Eastview Village Affect Schools in Snohomish?
With Glacier Peak High School practically in Eastview Village's backyard, it's natural to wonder how a development of more than 1,300 homes, including apartments, townhomes and single-family homes, will affect schools in the Snohomish area.
I contacted the Snohomish School District directly, and they confirmed they're still working through how to accommodate students from Eastview Village. No decisions have been made yet about where those students will attend school or how the district will handle the additional enrollment.
This is already a hot topic, and understandably so. Glacier Peak accepts variance students from outside its attendance area, and with so many new homes planned nearby, it's fair to ask what this could mean for enrollment and available space. How the district plans to accommodate additional students is definitely something I'll continue following as Eastview Village moves forward.
What Happens Next with Eastview Village?
Eastview Village is going to take time to build out, and there's still quite a bit we don't know yet.
While permits have been issued for some of the early site work, there's no confirmed date for when construction of the first homes will begin. The development will be built in phases, and the timing will depend on market conditions, so it could be several years before the entire community is completed.
I've also reached out to the developer for more information about the current construction timeline and what we may see happen next.
As Eastview Village continues to move forward and more information becomes available, I'll keep this page updated.
