Some local residents including Nate O'Leary have contact the Highline Times asking about a big construction project on 148th and !0th Avenue S. We called Katie Whitter, City of Burien spokesperson, to see what she could tell us about work going on there. Here is her reply:

We’re getting questions here at City Hall about the construction work on the NERA property. In case you’re also getting questions or wondering:
 
Anyone who is familiar with the Northeast Redevelopment Area in Burien – or NERA, as we call it – has probably noticed a flurry of activity in recent weeks. In May, the City sold the first parcel of the Redevelopment Area to a developer known as Bridge LLC. Bridge purchased the property from the City for $4.5 million and is now grading the site to construct what will ultimately be a 238,000 square foot cold storage warehouse, bringing an economic boost to an area heavily-impacted by airport operations.
 
The sale and subsequent construction marks the first milestone in private-sector investment in NERA, which is zoned for Airport Industrial development. Construction work on the property will include rough grading (for which the City issued a permit on June 2); building retaining walls; and by late fall, paving. Construction on the facility itself will kick off once the groundwork is complete – likely late this year or early 2017.
 
Burien’s NERA project launched in late 2007 through the adoption of the City of Burien Comprehensive Plan. With the construction of Sea-Tac Airport’s third runway, existing land uses in the NERA site became incompatible with airport operations. The City partnered with the Port of Seattle to rehabilitate the site for uses compatible with present and future aviation activities, and to unlock the site’s economic potential.
 
More information on the project will be available the months to come.