The construction of the light rail station has triggered interest in transit-oriented development by private developers in proximity to Columbia City station. New market rate apartments, the first in four decades for the neighborhood, were opened by Harbor Urban in 2012. The Zion Preparatory Academy sold its campus to developers in 2009 for $5 million; the site was redeveloped into a six-building complex with 244 apartments by The Wolff Company in 2015.
