If you’re looking to buy a home near Seattle, Burien is a 100-year-old waterfront community with six miles of Puget Sound shoreline and vast mountain views. Housing ranges from starter homes to high-end homes, condominiums and apartments of all sizes, including senior apartments.
Residents and business people love the convenience of Burien’s central location and numerous connections. You can drive north to Seattle in 12 minutes, east to Sea-Tac Airport in five minutes, and south to Tacoma or east to Bellevue in 30 minutes. The hub site means that jobs and entertainment are convenient, the parking problems are elsewhere, and a slower pace prevails in residential neighborhoods.
Burien’s downtown serves a large segment of the South King County population. For more than 70 years, Burien has been noted for boutique retail, professional personal services, and a large number of ethnic restaurants that attract diners from near and far. Burien’s international cuisine originates in Australia, China, El Salvador, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam. Burien’s inviting downtown features a July 4th parade, Farmers Market, Art Walks, excellent local theater and seasonal festivals, which generate year-round activity excitement. Old Burien, the historic town center, is bustling with new development, including the soon-to-be-built Highline Heritage Museum, serving the 150,000 residents of the greater Highline area.
Burien also is becoming known for its thriving health care community. Given the size of the city, Burien has an unusually large number of providers that include hospitals, health centers, clinics, private practice doctors, dentists and various wellness specialists.