Suncadia, Washington

Suncadia is an unincorporated community and resort in Kittitas County, Washington, covering an area of 6,300 acres (25.5 km²). It is located approximately 80 miles (130 km) east of Seattle in the Cascade Mountains between Roslyn, Cle Elum, and the Mountains to Sound Greenway section of Interstate 90.

The resort was a joint undertaking between Jeld-Wen and managing partner Lowe Enterprises.[1] The $1 billion project featured a 4-star rated mountain lodge with convention center facilities, a mountain springs themed spa, a sports center with indoor and outdoor swimming pools, an outdoor venue amphitheater/lake with winter ice skating, trails and recreational areas, 2,000 residential units, and three golf courses.

The resort is also home to Swiftwater Cellars, a destination winery.[2][3]

A village center with restaurants and shops was to be completed by 2016. As of June 2019 this project has not been completed.

Over 500 single-family homesites were sold in 2004, generating more than $125 million in gross revenue.[1]

The community's open space includes a 1,200-acre (4.9 km²) corridor along the Cle Elum River, which remains open to the public under a partnership (called the Suncadia Conservancy) that also includes Washington's Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Yakama Nation.[4] The interests of local citizens in aspects of the development that included the corridor were represented by RIDGE, a grassroots group.[5]

Suncadia, originally called "MountainStar," was built on former forest lands purchased in 1996[6] from Plum Creek Timber Company by Jeld-Wen's Trendwest Investments.[7]