A 10-block, area surrounding Mount Baker station was designated as the Mount Baker Station Area Overlay District and approved for rezoning by the Seattle City Council in June 2014. The rezone raised building heights from a maximum of to with hopes of attracting transit-oriented development around the station. The first major development in the rezoned area was the four-story Artspace Mount Baker Lofts, which opened in 2014 and has 57 units and no parking spaces.