The Landing

Clean, Pleasant, Convenient Urban Village style shopping center just off the I-​405 freeway (exit 5) at the south end of Lake Washington, next to Seahawks Training Camp, Boeing 737 Max Renton Factory & Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park, …and that’s where I should probably end my review, as there is nothing here worth driving more than a few miles to see, eat, or do.
Notably there are no high end stores, and except for movies there is no entertainment, unless you are wowed by a Boeing 737 green fuselage, Seahawks summer camp, and/​or watching Independence Day fireworks at Gene Coulon.
There are however, many places to shop & dine, plenty of parking spaces, Regal Stadium 14 & RPX movie theatre, dining options for every taste Mexican, Japanese, American, Thai, Italian, Vietnamese, Seafood, pizza, ice cream, donuts, and more.
There are 2 apartment buildings in the middle of the shopping center with 800+ units, 24 Fitness Club, Swedish & Valley/​UW Urgent Care, Banfield Pet Hospital (Inside PetSmart), Office Supplies, dentist, Banks, UPS store, and a number of boutiques, including Seahawks/​Sounders FC Pro Shop, and a few national retail stores, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Ulta beauty, Cost Plus World Market, Marshalls, Ross for less, Target, Fry’s and Lowe’s

This place keeps on popping up with places that makes me come back. latest was ulta.
i love the movie theater and target here, and world market. Gyro place is good. Panera is good. parking is so– so but i love it!

This place is an outdoor «mall» spread out over a couple blocks just south of Lake Washington and the Boeing factory, off 405, exit 5. Its fairly convenient if you want to workout, shop, grab dinner, drinks, and catch a flick all in one stop. Due to the layout, its a little inconvenient if you need to visit multiple stores at opposite ends, so most people will park at one then drive to the other, or some folks use mid-​block crosswalks (which don’t exist)… so watchout!
Parking near LA Fitness in the evening usually involved lots of slow driving and dodging gym goers trying to find that small spot for your oversized car. There is more parking available nearby and its still only a 5 min walk to the gym.
The number of shops and restaurants have slowly increased over the past 5 – 6 years or so since the Landing opened. I’ve been to most of the restaurants here many many times, but none of them are spectacular. With Boeing and Kenworth next door maintaining a constant flow of hungry customers, they don’t need to be «good» in order to stay in business.
My biggest gripe has to be no full blown grocery store. Supposedly Target’s lease agreement prevents another grocery store from opening up in the Landing. The next closest grocery stores are two Safeways and a Fred Meyer, about 2 miles away, and none of which I like going to.

The Landing has been a great addition to Renton!
There’s plenty of shopping, dinning, and entertainment to choose from; even apartment complexes if you’re so inclined to live here. Parking is free and relatively easy to find. If you don’t want to go all the way to Seattle on a Friday night, The Landing is not a bad option.

I had high hopes when this place opened up years ago. However, it never quite became the outdoor mall that I hoped. Maybe its because they opened during the recession. The shops are decent but they lack the marquis names that would attract traffic. They seriously need a good anchor client like a Starbucks, Nordstrom Rack, or a Fred Meyer.

I really enjoy coming to The Landing — what a great, hoppin, little spot in Renton.
Saturday nights during the summer they have live music across from the movie theater. Friday nights from 3−7pm there is a farmers market.
I am always down here going to either Target or The Pro Shop (aka, my favorite store). There is a lot of retail space, but there is also a lot of business already here.
Shopping includes: Seahawks Pro Shop, Rue 21, Target, Ross, Dicks, Fry’s, PetSmart & more. They are also adding an Ulta Beauty (YAYYYY!)
Food/​dining includes: The Rock, Red Robin, World Of Beer (live music on the weekends at night), Panera Bread, Mucho Burrito, Wing Stop (you might run into Sidney Rice!), & much more! The only food place it is missing is somewhere good for ice cream, like a Cold Stone or Baskin Robbins.
My favorite part about The Landing: I never see a lot of teenagers hanging out and causing trouble. Seems like the older crows likes to chill here, LOVE IT.
ALSO — in the move theater they have coupon books with various coupons for places throughout The Landing so make sure to pick one up!

Don’t trust your cars here! Break in’s weekly and the security guards sit in their office with their feet up on the desks playing games on their phones with the blinds closed. When a break in happen they look at your car and then go back to their office and remain playing games on their phones. Not worth having security when they don’t patrol!

The landing is one of the Better malls in Washington state. They have lot of international restaurant choices and of course five guys which is great burger joint. The landing also has target, marshals, regal cinemas, etc so after you grab a bite to eat you always chill out and go see a movie. Definitely a great time every time I go there, I recommend going sometime.

Great outdoor mall. A lot of shops, eateries, and entertainment venues all within affordable price range. What’s there not to like.

Not sure what Renton was like before the Landing, but this a major asset to the small town.
We are constantly making runs to Target, Pet Smart, Marshall’s etc.
It also provides a pretty decent variety of food and beer, from Five Guys, Panera Bread, The Rock, and World of Beer.
Also, one of the newest shops to pop up is the Sounders/​Seahawks Pro Shop. Great spot to grab some gear without having to drive downtown.

I wasn’t impressed with this place. Mainly because I couldn’t get a space anywhere to park so had to drive back without even checking it out properly. From what I could tell it just seemed to be a ton of big box stores and places to eat mixed with everyday essential type stores.
If and when I get back (it’s a 27 minute drive) I will update. But seriously driving around for 30 minutes trying to find a space is ridiculous for January! I hate to think what it’s like in December.

What I like about the Landing is that they have a variety of stores/​restaurants that provide pretty much anything you need!
Movie Theater — Regal
Vietnamese Restaurant — Papaya
Drinks — Vino at the Landing or World of Beer
Burgers — Red Robin or Five Guys
Quick Meals — Panera Bread, Panda Express, Potbelly
Dept Stores — Marshalls, Ross, Target
Specialty Stores — Cost Plus World Market, The Pro Shop
Plus… salons, glasses shops, mexican, banks, and more!
There is also ample parking, both garage and on the street.
The Landing is also well kept and is a relatively new complex so it’s nice!
If anything, there are still a lot of open stores that they’ll need to lease out and hopefully attract even more folks!

The Landing, Renton, Washington. We didn’t realize that this was the Landing, until we saw the Landing sign after leaving Frys one night and seeing the sign. We had seen «profile friends» who had checked into the Landing, but had no idea what it was.
Pro’s
· Outdoor shopping is the norm in Florida where we are from and preferred, by us, to indoor malls.
· Selection of stores is stellar and convenient: Target, Petco, Frys, Lowes-​just to name a few
· Selection and variety of eateries and bars again, stellar and convenient– The Rock Pizza, Red Robin, Jimmy Johns, Vino’s-just to name a few
· Clean and neatly laid out
· Stores easily accessed and spaced nicely
· Theater (AMC)
· Apartments available (The Reserve and The Sanctuary)
· Safe
· close to freeway for easy access to get home
Con’s
· Not good for rainy days
· Traffic and routing a little confusing
· Parking for some areas a little lacking
· A little pricey area
· Having to drive from store to store due to distance issues ie from Frys to Target or from Lowes to Petco.
Summary–
When looking for a home security system, someone told us about Frys Electronics. We went to Frys twice in two days, but had no idea that they were actually located in the Landing. We also had no idea just how much the Landing had to offer and how convenient everything was.
Back home we had two places that were similar to this called The Avenues and Waterford lakes and they got more traffic than the mall. A lot of people, it seems, like to go into one store and get out, not fight the foot traffic in the mall, especially the male population, in general. I am no different.
I think this place has more to offer than the Tukwila mall for my specific likes and wants and I thoroughly enjoy spending time at The Landing. I find most of the stores that are here are within my shopping genre and much easier for me to get into and out of without having to fight all the tourists that have migrated to Tukwila when Seattle begins to close down for the evening.
Although the traffic can be a little heavy at times and parking can be a little sparse at times and everything closes at different times, I would seriously recommend this location over the mall any day.

The Landing is a cool outdoor shopping center. There are plenty of shopping and dining options here.
I was looking for a place to hangout while my wife was at her appointment. The Landing was the perfect place for me to go. While walking around for awhile and browsing the various shops, I tried to decide what to do. Should I shop for clothes that I do not need? Nah! Should I watch a movie at Regal Cinemas? No, not enough time.
So, what did I do? I went to Top Pot Doughnuts here at the Landing. I pigged out on sweets, and I used their Wifi connection.
The Landing can be recommended for a fine outdoor shopping center.

Oh how I wish this had been around when I lived in Renton.
Has shops, restaurants, a movie theater and free parking!
As a whole this place is great! Some shops and restaurants are not my favorite, but to have so many options all in one place is great and super convenient!

This is a nice place to spend a lazy afternoon watching movies at the theater and strolling in and out of their stores. There are also a lot of restaurants/​cafes, so you can definitely spend hours here.
The theater is lovely and the ambiance is calm.
This is definitely a place to keep checking out because it will only grow!

It’s the university village of the south end minus a lot of high end shops so maybe not like the U Village at all. There seems to be a lot of available real estate so not quite a ghost town, but also not exactly a happening place. There’s a movie theater, Target, Red Robin, variety of restaurants (sushi, Thai, wine bar, burgers, sandwiches), and even an LA Fitness. Nice to have Top Pot donut there.
Parking is plentiful but apparently there is high theft in the lot near the gym. So be careful though you should always be careful what you leave visibly in your car regardless. Across the street from Boeing, right off I-​405 and near Coulon Park/​Beach for those warm spring/​summer BBQs when you happen to forget to bring something & need to run to the store… plenty of retail stores conveniently located nearby.

The develpers of The Landing had a great idea picking the location of this outdoor shopping area. Great location near 405, Boeing, Lake WA, and no where near any other shopping areas makes this a great place to «Land»!
The Landing offers chain retail, dining, movie theatre and 2 apt complexes. I eagerly await for new shops to fill this shopping center after several years being open. Plenty of free parking and even a parking garage!
Perhaps, a fun independent coffee shop, grocer and a few more dining options will make this location a MUST stop… hint, hint!

I really love this shopping area. I feel it’s really convenient in location and it has a bunch of good stores. Target, Staples and PetCo are all right next to each other, and across the road is Dicks, Ross, Marshalls, and a bunch of food places. The theater here is also really nice. I feel you can take care of all your errands here with there being doctors office’s, cell phone stores, and an eye glass place. They even have apartments (how I’d love to live there).
This area is really nice. There aren’t any homeless people pan handling or «thuggy» kids hanging out. There also isn’t really even much litter here.
They have ample parking in two huge lots, street parking and a parking garage.
The only down side I guess would be that it’s outdoors but it’s such a nice area that it doesn’t matter that much.
November challenge (11/​13/​2012)

For some reason, I thought this was one complete, enclosed complex and not a grouping of stores still separated by streets.
I have only been to Vino and Red Robin in here, but there’s a Target and a few other places to eat. I’ve got the burger place and Papaya in my sights, but just haven’t gotten there yet.
It’s nice to have a jumbo parking garage in there, but I usually see plenty of parking spots available in the lots and even on the streets. I need to prowl around more to find out what other stores are hanging around.