Teresa Battuello

Teresa Battuello

Teresa Battuello helps shape future of Everett waterfront

On April 21, The Herald Business Journal will announce the 2016 recipient of the Emerging Leaders Award. This week and next, we are profiling 12 finalists, who were chosen by a panel of judges from among dozens of nominees.

Teresa Battuello’s fingerprints could be all over the future of Everett.

As the Port of Everett’s chief of business development, Battuello is helping lead the team working on Waterfront Place Central, a redevelopment of 65 acres in north Everett inside the Port’s Marina district.

As envisioned, the Port would construct the roads, lots and other infrastructure and then attract developers to build 1.5 million square feet of mixed-use development. The project could include hundreds of luxury apartments and condos, two hotels with a couple hundred rooms and shops along the city’s waterfront.

“My philosophy is to dream big but realistically, to create concrete projects and activities that people can get excited about,” Battuello writes in her nomination form. “The result has the type of magic that invites the whole world join in. This is the type of energy our entire Port team brings to Waterfront Place Central.”

This concept replaces a previous plan, Port Gardner Wharf project, which fell through when a previous developer filed for bankruptcy during the recession.

Battuello has a history in this type of development, working on the Bremerton waterfront redevelopment and also leading economic development for Bothell.

She’s a relative newcomer to Everett, moving from Bothell just last year. But she’s attended meetings of the Norhtwest Neighborhood Association, Friends of the Library, Historical Commission and many other groups as a speaker. She’s also been involved with United Way of Snohomish County, Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County and Hopelink.

She credits a grounding from her family.

“My parents were Depression-era folk who taught me that a strong character including honesty, hard work and following through on promises made, is essential to success in business and in life,” Battuello writes. “I do not see my own life as more important than others, but that we all have a right to live a good life. I believe that the act of caring and taking an interest in other people’s lives makes one’s own life fuller.”

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