The area is home to a Federal Detention Center, the corporate headquarters of Alaska Airlines, and several hotels that provide a majority of the estimated 7,459 jobs.

The plan determined that much of the vacant land near the station has great potential for development, excluding right-of-way reserved for a future freeway extension of State Route 509.

The plan recommended allowing buildings over five stories tall and amenities for non-motorized transportation (bicycles and pedestrians) for the city government to consider in a zoning code update.

[7] The earliest proposal for a light rail station near Angle Lake came from the Puget Sound Council of Governments in 1986, as part of a north–south line from Lynnwood to Federal Way.

The second proposal, called "Sound Move", selected a station at South 200th Street in SeaTac as the southern terminus of a light rail line traveling north through the Rainier Valley to Downtown Seattle and the University of Washington campus; it was approved by voters in November 1996 and was scheduled to open in 2006.

[16][17] The South 200th Street station was reorganized as a part of a $1.4 billion, 4.3-mile (6.9 km) light rail extension from Sea-Tac Airport to the Highline College area to open by 2021,[18] which was put on the 2007 Roads and Transit ballot measure.

[21] A smaller, transit-only ballot measure known as "Sound Transit 2" was approved by voters in November 2008, including a light rail extension to Redondo/Star Lake to open by 2023.

[29] Construction on the extension began after a groundbreaking ceremony held on April 26, 2013,[30] using 1,166 crane-lifted hollow concrete segments that are cinched together to make bridge spans on the 1.6-mile (2.6 km) elevated guideway.

[31][32] A $30 million design-built contract was awarded to Harbor Pacific/Graham in February 2014 to design and construct Angle Lake station's 1,050-stall parking garage and plaza.

[34] During construction, several nearby businesses complained of lost revenue from blocked access and vibrations from work causing minor damage; they sought compensation from Sound Transit, but the claims were not awarded because of a potential violation of the state constitution regarding illegal gifting of public funds.

[43][44] Angle Lake station consists of a single island platform elevated above street level, on the west side of 28th Avenue South.

[50] The garage has 2,500 square feet (230 m2) of retail space at ground level, with room to support future transit-oriented development on the west side.

[7] The retail space was converted into The Roadhouse, a local music venue, in October 2023 as part of a year-long public art pilot.

[47][58] Jill Anholt's Immerse is embedded in the plaza's grand staircase and consists of four "delicate arcs" made of curved steel and tubing that connect the garage and station.

[60] Angle Lake station is the southern terminus of Sound Transit's 1 Line, which runs from between Lynnwood, the University of Washington campus, Downtown Seattle, the Rainier Valley, and Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.