MALTBY – Costco Wholesale Corp. has applied for permits to build a new warehouse store and gas station near the junction of Highways 9 and 522 in south Snohomish County.
The store, which would be Costco’s third in the county, is on land that Costco began considering more than a year ago. In the first half of last year, however, the Issaquah-based retailer notified the property owners it had decided not to build at the location.
But Costco apparently has changed its mind again, according to county permit records and a legal notice published this week.
Costco plans to build a 149,000-square-foot store and adjoining gas station on the 15-acre site, which has hosted an auto salvaging company and a business park. The reported value of the project would be $7 million, not including a large retaining wall and other improvements to the land.
Because the land is zoned for industrial use, Costco’s store would be allowed without a zone change, said Monica McLaughlin, a county planner handling the retailer’s application. The county will focus on whether there is enough capacity on roads in the area to accommodate traffic to and from the proposed store.
The public can submit written comments on that issue to the Snohomish County Department of Planning and Development Services until Jan. 21.
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