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Key Pen commercial construction picks up pace
By Chris Fitzgerald
KP News
Two commercially-zoned buildings occupying a half-acre
lot are close to completion next to the New Brookside
Restaurant near the intersection of State Route 302 and
118th. The larger two-story, 3,000-square-foot structure
will potentially house a consortium of four health-care
professionals. They have already signed a letter of
intent and made a deposit, subject to completion of the
building and notice of the official zoning change from
residential to Rural Neighborhood Center, a process now
taking place through the county and expected to be
complete by year-end.
The smaller, one-story,
2,000-square-foot building has no prospective tenants at
this time; the owner hopes to attract other members of
the health-care community. Across the street between the
Serenity Salon building and Charboneau Excavating, a
recently purchased 8-acre commercially zoned parcel is
being readied for septic system installations. The owner
has not indicated a specific use for the site.
Renovation of the old Wauna fire
station is also nearly complete. This old building will
see new life as a Seabeck Pizza establishment.
A commercial property at the
intersection of SR-302 and Creviston remains unsold and
unleased; plans for two potential fast-food
drive-through restaurants and a coffee kiosk are still
being negotiated, with no satisfactory resolution
expected soon.
A 7-acre property on the corner of
SR-302 and Wright-Bliss recently changed hands. The new
owner has no immediate plans to begin construction and
has not made a determination regarding its intended use,
although potential for a gas station and convenience
food store has been mentioned as one possibility.
A McDonald’s drive-through
restaurant is looking at an undisclosed site on the Key
Peninsula. The owner of the unnamed property
specifically requested that the corporation be contacted
regarding a potential purchase. After a wait of several
months, McDonald’s representatives responded, and are
now conducting their own research on the viability of
locating a franchise here. How close or far it would be
from the existing Burger King is unknown at this time.
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