The other day, Reichersamer and I drove by the old Long's Drugs location in Issaquah (the one next door to Safeway on Gilman Blvd). It's been vacant for a while now. But this time, there was a lot of remodeling going on... even the face of the building was being torn down and being rebuilt. We wondered, "What kind of tenant would go through that much renovation?"
But now we know, there's probably going to be a rock wall there. Because REI is coming, yeah!
I've always thought that Issaquah (especially in the 98027 / lowlands) tends to lack a few things... a Pizza Hut or Papa John's, a big chain restaurant like Olive Garden, Cheesecake Factory, or Claim Jumpers (Red Robin and Chili's are 'ok'), and an upper end sporting goods store (right now, it's Big 5 Sporting Goods, Joe's Outdoors, or Costco for our goods). Thankfully, one of those wishes of mine will be fulfilled when the REI opens up.
