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Dispute over lease forces ShopSmart Bazaar to close Biggest renter forced out of Totem Lake Malls after just seven weekends of business, DDR makes first statement BY MATT PHELPS AND CARRIE WOOD Kirkland Reporter
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uring the past month, Totem Lake Malls has thrived on the weekends. Finding parking has been more difficult than just driving to the front of the parking lot. The sounds of shoppers walking through the lower mall has replaced silence.
But that silence has revendors and we all have to turned. be out by the end Ken Grammer of the weekend,” and Sig Rudowicz said Rudowicz on opened Shopsmart Feb. 25. The upscale Bazaar on Jan. 15, flea market’s last but a dispute over day of business was the lease rate with Sunday. mall owners has But Developers Sig Rudowicz cost them thouDiversified Realty sands of dollars and (DDR) - a real estate forced them out of management combusiness. pany that co-owns the malls “We have more than 60 with Coventry Real Estate
Advisors - said Shopsmart month extension and at the Bazaar’s contract end of February the was up, period. agreement naturally “Smartshop expired.” Bazaar’s temporary Rudowicz said license agreement when he and his expired Jan. 31,” partner started the said Senior Director business they conof Communications tacted DDR/CovKen Grammer for DDR, Marty entry about leasing Richmond in an ethe 40,000-squaremail to the Reporter. foot space that once “Developers Diversified housed the mall’s anchor tengranted the bazaar a one[ more DDR page 4 ]
ShopSmart Bazaar, Totem Lake Malls largest renter has closed due to not being able to negotiate a longterm lease with the mall’s ownership. MATT PHELPS, Kirkland Reporter
Census: Kirkland will be state’s 12th-largest city after annexation in June BY MATT PHELPS mphelps@kirklandreporter.com
Initial numbers from the 2010 Census having to do with ethnicity and population were released last week. And while Washington state saw a huge 71 percent increase in its Hispanic population and general population growth of 14.1 percent, Kirkland’s overall population grew at a steady 8.3 percent. The biggest growth came in Kirkland’s Asian population with an increase of 4.5 percent of the total population and the smaller Hispanic population nearly doubled. Kirkland grew from 45,054 in 2000 to 48,787 in 2010, an increase of 7.7 percent. The percentage of those identifying themselves as white dropped by 6 percent while those identifying themselves as black or African American increased by just 0.2 percent. The hispanic population in Kirkland only grew by 2.2 percent.
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But the numbers also tell another story, how large Kirkland will be after annexation takes effect on June 1 when the neighborhoods of Kingsgate, FinnHill and North Juanita are incorporated. The Census names the Finn Hill neighborhood as Finn Hill/Inglewood. Inglewood is the north side of Finn Hill and technically runs down into Kenmore. But for the 2010 Census the Finn Hill/Inglewood neighborhood numbers do not include the areas in Kenmore, however they do include a small area that will be annexed into Bothell. Furthermore, the Finn Hill/Inglewood numbers also cover the area east to I-405, known to local residents as unincorporated North Juanita. The Finn Hill/Inglewood and Kingsgate Census numbers show a combined population of 35,772. The numbers back up the City of Kirkland’s estimates on
City prepares for 520 toll impacts Above, members of the Kirkland City Council and Sound Transit Board cut the ribbon to officially open the new Kirkland Transit Center. Right, community and regional leaders, along with Kirkland residents, pack into the new Kirkland Transit Center for its opening on Friday. MATT PHELPS, Kirkland Reproter
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BY MATT PHELPS mphelps@kirklandreporter.com
The long-awaited new Kirkland Transit Center opened to great fanfare Friday. Snohomish County Executive and Sound Transit Board Chair Aaron Reardon, King County Councilmember Jane Hague, all of the governing leaders for the City of Kirkland and about [ more 520 page 2 ]
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