Development Opportunities
Everybody's Store is a Cross Roads Commercial Location. It is the center of a hub that connects traffic and populations in Skagit and Whatcom County. Traffic heading from Vancouver and Bellingham to the cross state Hwy 20 travel via S9; Commercial traffic heading south from Sumas and lower BC and the eastern Canadian provinces to Seattle and points south, utilize SR9. Traffic heading from Seattle and Island count via Skagit County to the Mt. Baker ski and Recreation area travel SR9.
The Everybody's Store Real Estate Package is located in Deming in the hamlet of Van Zandt on State Route 9, two miles south of the Mt. Baker Highway, State Route 542. SR9, the only alternative to I-5 in Western Washington is a major north south arterial that continues to experience the growth of traffic. Both passenger and especially truck freight traffic are destined to expand while the population of the Canadian lower mainland and Western Washington grow. The brightest economic light on the horizon is the 2010 Olympics, which though only a short seasonal event, is indicative of the overall metropolitanization of the entire northwest region. Van Zandt is a gateway community at the entry to the Foothills and Mt. Baker Recreation Areas. Van Zandt retains a bucolic ambiance that draws travelers from far and wide. Deming being only 20 minutes from population center such as Bellingham or 90 minutes from either Seattle or Vancouver BC, allows for extravaganzas such as the Deming Log Show, The Deming Blue Grass Festival, The Mt. Bakery Winery and the Nooksack Casino develop enormous patronage.
The commercial zoning for the Everybody's Store package allows for the build out of 10,000 square feet in a variety of configurations which would allow for a giant store or a village setting with multiple stores. Commercial property is scarce in the Foothills. The raw developable land amounts to approximately 65,340 square feet. The package allows for the compatible commercial use of three adjacent agricultural acres to the west. Placing a septic field on this agricultural land as an adjunct to the commercial part is feasible. Any number of alternatives will present to the creative mind
The property has 2 wells and the manager’s home and the store are connected by telephone and alarm systems.
The site invites transformation, creative design and modernization in order to maximize its utility. The square footage is available for adequate frontage parking, pedestrian promenade and multiple stores.
