Published August 2002

State aviation division moves to Arlington

SCBJ Staff

Wedged between a Sears store and a hair salon, the aviation division of the state Department of Transportation has landed in Arlington about one mile short of the airport.

The aviation division, which provides services to the state’s general aviation airports, left Seattle after it appeared its rent would rise substantially by 2003 when its lease expired. It has signed a five-year lease in a shopping plaza along 172nd Street NE in the Smokey Point part of Arlington.

Eventually, the state office could establish a presence at the airport itself, said John Sibold, director of the office staff of 10.

“In five years, when our lease is done, we will look to see if it makes good economic sense,” he said.

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