Published February 2001

Tulalips lure Home Depot
to north county complex

By Mike Benbow
Herald Economy Editor

The Tulalip Tribes has snared another anchor tenant, Home Depot, for its business park property along I-5 north of Marysville, tribal officials recently announced.

The group has been negotiating with Home Depot for some time and recently agreed on a 15-year lease with seven five-year options.

Tribal Chairman Stan Jones Sr. called the company “a perfect fit” for the Quil Ceda Village business park development.

“We’re excited and proud to welcome Home Depot to Tulalip,” Jones said in a prepared statement. “Home Depot will really be an asset to the tribes and the entire area. This is another step in our goal to provide new jobs and generate new income.”

Atlanta-based Home Depot is the fourth tenant for the business park, which is located off the 88th Street NE exit to I-5. Others include Morning Star Espresso, Tulalip Bingo and Wal-Mart.

Home Depot will build a 135,000-square-foot store just north of the Wal-Mart store already under way. Seattle-based Ferguson Construction will erect the “tilt-up” structure and expects to have it ready at the end of May.

The home-improvement warehouse should be open by midsummer.

The Wal-Mart store will be about 150,000 square feet and should open a little sooner. It will be the second Wal-Mart in the county; the first opened in Lynnwood last year.

The two national retailers are the centerpiece of what tribal officials hope will become a major retail center among some 2,000 acres they’ve set aside for business development.

A service station and convenience store, restaurants and some other retailers, such as clothing stores, also could be part of the retail/commercial center mix.

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