The Clark County Department of Community Development will spend the next two weeks reviewing the application. If complete, it will move onto a hearings examiner, whose decision can then be appealed to the county commissioners.

The Salmon Creek area is seeing a lot of development these days. Legacy Health System wants to build a hospital nearby, a new Safeway Marketplace is under construction, and even Costco's arrival is sure to spur even more development.

According to preliminary plans filed with the city last week, to increase its chances of approval the warehouse retailer says it will widen a nearby busy Interstate 5 exit ramp and widen Northwest 139th Street, which runs along the store's proposed northern border. The price tag for the work was not immediately available.

Across the Columbia River in Hillsboro, OR, Costco also is planning one of its large-format stores east of the Hillsboro Airport and north of Cornell Road on Northeast 48th Avenue. Construction is scheduled to start in June. The store is expected to open in time for the 2001 Christmas shopping season.

The development will occur on a portion of a 16-acre field owner by Vancouver, WA-based developer John S. Maring. Plans show about one-fourth of the land set aside for smaller retail pads. The 148,000-sf store will be slightly larger than its other area stores, and will have a separate gas station with 16 pumps covered by a canopy.

The national chain currently has stores in Northeast Portland, Tigard and Clackamas. In its most recent fiscal year, the company posted sales of $31.6 billion.

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Costco Submits for New Store in SW Washington

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