Just west of the Transit Center, the Armory Building at 602 W.Main is being renovated and expanded to include 14,000 sf of officespace. And local resident David Allen is planning a multi-storybuilding on the former site of the Truitt Building, which has beendemolished in anticipation of the project.

Allen's building will contain 14,000 sf of retail, a restaurant,banquet facilities and office space. A Lowe's prototype store isslated to open there in February, and several other commercialprojects on the boards there, including possible development of a60,000-sf mixed-use building.

The City and the Transit Authority are investing more than $30million to improve downtown Auburn streets and commuter routes. Tosupport the transit-centered developments, the two entities areexpanding the Transit Center's parking garage from 420 stalls to600.