In article >,
"Pete C." > wrote:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> > I don't go to Costco frequently, but I was in the area the other day and
> > thought I would stop in for a few items. Imagine my surprise when I found
> > it locked up tight and boards over the windows. They had moved in recent
> > months to a new location about less than 2 miles from the original spot.
>
> There can be a lot of reasons for those kind of moves, including giving
> the big FU to a city government that is giving them problems. Other
> times, building / land lease issues, developers offering more for the
> land to build some other project, etc.

There was a Costco pretty close to my sister's house. It closed down a
few years back after they built a new one further away. It was pretty
obvious why it closed. It was too successful. The building was too
small, and the parking lot was *way* too small. There was just no room
there to expand, so they had to move. The building is still vacant.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA