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1. RAE
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   Yet another hole is created in our community by an over reaching landlord. For want of a few more bucks a month the long serving ALKI BAKERY and all their hard working and friendly employees are now out of work. In these hard times this corner store front in the heart of ALKI will now sit empty for a long time. What a fool this property owner must be! Sarah and Sarah Z and all the others at ALKI BAKERY, we will miss you so much. Your smiles and well wishes and OAT FRUIT SCONES and unpretentious gathering place will be misses so much. We hope you will all be ok. Thank you for always making us feel so welcome at your BAKERY. BOB & RICH

   Posted 1 year ago #         

2. GenHillOne
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   Have you read the home page???

   Posted 1 year ago #         

3. flowerpetal
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   Apparently Rae did not. We (myself sometimes included) jump to the negative conclusion. Some people, I think, go right to the fourm rather than the front page. I'm glad to read it was a mutually agreed upon business decision.

   Posted 1 year ago #         

4. RAE
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   I regret that I did not investigate a little further before posting my comments. I read the notice posted on the door of the bakery and took it at face value. Thank you GENHILLONE. I sorry I jumped on the "Trash the landlord" bandwagon. I'm a landlord my self and I know this is no time to be raising rents. I glade to have a good tenet. My comments about the missing the bakery and the wonderful staff still stand, of course.

   Posted 1 year ago #         

5. JoB
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   lets hope something equally wonderful replaces it.

   Posted 1 year ago #         

6. alki_2008
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   I was thinking it would be nice to see the space split and have more than one new business added to the strip. A space that large could be split, and that might be more appealing considering that commercial space is typically priced on a per-square-foot basis. Probably easier to fine two businesses that can afford smaller spaces, rather than finding one business that can afford a big space.

   Posted 1 year ago #         

7. Jo
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   Is there any way that the heading of this topic can be changed?
   It sure is judgmental towards the Richey family, and very misleading.
   AND...just my opinion (based on past experience with the Bakery's owner) ...I think that the Alki Bakery killed themselves, and on purpose...just my opinion.

   Posted 1 year ago #         

8. WSB
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   Given that the OP admits not having read the story first, I'm mulling killing the whole thing but in the short run will change to ALKI BAKERY.

   Posted 1 year ago #         

9. Jo
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   Thanks so much, WSB.
   Jo

   Posted 1 year ago #         

10. Huindekmi
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    I'd say that the Richey family is being given too much of a pass on this. It's pretty obvious from everything that's been reported that Ms. Weurth, the lady who inherited the property, is raising the rent on the location significantly. Meanwhile, the owners of the Alki Bakery, who have been focusing more on their wholesale business lately while investing less in the beach retail location, couldn't make a good business case to paying the higher rent. After crunching the numbers, it was probably determined that they'd make more profit without the beach location than with it.

    The Alki Bakery totally botched the closing of their flagship location, missing out on an opportunity for free positive advertising and showing little to no concern for their employees or customers. They are also probably underestimating the loss of brand once the destination store is gone. But after all is said and done, the beach location would have remained open had the rent not been raised by quite a bit.

    So, when both sides say that the decision was mutual... it probably was. Both want to make as much money as possible and both decided that they could make more without the other.

    There is no single villain here.

    Posted 1 year ago #         

11. alki_2008
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    the beach location would have remained open had the rent not been raised by quite a bit

    Really Huindekmi, please do tell us how you know all of this. Are you psychic?

    I guess it's not possible that the Alki Bakery owner has been wanting to drop the retail location, and the expiration of the lease term was the opportunity to do that? Of course not, because Huindekmi's already told us what 'really' happened.

    Posted 1 year ago #         

12. Huindekmi
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    No, Alki. I know this because BOTH parties involved have said so. Both have said it was a mutual decision and that the rent was going up.

    But you just go right on ahead and demonize only one party if that's what makes you feel better.

    Posted 1 year ago #         

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