Trouble for Whole Foods as its West Seattle home is built

| Development | West Seattle news

Posted tonight on the P-I site – trouble for Whole Foods, which says it’ll be scaling back but doesn’t specify how. We’ll check with Fauntleroy Place developer BlueStar in the morning to see if they’ve received any assurances the project here won’t be affected. (The next project update was expected a week from Thursday, when the newest design for Fauntleroy Place is to go before the Southwest Design Review Board, 8 pm 8/14 @ High Point Community Center.)

k August 5, 2008 (9:47 pm)

Here’s hoping that this Whole Foods location is affected. Maybe Trader Joe’s will go in instead.

wsmom August 5, 2008 (10:42 pm)

i’ve heard that trader joe’s only builds very close to highways to keep costs down. i wonder if there’s any truth to that?

WSB August 5, 2008 (10:45 pm)

If you think about some of the Seattle locations, they’re not all close to highways.

The Trader Joe’s rumor/hopes have been kicking around West Seattle for as long as we’ve been publishing WSB and I’m sure some time before that. My personal opinion with no actual factual substantiation at the moment is that we WILL get one sooner or later. They do apparently have very specific space and parking requirements.

b August 5, 2008 (10:51 pm)

TJ’s is nice, but I’d still take Whole Foods any day because they have a much bigger variety.

WSB August 5, 2008 (10:53 pm)

Hot food deli too.

Denny August 5, 2008 (11:02 pm)

Impressive, not even one comment before TJs is in the mix. I remember fondly the 20+ years of rumors that we were going to get a Movie Theater at Westwood. TJ’s may rival that buzz.

I hope that the Whole Foods isn’t affected, because the only thing as ugly as that old Schuck’s lot would be a high rent vacant storefront welcoming people to our neighborhood.

Bob Loblaw August 6, 2008 (9:33 am)

Headlines from a 1959 issue of the P.I.:
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“Unknown clown ‘Patches’ will debut on local TV”
“Trader Joes permits filed in West Seattle”
“City: No need for bridges to unknown part of town”