REMINDER: Last week for West Seattle’s current driver-licensing office

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Those newly striped spaces on the west side of the office building on the northwest corner of Delridge/Dakota are a reminder that the building will soon be home to West Seattle’s driver-licensing office. As announced February 1, this is the new location starting March 1 – officially 2420 SW Dakota – but the office will be closed for a week of moving, so this is the final week at the old location east of Westwood Village, 8830 25th SW. We first reported more than a year ago that the Department of Licensing was seeking a new location because the current one is slated for demolition, with 140+ apartments to be built in its place.

DRW February 19, 2024 (6:52 pm)

The old Pay ‘n Save corporate offices

The West raised me February 20, 2024 (6:49 am)

I recall the building w/the fountain in front of it off Andover being the old Pay n Save headquarters and the building on Dakota being the West Seattle Welfare office along with NW Kidney Center. And the lot actually has ample parking both in front back and plenty of street parking. This is a huge space just for the DOL. Wonder what else will occupy this spot
froggy8 February 20, 2024 (6:50 am)

When I worked for Pay ‘n Save, corporate was off 6th & Pike. Curious, when did they relocate to West Seattle and how long were they there?

1994 February 19, 2024 (10:17 pm)

Not much parking back there and not much street parking in that area either. Also not easy to find since it is in the back of the building… I hope they put up good signs for people to find it.

Youngstown February 20, 2024 (12:18 pm)

Not looking forward to this new office opening as my apartment window literally looks onto those designated parking spots. The increase of noise, traffic and parked cars on the block is NOT going to be very fun to deal with.

Derp February 20, 2024 (3:25 pm)

It should be open normal business hours, during the day. Do they throw parties in the parking lot, dang, guess i missed that announcement. Do you work from home ?
- 1994 February 20, 2024 (11:31 pm)
  
  Take a walk or drive over there. It is a small driveway between 2 large buildings that will get very congested very fast if any driver takes a pause to drop off a person, look where to park, or is there waiting a few minutes to pick someone up….it is a narrow space and not well suited for the DOL which may pull in a lot of customers. Maybe they will have a staff out there to help direct parking/traffic.The building was a PayNSav office in the past. The interior stairwell still had the PayNSav logo and colors painted when I worked there 20 years ago. It was also the West Seattle welfare office for a while until they relocated to White Center. The building w/the fountain in front of it off Andover was the Food Services of America Corporate office until the owner of that business moved it to Arizona, and then he passed away in a horrible helicopter crash. For years that guy wanted to land his helicopter on top of his building but he was denied a permit. He flew from Vashon to Boeing field. West Seattle history.

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