Lake Stevens Civic Center Set for Biz Park Across from Tom Thumb
City Hall and police services will co-locate on the former Barclays North campus as the City acquires a total of three buildings
Lake Stevens Municipal Campus Set for Former Barclays North Buildings
LAKE STEVENS — Back in the day (2006 to be precise), the current LSPD HQ was home to Pat McCourt’s Barclays North Inc (BNI), and Pat himself held court from a richly-appointed office on the second story of the current police HQ.
At its peak, Barclays North was one of Lake Stevens largest employers and was considered one of the PNW region’s most influential developers.
BNI headquarters included its own government affairs wing and McCourts acolytes would fan out to city council and planning commission meetings across the puget sound.
Like so many other businesses in the real estate field, Barclays North was felled by the 2008 mortgage crisis.
McCourt, a serial entrepreneur and Lake Stevens fixture, is as known for his ability to rebound as he is for his development acumen – so it’s no surprise to see him once again impacting the development of Lake Stevens through his project at Soper Hill.
City of Lake Stevens Acquires Commercial Buildings Adjacent to LSPD;
The above Pat McCourt story serves as a rambling origin story for the buildings that house the LSPD.
The reason we mentioned all of this, however, is because the City of Lake Stevens has acquired the rest of the commercial buildings in the former BNI development
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