Development Update: Arco Opens, Meatheads Brewpub Closes, Chipotle Nearing Completion

Action at Soper Hill as the Lake Stevens Landing and White Barn developments take shape and Whiskey Ridge is listed for sale — as is a sparkling new turnkey brew pub facility

As the City of Lake Stevens Planning and Community Development Department prepares to release its annual report at a special City Council meeting tonight, the fruits of the department’s labors are bearing at the quickly-developing Soper Hill area of Lake Stevens/stroke/Marysville: home to the Lake Stevens Landing, White Barn and Whiskey Ridge commercial developments. And thanks to recently-created competition, local residents are saving as much as $20 per fuel fill up due in part to the new Lake Stevens Landing Arco AM/PM fuel and convenience store, which has pegged its regular unleaded fuel price around .75 cents per gallon less than legacy LS fuel stations. More on that below.

With the new Costco already invigorating the local bottom & top line, what other development action might be on the horizon in Washington’s fastest growing small/medium sized city, you ask?

J425 has the 411.

Openings: Lake Stevens Landing Begins to Pop

In a boon to 425 drivers, the Arco AM/PM at Lake Stevens Landing opened last month, pegging unleaded gas prices to those posted at the new Costco store.

This move was similarly adopted by the Safeway fuel station.

As a result, last week Lake Stevens residents could choose from three locations offering unleaded at $3.20/gallon — that’s more than .75 cents per gallon cheaper than Frontier Village area gas stations — a savings of $12-$20 per fill up.

That’s real savings and a win for City planners and area consumers.

As the J425 has previously reported, Lake Stevens Landing is a ten acre development platted for eight lots on the Lake Stevens side of SR-9 with confirmed tenants including