PORT ANGELES — Wal-Mart still hasn’t purchased the former-Kmart shopping center east of Port Angeles.
But plans are under way to potentially build a Wal-Mart Superstore on the site.
On Thursday, Clallam County officials met with the site’s current Kent-based owner, Michael Dunne, for a pre-permit application conference in Port Angeles.
In that meeting, preliminary development plans were unveiled for the site, said Rob Robertsen, director of the county’s Department of Community Development.
“What they are proposing is to tear down the old Kmart store, tear down the Fashion Bug and put in a huge retail complex,” said Robertsen.
“What they’ve done now is just a proposal.
“We understand that by fall, they will make a formal permit application.”
203,000-square-foot store
Documents that spell out preliminary plans for the site call for a 203,000-square-foot structure to be built after the existing building, which is 87,000 square feet, is torn down.
The new proposed structure would include a drive-up pharmacy, grocery and possibly an individual septic system built on a vacant adjacent property.
Eric Berger, Wal-Mart spokesman in Seattle, said that Wal-Mart continues to be interested in purchasing the site to build a Wal-Mart Superstore.
“We continue to evaluate options to expand service to our customers,” said Berger on Friday.
Berger said Wal-Mart is working with Dunne to examine the permitting requirements for a potential Wal-Mart Superstore.
