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Coastal Farm & Ranch makes it official, submits plans for new store in Lacey

Coastal Farm & Ranch is opening a store in Lacey, according to city information.

The business, which operates a number of stores in the Northwest, submitted a site plan review application to the city, which was deemed complete this week, city information shows.

Coastal plans to redevelop the former Shopko building in Lacey, near the Regal Martin Village movie theaters, into a home and garden store with a 25,000-square-foot exterior storage yard and propane filling station.

The site address is 5500 Martin Way E. The former Shopko building has been vacant since 2019.

Representatives of Coastal met with Lacey development officials in May to get feedback on the proposal.

Coastal has stores in the region but none in Thurston County.

There is a public comment period associated with the proposal, which ends at 5 p.m. Aug. 31. To comment, contact Reace Fant, assistant planner at Lacey’s Department of Community Development, at 420 College St. SE, Lacey, WA 98503 or at 360-491-5642.

This story was originally published August 20, 2021 at 5:15 AM.

Rolf Boone
The Olympian
Rolf has worked at The Olympian since August 2005. He covers breaking news, the city of Lacey and business for the paper. Rolf graduated from The Evergreen State College in 1990. Support my work with a digital subscription
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