Washington State Liquor Control Board<\/a> re-auctioned the rights Thursday in Seattle to apply for a spirits retail liquor license at 18 state-run liquor stores statewide. The sum of individual bids totaled $5.57 million, with rights awarded to 14 successful bidders.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\u201cThese bidders are here because they want to be part of what has been a very profitable business for the state,\u201d said Pat McLaughlin, State Liquor Control Board director of business enterprise, in a media release.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The liquor board ran the auction to resell locations whose original winners had failed, for whatever reason, to complete the purchase process.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
During the online auction that ended April 20, the sum of the high bids for the 18 stores was approximately $4.6 million. At Thursday\u2019s live public re-auction, the sale price of those locations to nearly $5.6 million. A 6 percent bidder premium will be added to each successful bid for a total of approximately $5.9 million. All bidders were required to post a $10,000 bid deposit to participate in the auction.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Successful bidders earned the exclusive right to apply for a liquor license at the current location within its current footprint. All state store properties are below the 10,000 square foot threshold established by the initiative passed last year by voters to privatize sales and get the state out of the liquor business.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The new law goes into effect Friday, June 1.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Successful bidders will need to secure a lease with the property landlord. If they are unable to secure a lease, they may re-sell their right or request an alternative location within a one-mile radius of the existing location.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Panther Lake store is 4,130 square feet and had $3.7 million in gross sales in 2011. The Midway at the La Plaza strip mall has 4,200 square feet and had $2.8 million in gross sales last year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Two other liquor stores in Kent, 317 Washington Ave. S., and 25835 104th Ave. S.E., were sold to high bidders during the online auction in April.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Here’s the list of stores auctioned Thursday with location, previous price and the re-auction price:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Seattle-2nd and Seneca<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$275,100<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$475,000<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Tacoma-Central<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$252,100<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$200,000<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Marysville<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$203,100<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$235,000<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Enumclaw<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$259,100<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$310,000<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Seattle-Broadway<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$255,801<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$365,000<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Spokane-East Sprague<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$200,100<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$165,000<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Kent-Panther Lake<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n$141,100<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n$320,000<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\nKent-Midway Crossing<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n$269,100<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n$325,000<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\nBellevue-Kelsey Crossroads<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$136,000<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$245,000<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Kenmore<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$270,900<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$225,000<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Seattle-Wallingford<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$300,100<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$355,000<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Tacoma-72nd and Pacific<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$750,100<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$550,000<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Bellingham<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$305,100<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$405,000<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Ocean Shores<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$205,000<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$275,000<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Kennewick-Columbia Summit<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$295,100<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$290,000<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Vancouver<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$266,300<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$275,000<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
North Bend<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$275,300<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$235,000<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Lakewood<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$65,200<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
$320,000<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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