State officials say the number of car trips on local roads has doubled in metropolitan Seattle in the last two decades, while roads have increased only 10 percent. Chronic traffic trouble spots like the Renton S-curves can be enough to discourage a growing company from expanding in Renton, Costello adds. For now, though, the construction boom continues as announcements of more proposed developments become daily events. Why not, when a developer like Quadrant breaks ground on 72,000 square feet of office, research and development space north of Lynnwood and leases 40 percent of it before its scheduled April completion. I think the '80s are not that far in the past.
People still have pretty good memories.
We're all still going to remember. Carol Ryan is associate editor of Washington CEO magazine. Breaking ground May 1. Another 100,000 square feet proposed, no construction schedule yet. In progress, opening January 1999.