Tuesday night's rainstorm is being blamed, at least initially, for the partial collapse of a roof in an empty retail spot in the Capital Village Shopping Center at 400 Cooper Point Road SW shopping center in West Olympia.
Both the Ace Hardware store and the West Side Station of the US Postal Service located there were closed on Friday, December 2, three days after the storm.
Staff from the retailer were on hand to help customers who arrived at the store; one told The JOLT that they are working to reopen the store in coming days but would not offer details.
The postal service posted signs on the glass that read, "We will be closed until further notice due to water leak. You can pick-up [sic] your mail starting tomorrow 12-1-2022 @ Tumwater Station located: 200 Israel Road SE, Tumwater, WA 98501."
The postal station and retailer are located on either side of an empty space at the south end of the strip mall. The roof of the empty space failed, flooding the center space. Water from the empty space flowed into the spaces on either side.
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glmilligan
My hat's off to The Jolt. I didn't see this covered in the other paper at all.
Thanks for being a real home-town paper!
Saturday, December 3, 2022 Report this
FirstOtter
Oh, no. This is so strange. I hope the businesses affected recover soon.
Sunday, December 4, 2022 Report this