The long-vacant Sears building in Lacey has a new owner and a future tenant, J&I Power Equipment co-owner Greg Longnecker told The Olympian this week. The Longnecker family, which operates a store on Pacific Avenue Southeast in Olympia and in Yelm, acquired the property at the end of January and expects to move the Olympia store into the former Sears building in the next 8-12 months, he said.

Not far from Sears is a former Rite Building. It currently is being renovated for a “specialty grocer,” according to city of Lacey information.

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