On Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 3:14:07 AM UTC-8, Julie Bove wrote:
> Has anyone here heard of this type of store? Someone had told me that the
> property where Lynnwood (WA) High School once was is going to be a Costco.
> This person sometimes gets things wrong and I hadn't hear this from anyone
> else, plus I thought this didn't sound like a good location given its
> proximity to the Alderwood Mall. It already has serious traffic jams. But
> my hairdresser confirmed that not only will it be a Costco, but a Super
> Costco. However, she did not know what this meant.
>
> I did try to look it up. This story does confirm that there will be a
> Costco and they are putting in a new road so that will help.
>
> http://www.theheraldbusinessjournal....BJ02/140809955
>
> But the only information I can come up with about a Super Costco, also
> referred to as Costco Extra! are only things I see on forums where people
> are discussing this and some sources say that what is being discussed is
> bogus information. I can't come up with anything that seems for real about
> this. It is also possible that my hairdresser was wrong on this.

At 150,000 square feet, the proposed new Costco would be just a normal
sized one. "Average" does notsound like "Super" or "Extra!"

The largest US Costco -- in Hillsboro, Oregon -- is one-third bigger
at 200,000 square feet. But I am unaware that even that one is called
"Super" or "Extra!"