Green Lake’s Dry Cleaning Station (7404 Aurora Ave N) has closed.
Yesterday (Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011), customers’ items that had been left at Dry Cleaning Station were moved to Dry Cleaning Solutions, in Burien (15712 1st Ave S).
Dry Cleaning Solutions is open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. The shop can be reached at (206) 243-9400.
According to Dry Cleaning Station customer Chris Cerman, no advance notice was given to customers that their belongings were being moved more than 16 miles south of where they were originally dropped off for cleaning.
All dry cleaning has been removed the Aurora location.
Shallina Lakhani, owner of Regency Cleaners, had been operating Dry Cleaning Station for the last couple of years, according to property owner Virginia Roberts.
The Green Lake dry cleaner had very poor yelp reviews. “They destroyed (shrunk by over 40% and it now has a fowl odor) my silk comforter and the owner is refusing to address the issue,” yelp reviewer Susie H. wrote in June.
“The woman at the counter was sympathetic and told me that my missing pants were probably sitting on a shelf at the plant, and the workers were just too lazy to clean them,” reviewer Christy A. wrote last October. “She said she didn’t know how they stayed in business.”
According to Roberts, Lakhani was two months behind on rent. “I kicked her out at noon today,” Roberts says.
The 1089 sq. ft. property, which shares a parking lot with PCC, is located between St. Andrews Bar and Grill and Wireless Toyz. It is currently for lease and is available immediately through McKee Properties. The space, which was extensively renovated in 2004, includes a wheelchair-accessible bathroom.
The property has been in Roberts’ family for many years. Her grandfather, Homer MacDonald, a prominent Seattle banker at the turn of the last century, originally owned the building.
Roberts says that the building, which at one time housed the Lion’s Lair Tavern, used to be a center for crime. However, she says, things have turned around since St. Andrews Bar and Grill opened in 2006. According to Roberts, the bar is a popular destination for several police officers that are friends with the owners.
For more information about the space for lease, contact McKee Properties at (650) 269-8611.
