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| image = Chase Bank, 6811 132nd Avenue Northeast, City of Kirkland.jpg
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|completion_date=1987|floor_area=3,600 square feet (334.5 m²)|coordinates={{coord|47.666130|-122.164560|display=inline,title}}}}'''6811 132nd Avenue Northeast''' is a building in [[Kirkland, Washington|Kirkland]], [[Washington]], located in the northeast end of the [[Bridle Trails Shopping Center]]. It is currently the location of a '''[[Chase Bank]]''' branch.
 
==History==
===Dairy Queen (1987–2017)===
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The building was originally built as a [[Dairy Queen]] restaurant in 1987<ref name=":0">[https://blue.kingcounty.com/Assessor/eRealProperty/Detail.aspx?ParcelNbr=1241500310 King County Department of Assessments]'s information page on the building.</ref>, featuring an indoor dining area, drive-thru, and unique wooden play structure accessible through the side of the building. In 1992, ownership and operation of the building were taken over by Kristine and Cameron Ott.<ref name=":1">[https://www.kirklandreporter.com/business/locally-owned-dairy-queen-closed-in-wake-of-bridle-trails-shopping-center-purchase/ "Locally owned Dairy Queen closed in wake of Bridle Trails Shopping Center purchase"], Kirkland Reporter, December 21, 2017.</ref> In the summer of 2011, the restaurant underwent renovations<ref name=":2">[https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6659567,-122.1643086,3a,75y,315.92h,78.57t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sziTf4P2KPAxgzlJGgh9DRw!2e0!5s20110701T000000!7i13312!8i6656 Google Maps Street View capture] of the building undergoing the remodel, July 2011.</ref>, updating the exterior and interior dining area (which were unaltered since opening) to fit with the more modern "Grill 'n Chill" style commonly seen with other Dairy Queen locations at the time. This came with the removal of the outdoor play structure; the space in which it stood was paved with concrete and became an outdoor eating area.<ref name=":2" /> Between 2011 and 2014, the restaurant's branding was changed from "DQ Restaurant" into "DQ Grill 'n Chill", and an Orange Julius sign was added beneath the Dairy Queen logo on the front of the building.
[[File:Dairy Queen, Bridle Trails Shopping Center (2011-2017).jpg|thumb|The front of the building as it looked in May 2017]]
On October 13, 2016, PNW Bridle Trails LLC sold the Bridle Trails Shopping Center to Retail Opportunity Investments Corporation, or ROIC, for $32.2 million.<ref name=":0" /> The following year, ROIC refused to negotiate an extension on the restaurant's lease, according to the Otts, who had planned on operating the business "for at least another 10 years". Stuart Tanz, the president of ROIC, however, claimed the Otts ''did'' in fact have an opportunity to extend the lease, but simply chose not to.<ref name=":1" /> The Dairy Queen closed permanently on December 7, 2017, and the building began to be gutted and stripped of its DQ fixtures, equipment, and furniture the following week. Despite this, unknowing customers who arrived at the former restaurant in the days following were offered complementary Blizzard treats by the owners "to help with the news."<ref name=":1" />
===Chase Bank (2018–present)===
The nearby family-owned [[Red Apple Market]] grocery store located in the shopping center, which had occupied its space since the late 1990s, closed just a few months after Dairy Queen in February 2018 due to increased rent brought on by ROIC among several other factors, including a dwindling shopper-base.<ref>[https://www.kirklandreporter.com/business/bridle-trails-red-apple-to-close-in-february/ "Bridle Trails Red Apple to close in February"], Kirkland Reporter, September 21, 2017.</ref> The Chase Bank branch formerly stationed within the Red Apple store was soon relocated into the Dairy Queen building, and opened to the public at or around the same time as Red Apple's replacement, [[Grocery Outlet]], on August 23, 2018.<ref>[https://www.kirklandreporter.com/news/grocery-outlet-bargain-market-to-open-store-in-bridle-trails/ "Grocery Outlet Bargain Market to open store in Bridle Trails"], Kirkland Reporter, August 17, 2018.</ref> Although the building was again renovated for Chase, many components from its days as Dairy Queen remain, such as retaining the door to the former outdoor patio (which now leads to a pathway back to the front of the building), reusing the drive-thru as a drive-up ATM, and using the "Grill 'n Chill"-style rock pillar near the sidewalk as a sign for the bank, which once held the Dairy Queen logo.
 
== Gallery ==
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File:Dairy Queen, Bridle Trails Shopping Center front counter.jpg|The Dairy Queen's front counter/registers, with a unique mirror seen above the kitchen.
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