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===Dairy Queen (1987–2017)===
[[File:Dairy Queen, Bridle Trails Shopping Center, pre-2011.png|left|thumb|The building as it was occupied by Dairy Queen pre-2011, with the franchise's infamous "red roof" style many of its restaurants utilized in the 1980s.]]
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
[[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. Stuart Tanz, the president of ROIC, however, claimed the Otts ''did'' 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" />
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