Other Uses for Gottschalks Building

The K.O. Erickson Trust — which owns the building where Gottschalks used to be — is losing hope of finding another department store chain to occupy the building.

They’re considering revamping the building to make it compatible with other types of tenants, and they’ve hired an architect to determine how to do this. It’s a dilemma since changing the layout of the building will probably make it impossible for a future department store to be located there.

A grocery chain — Grocery Outlet — was considering the Gottschalks building, but decided against it because of the parking situation.