Kirkland homeless hotel plans prompts large employer to exit, raising community concerns

The addition of a soon-to-be homeless hotel is causing one of Kirkland's largest employers to move out of town.

"This week INRIX signed a lease which will move us out of Kirkland which has been our home for the past 18 years," he wrote. "Why? (Because) the City of Kirkland made a decision to put a homeless hotel right across the street from our current headquarters."

Mistele went on to claim that no drug testing would be required at the facility and there would be no real supervision on-site.

As KOMO News first reported in March 2023, the Kirkland City Council approved a plan to turn the former La Quinta Inn hotel into housing for homeless people.
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