Donegan told PSBJ that the biggest challenge to expanding is the cost of real estate in the Puget Sound region. What once was $35 to $40 per square foot is not $75 to $80.



Ivar's hasn't opened a new location since Bothell in 2013; Puyallup before that in 2011. Donegan told the Puget Sound Business Journal he'll continue to look for potential locations in Redmond, Mill Creek, Bellevue's Factoria neighborhood, Newcastle, Silverdale and Olympia.

