JâAmy Owens always has to âpush the boundaries of conventional retailing.â
Now the Seattle Times has dug up MORE dirt on the Bill the Butcher CEOânamely, that the cash-strapped company "spent hundreds of thousands of dollars over two years" to help buy CEO JâAmy Owens a five-bedroom Queen Anne view home, with the payments portrayed as "a lease of 'corporate facilities.'â More from the Times:
Nowhere did the company disclose to shareholders that its âcorporate facilitiesâ were where Owens lived with her family: a 5.75-bath Craftsman-style house with a detached studio unit, in one of Seattleâs poshest residential neighborhoods.
A recent listing by Ewing & Clark, a marketer of high-end homes, said the property includes a âbreathtaking main home, romantic âtowerâ apartment, and authentic Japanese tea house.â
UPDATE: Here are photos of the 5,000-plus square foot home, complete with Puget Sound view (and stuffed sheep).
You'll recall that all six remaining branches of Bill the Butcher closed suddenly last week.
I still can't reach JâAmy Owens for comment; her voicemailâs been full for days.