Frederick's
Appliances

Initially, Frederick’s occupied the location of the former Old Custer Hardware at 16109 Redmond Way, in Redmond’s first strip mall, and offered a range of General Electric products. Habenicht sold the business to Midland Appliance, of Vancouver British Columbia 19 years later, over health concerns. The Fred Habenicht Rotary Park on the Cedar River in Maple Valley bears his name, and reflects his love of steelhead fishing.

The Blakemores came to Redmond to manage Frederick’s for Midland and purchased the business outright a year later in 1991. At that point they had 2.5 employees and a single delivery truck. One of their employees, Charlie Rowan, has been with them from the start, and two of their four children, Ryan and Bailey, are also part of the Frederick’s team.

Redmond’s high-tech boom brought a significant amount of business to Frederick’s and dramatically increased the range of higher-end products they offered.

In 2010, the business moved from Redmond Way to 7509 159th Pl NE, amid a spate of new high-rise apartment and office buildings, and mere blocks from their original location. Two doors down, Frederick’s Outlet serves as a distribution center and discount center for floor models and freight-damaged merchandise.