Waterfront Development

Columbia River Waterfront

What's New?

State grants $1 million to help transform Vancouver’s waterfront

Development Master Plan

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Rendering courtesy of Columbia Waterfront, LLC

Development of the Vancouver waterfront will reconnect 35 acres along the Columbia River to the city's historic core, creating a vibrant community for all to explore. 

The development will cultivate a diversity of new uses: residences and offices blending with restaurants, shops and hotels; public parks and open spaces inviting residents, neighbors and visitors to come together.

Benefits

Waterfront redevelopment supports the Vancouver City Center Vision Plan and will:

• Facilitate $1.3 billion in private reinvestment
• Leverage public funding at a 30:1 ratio ($30 private to each $1 for public infrastructure)
• Meet Vancouver’s master plan call for 1 million square feet of new professional office, retail and hospitality space
• Fuel upward of 12,000 construction jobs and 2,500 permanent jobs
• Generate new state and local tax revenue.

As outlined in the VCCV Plan, the city envisions a total revitilization of Vancouver's urban waterfront focusing on residential uses supported by significant public access, recreation, cultural, hospitality, entertainment and limited commercial uses.

Private Project Development

Columbia Waterfront (CW), LLC, a group of local investors managed by Gramor Development Inc., of Tualatin, Oregon, received all land use permits for development, including the Master Plan and Shoreline Permit, on April 23, 2010. The City and CW, LLC are now working to design the half mile long, 8-acre waterfront park as envisioned in the Master Plan and Development Agreement. Furthermore, CW, LCC anticipates hiring a civil engineer and construction manager by Spring, 2011 to begin final design work for the private development of the overall project.