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1 day ago | 
columbian.com | Sarah Wolf
Plans are afoot for a new 40-pump Costco gas station near the company’s central Vancouver location. The retail giant wants to tear down its gas station at its warehouse north of Padden Parkway and build a much larger one across the street, according to planning documents submitted to the city of Vancouver.
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1 day ago | 
columbian.com | Sarah Wolf
Clark County’s sewing shops are seeing more foot traffic since Joann Fabric and Craft stores shuttered late last month. The retailer announced in February it was closing all of its 444 stores nationwide, including two in Vancouver. As of this month, Joann is officially gone. Miki Landis runs a fabric shop in downtown Vancouver that also plays host to a regular quilting group.
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2 days ago | 
columbian.com | Sarah Wolf
A local developer plans to bring in 36 multifamily units, as well as a building that could be used for office or retail space, along Northeast 136th Avenue in east Vancouver. The project, headed by Vancouver-based MAJ Development Corp., would include a single-story, 2,400-square-foot office or retail building to the south and a three-story, multifamily building to the north, according to pre-planning documents submitted to the city of Vancouver earlier this month.
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1 week ago | 
columbian.com | Sarah Wolf
News / Business / Clark County Business 'The Vancouver Convention Center is really a draw that brings people from across the country' By Sarah Wolf, Columbian staff reporter Published: June 20, 2025, 6:08am This article is available exclusively to subscribers like you. Downtown Vancouver wasn’t always as up-and-coming as it is today. The Waterfront Vancouver was once an aging industrial area and Esther Short Park was described as “an overgrown blackberry patch.” The Hilton Vancouver...
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1 week ago | 
columbian.com | Sarah Wolf
East Vancouver’s budding auto dealership cluster is taking shape. Plans for another dealership — this time, Land Rover — were submitted to the city earlier this month. Four additional auto dealerships are in the works near the intersection of 136th Avenue and Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard, including a Lexus dealership under construction.
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1 week ago | 
columbian.com | Sarah Wolf
News / Business / Clark County Business By Sarah Wolf, Columbian staff reporter Published: June 17, 2025, 12:38pm Total Wine & More near Vancouver Mall reopened Tuesday morning, the company said on its social media page. The alcohol and wine mecca at 4816 N.E. Thurston Way closed in April after its roof partially collapsed. The building suffered substantial structural damage, as well as damage to the electrical and fire suppression systems, after crews stacked construction materials on the...
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1 week ago | 
columbian.com | Sarah Wolf
The historic Main Street block that’s home to the storied Brickhouse Bar & Grill is for sale. Vancouver’s prominent Hidden family put the 1400 block on the market in January for $5.9 million, according to the commercial real estate website LoopNet.com, which lists the 0.79-acre property for redevelopment. A spokesperson for the Hiddens, who own the block through Old Brickyard LLC, declined to comment on the sale.
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1 week ago | 
columbian.com | Sarah Wolf
Parents may not have to wake up quite so early to get their kids into swimming lessons this summer with two new swim schools opening in Vancouver. Goldfish Swim School opened on the east end of Vancouver Mall in April, and Emler Swim School of Vancouver is set to open at 8810 N.E. Fifth Ave. in Hazel Dell within the week. “We picked the Vancouver community because there’s a huge need,” said Bryan Ocava, regional manager for Goldfish Swim School.
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2 weeks ago | 
columbian.com | Sarah Wolf
Summer prices will likely be a mixed bag this season. April’s consumer price index for Seattle showed inflation in the area to be 1.7 percentage points higher compared with April 2024. And the latest national inflation metric released this week rose 2.4 points in May from 12 months prior.
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2 weeks ago | 
columbian.com | Sarah Wolf
The oldest company in North America — and one whose fingerprints linger in Vancouver — closed its doors earlier this week after more than three centuries in business. The Hudson’s Bay Company, an iconic Canadian retailer, officially closed June 1 after declaring bankruptcy. It sold its name and all intellectual properties to another prominent retailer, Canadian Tire, which has no plans to resurrect Hudson’s Bay, according to media reports.
