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Here's a little development that's been going on downtown.

From The Columbian

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/j...own-vancouver/

Downtown Vancouver’s Hudson Building a mix of old and new

The Hudson, named for the region’s early traders at Fort Vancouver, is the first new downtown office building in recent memory. Watching the time-lapse video of the construction that started in March 2015 doesn’t do justice to what it took to get here.

Tyler said Killian years ago bought the property that had been home to a rundown residential hotel and former nightclub. Along with the Columbia Bank building it built next door, Killian has long had plans for the corner of Sixth and Main.

“It’s meant to fill a need not being met in downtown Vancouver,” Tyler said.

Killian is moving its offices from another downtown location to the Hudson, as is Mackenzie, the regional architect, planning and engineering firm. The first tenant to give the building life is Pacific Continental Bank, based in Eugene, Ore.

“It’s a great time for Vancouver. We consider this our office of the future,” said Kristi Weaver, senior vice president of the bank. “We haven’t built an office in 10 years. We could have done this anywhere in our footprint — Eugene, Seattle, Tacoma — but we did this here because this is where it’s growing, where there is tremendous opportunity.”

The bank will take a major ground-floor footprint to serve — and perhaps impress — its largely business and nonprofit customers.