June 28, 2013 Palms Plaza, the unique Mediterranean inspired center landscaped by Windmill Palm trees and home to Vancouver’s only 24-Hour Fitness Super Sports, will soon welcome CRAVE grille to the center. CRAVE grille is a contemporary casual restaurant that offers delicious American cuisine. Their goal is to bring all the details necessary from the first contact to the last bite, and exceed the expectations of their guests. CRAVE grille…
Clark County Waives Fees: Jobs May Develop
Consider the floodgates open. In another political victory for Clark County Commissioner David Madore, his plan to eliminate all traffic impact and permit fees for nonresidential development was approved Tuesday by a 2-1 vote of commissioners. The move is a keystone in Madore’s plan to crack “open the floodgates” of jobs, a campaign promise the first-term commissioner touted during his successful bid for election last year. The plan expands on…
MAJ Development Sells 7-Eleven Site for 1.56 Million
The developers of a Vancouver 7-Eleven store on St. Johns Boulevard sold the site this month for $1.56 million to an unidentified private investor. Vancouver-based MAJ Development Corp. and partners originally paid $595,000 for the commercial site, a former branch of First Independent Bank at 4500 N.E. St. Johns Blvd. MAJ redeveloped the existing building into a convenience market, which it then leased to 7-Eleven before selling the property. MAJ…
Buyers Expect to Pay $3.6M for Downtown Building
A downtown Vancouver office building is being sold for $3.6 million to local investors, about eight months after it was acquired by West Coast Bank in lieu of foreclosure. Real estate broker and developer Michael Jenkins expects to purchase the site with Darryl Horowitz of National Investment Finance in Vancouver. It will become headquarters for Jenkins’ two Vancouver-based companies, Coldwell Banker Commercial Jenkins Associates and MAJ Development Corp. The building…
Coldwell Banker Commercial Gets New Building, New Name
Local real estate agent Michael Jenkins is now the sole owner of Coldwell Banker Commercial (CBC) in Vancouver after buying out his partner, Bob Bernhardt. The agency, which will operate under the name CBC Jenkins & Associates, is also planning on moving into a new, larger building this fall. “It has been in the works for a while,” Jenkins said, regarding the buyout. “[Bernhardt] wanted to be more of an…
Plans for Mini Mart Stir Objections
Handy Andy’s biggest business is the standard fare for those on the go: snacks, beer, cigarettes. It’s also what two other nearby stores — Oscar’s Market and a Chevron mini mart — offer as their bread and butter. That’s why the stores’ local owners — and many residents — in the St. Johns and West Minnehaha neighborhoods were confused when they heard about plans for a fourth convenience store in…