Initial lineup announced at Grand Central
Fred Meyer will have celebrated its grand opening at Grand Central April 16, and joining the store at the Killian Pacific development are several restaurant and commercial uses.
Among those tenants that have signed leases are Lapellah – a new restaurant by Brad Root, who owns Roots Restaurant in East Vancouver – Martel’s Wine Shop, Above and Beyond Dentistry, The Hasson Co. Realtors, The Barbers, FedEx Kinko’s, Panda Express, Subway, T-Mobile, The Rock Wood Fired Pizza and a branch of Columbia Credit Union.
There is space left at the development that has 196,000 square feet of commercial space – 139,000 square feet of which is used by Fred Meyer, according to Portland-based MBM Properties, the leasing agent for the project.
Miyamoto comes to Vancouver
California-based Miyamoto International Structural and Earthquake Engineers is opening an office in Vancouver.
Brian Knight and Scott Nyseth, managing principals, will lead a team of engineers at the office. The company also has five offices in California and one in Tokyo.
Tidewater, Foss Maritime combine operations
Vancouver-based Tidewater Holdings Inc. has purchased all of Foss Maritime Co.’s upriver equipment and plans to hire part of the Seattle-based company’s workforce.
The new equipment is expected to expand Tidewater’s delivery of goods and services regionally.
The purchase should be complete by June and includes two tugboats and 20 barges.
Tidewater anticipates hiring some Foss employees after reviewing the needs of the combined operations, and will work with the company to avoid interrupting service of either partner.
Tidewater transports and stores petroleum products, bio-fuels, grain, fertilizer, export and solid waste containers and wood and paper products.
State unemployment up slightly in March
Washington’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rose to 4.9 percent in March, up from 4.5 percent in February, according to the state Employment Security Department.
Non-agricultural jobs were down 3,200, the first month-over-month decline in jobs in Washington since September 2007.
