Killian Pacific is kicking into gear with some high-profile projects as summer gets underway.
In Washougal, the developers are nearly ready to break ground on The Crossing, a retail development at South Second Street and Highway 14, northeast of Parker’s Landing.
The project will be done in two phases with the first phase breaking ground in July, said leasing agent Merton Meeker, broker at Portland-based MBM Properties.
Phase one is three buildings. Columbia Credit Union bought a freestanding building and Starbucks has signed a lease in the multi-tenant second building.
The third building will house a full-service restaurant, but Meeker said he was not in a position to discuss too many particulars at this point.
The details of the second phase are wholly tenant-dependant.
Working on the project are Vancouver-based Robertson & Olson Construction, Portland-based Tiland-Schmidt Architects and Portland-based landscape architect Christopher Freshley.
Meeker said the development will be esthetically attractive with extensive use of stone, real plaster, wood and lush landscaping – very germane to the area.
In Vancouver, Killian Pacific just broke ground on Grand Central, a 196,000-square-foot development that will be anchored by Fred Meyer with eight freestanding or multi-tenant retail buildings at Highway 14 and Grand Avenue.
Meeker said the project is getting tremendous interest from a nice mix of potential tenants.
“Between Fred Meyer and that location with its accessibility and visibility, interest has been very strong,” he said. “That area is so underserved in terms of grocery, restaurants and other services. We’re fortunate in that we’re getting interest from number 1 and number 2 choices.”
In the end, it is likely four to six restaurants or food-service establishments will situate there.
The project is set to be up and running by next April.
Downtown, Killian Pacific has proposed a multi-story office and retail building on the Frontier Block across from the West Coast Bank building, and the developers continue to march through the permitting process for Riverwest, planned for the Carr auto dealership, just up the street.
Riverwest will be anchored by a new public library and have a “screaming good restaurant,” Meeker said.
Construction isn’t likely to start on the project until 2009.
