Developer submits plans for office building.
The Vancouver offices of the state Department of Social and Health Services will consolidate and lease space in an office building set to break ground in September and finish next fall at Northeast 136th Avenue and Ninth Street.
Space in the two-story building will house between 350 and 360 employees, bringing five separate DSHS agencies closer together to share a computer system, as well as conference rooms and an employee lunch space, said Jeff Willis, manager of lease facilities for DSHS. He said most of those workers now report to separate offices in the former Tower Mall at 5411 E. Mill Plain Blvd., about four miles away.
“This project collocates multiple DSHS programs in one facility, reducing square feet and cost, and creating operational efficiencies for both staff and customers,” Willis said.