Port of Vancouver commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to hire Leland Consulting Group, of Portand, to help the port develop a mixed-use building at its Terminal 1 waterfront property.
The new structure would include space for Red Lion Hotels Corp., which now operates the Red Lion Hotel Vancouver at the Quay at the port-owned site. The board’s action hands Leland a contract for up to $250,000 to provide several services, including financial and market analyses.
Bringing in a consultant is part of the port’s larger effort to redevelop Terminal 1, where it owns more than 10 acres including the Red Lion Hotel Vancouver at the Quay, a public dock and a waterfront amphitheater.
The port has said the goal would be to keep the existing Red Lion hotel operating while the new mixed-use structure is being built. It’s not clear what will happen to the existing hotel site, but the port is interested in preserving at least some of its historic elements.
