Union Station retail center rises in east Vancouver

Work progresses on Union Station, another retail center to suit east Vancouver’s rising business class.

The mixed-use development, at Southeast 192nd Avenue just north of Costco, will offer nearly 30,000 square feet of commercial space. A third building is proposed for later, according to engineers on the project.

That much space could welcome more than a dozen businesses. Coffee shop Black Rock is already open. The Gyro Shack and Vancouver pub Pacific House are slated to open locations there, as well as a yoga studio, nail salon and more.

Hurley Development, headquartered in Vancouver, said it hoped to tap into the growth near the Vancouver-Camas border.

“It’s just a really healthy corridor,” said President Ryan Hurley. “We really felt like a center with fresh contemporary design and a focus on health was a good and needed approach.”

It’s a well-tailored approach for east Vancouver, which has added hotels, shops and restaurants in the wake of companies like Fisher Investments and Banfield Pet Hospital arriving.

“It’s definitely not a surprise,” said Jacquie Morales, president of the East Vancouver Business Association. She added that the organization has doubled in size in the past five years, standing now at 300 members.