Clark County records list the previous owner for both restaurant properties as a company called ACW Properties LLC.
There is no timeline for when the restaurants will close. And the project does not have a groundbreaking date.
The proposed two-building complex would include 300,000 square feet of residential space and 50,000 square feet for retail. The project is planned to include office, hotel and restaurant space in addition to the residential component. The buildings will include parking.
“It will be the perfect continuation of the city’s newly revitalized waterfront, and will bring exciting new life to the other side of the Interstate Bridge,” Kirkland said. “As a Vancouver native, I’m incredibly thrilled and proud to be helping reshape one of our city’s biggest assets — its waterfront. It’s even more special since the location is in many ways the visual gateway to both Vancouver and the state of Washington as you cross the bridge from Portland.”
Early conceptual renderings show two buildings of roughly equal size that are each approximately nine stories tall. Each building in the concept rendering features a multistory glass frontage on the lower floors facing the river, looking out at a walking path along the river’s edge.
Details about the internal configuration of the towers — such as if one will be for residential use and the other for hotel use — are not yet known, Hunter said.
Kirkland said he was drawn to the site because it presented an opportunity to revitalize a key piece of Vancouver’s waterfront, and because he wanted to retain the site as an important place for the Vancouver community.
“It’s the last great piece of property that abuts the river for commercial use,” he said.
A short city-owned pier runs along the river’s edge to the west of Joe’s Crab Shack and connects to a narrow walking path along the south side of both restaurants, eventually connecting to the city’s Waterfront Renaissance Trail.
The pier was built in 1991 to serve as a safe and accessible fishing spot, but closed in 2007 due to a deteriorating support structure and issues with the foundation. The pathway by the restaurants is also closed. Kirkland said his goal is to incorporate the trail into the new development to create a connected waterfront walking area.
