A motorist passes an empty field, right, where a Home2Suites is proposed near Southeast Mill Plain, on Thursday afternoon, April 4, 2024. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
As plans continue to further develop The Landing at Vancouver, a Home2Suites by Hilton extended stay hotel has been proposed off Southeast Olympia Drive, just north of Mill Plain Boulevard in east Vancouver.
The proposed four-story hotel is expected to have 107 rooms, according to pre-planning documents submitted to the city of Vancouver.
Home2Suites is a Hilton Hotels concept. There are two other Home2Suites in the Portland area — one near Portland International Airport and the other in Hillsboro, Ore.
About a dozen hotels exist in east Vancouver near or along Mill Plain Boulevard. Several are extended stay hotels. Another Hilton-affiliated property, Hampton Inn & Suites Portland/Vancouver, neighbors the proposed Home2Suites project.
The new proposal includes plans for a 68,000-square-foot building, an outdoor dining patio, fire pit patio, grilling patio and pool area.
The proposed site is currently vacant — a part of The Landing at Vancouver area, which is about half developed.
The city of Vancouver approved a master plan for the 49-acre Landing at Vancouver in 2005 to be anchored by a lifestyle shopping center, similar to Oregon’s Bridgeport Village, that was never built. The plan was later revised to include apartments and an assisted-living facility, which were built between 2017 and 2019. From 1944 to 2006 the site was home to Evergreen Airport, a privately owned general aviation airport.
The property’s owners, listed simply as Landing at Vancouver LLC, recently submitted a revised master plan to the city.
The revised plan includes building a motor vehicle sales operation, as well as a hotel, a drive-thru restaurant, a convenience store and car wash, as well as leaving some open space. Coinciding with the proposal, Holman Auto Group submitted plans to the city earlier this year to build a Lexus dealership at The Landing at Vancouver.
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