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Here are some of the top stories on columbian.com this week:
A 113-acre Vancouver property along the Columbia River in the Columbia Business Center has sold for a record-setting $96 million.
The sale is the largest single transaction by price for industrial land on record in the Portland-Vancouver market, according to real estate group Newmark.
After a record sales year, Burgerville is entering an era of growth.
The Vancouver company has signed a lease for its first new location in eight years.
After five years of construction at Portland International Airport, the final piece — the reconstructed main terminal — will open in May.
Gone is the dark and dingy Concourse A, once used for regional flights, and in its place is an extended Concourse B with airy ceilings and ample seating. The Concourse E Extension — serving Southwest Airlines, United Airlines and Air Canada — has opened, and the new transportation plaza and rental car center are open. The projects are a part of the $2 billion PDX Next rebuilding and airport expansion, primarily funded by the airlines.
A man was killed Sunday night when he was struck by a vehicle in east Vancouver and then run over by a second vehicle that fled the scene, according to the Vancouver Police Department.
About 6:50 p.m., a 67-year-old man was crossing Fourth Plain Boulevard near the intersection with 137th Street. He was not in a crosswalk, police said.
Flames engulfed a dead man’s body on the sidewalk at West Ninth and Columbia streets in Vancouver five days before Christmas.
That man was 30-year-old Demetrius Coles. Forty-five homeless people died in 2023. Coles’ death, the final of the year, was the one that captured widespread attention.
