Another older building near the Columbia River has checked out.
The Columbia Shores offices, the white building with blue awnings built in 1968, was demolished Thursday morning. Like large portions of the Red Lion Hotel Vancouver at the Quay, it was reduced to rubble and scraped away to make room for more waterfront development.
The AC by Marriott, a proposed nine-story hotel with 160 rooms, is expected to break ground near the end of the year. So far it is the only new construction slated for Terminal 1, a mixed-use plaza to be spearheaded by the Port of Vancouver.
Total demolition of the site, at 110 Columbia St., is expected to last two weeks. Demolition won’t impact drivers nearby nor visitors to the restaurant WareHouse ’23, according to the port.
The Columbia Shores building most recently served as an office for the port, but those staffers had been moved elsewhere.
Terminal 1 is expected to be a multiyear development encompassing 10 acres of property and four city blocks. Plans include more than 300 new residences, 60,000 square feet of retail space, 200,000 square feet of commercial space and a public market.
