HP has submitted an update to its master plan for a campus in east Vancouver bear the intersection of 192 Avenue and First Street, pictured here in 2022. The HP site is on the righthand side of the photo south of the semi parking area. Retail in Lacamas Crossing on the corner started opening earlier this year. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files)Photo Gallery
Technology hardware company HP Inc. submitted a new master plan application for its property in east Vancouver’s Section 30, according to a city of Vancouver spokesman.
The Vancouver City Council approved the company’s first master plan for a multibuilding, 1.5 million-square-foot complex in 2021.
The new HP East Master Plan encompasses about 30 acres of HP’s 98-acre property at 18208 S.E. First St. The new section is located just east of the previously proposed campus — north of Southeast First Street and east of the future extension of Northeast 184th Street.
“In 2018, HP reviewed its options for planned growth over the next 15-20 years for office, research and development … and determined the city of Vancouver an excellent location to expand its footprint,” states a planning document obtained by The Columbian.
“HP’s deep community connection, developed over nearly four decades, gave the company confidence to continue to grow with the city of Vancouver as it moves forward to develop the last large swath of vacant land currently within the city’s urban growth boundary in Section 30,” the document states.
Section 30 is a square mile in east Vancouver that city officials are shaping into a neighborhood with places to live, work and recreate.
HP’s new master plan shows a proposal for six new buildings interspersed with open spaces and plazas in the HP East property.
“HP’s planned new campus is a strong statement about the company’s long-standing commitment to this community,” said Patrick Quinton, economic development director for the city.
“In addition to anchoring the redevelopment of Section 30 that will attract hundreds of millions in private investment to the region, the company’s continued investment in Vancouver helps ensure that our community has accessible, livable-wage jobs and remains at the forefront of the innovation economy,” he added.
Quinton said the city is committed to partnering with HP to make its new campus a reality.
HP, which builds printers and computers, has had a presence in Vancouver for decades, establishing an ink-jet printer plant in the city in 1979.
The company previously occupied what is now the Vancouver Innovation Center in east Vancouver. Now it operates at the nearby Columbia Tech Center.
But the city agreed the company could move to a new campus in Section 30 in 2019.
An HP spokesman said construction is underway at the company’s Section 30 campus, and the company still expects to move in 2026.
The public has until Nov. 25 to comment on the new proposal.
The city expects the application to go before its planning commission early next year and to the city council next spring.
City spokesman Tim Becker said announcements for both the planning commission and city council public hearings will be published in the newspaper and on the city’s website.
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