The City of Vancouver's East Precinct facility currenlty houses both VPD and the Public Works Construction Services Division. VPD occupies 16,178 SF and Construction Services occupies 10,000 SF. VPD growth in staff and space needs requires additional space at VPD East Precinct; relocating Construction Services to alternate space was determined to be appropriate to provide this additional space for VPD.
Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) headquarters building located at 1018 NE 51st Cir, Vancouver, WA 98682, was identified as viable space for Construction Services based on the location, lease rate, square footage availability that meets Construction Services current and projected staffing needs, and synergy and partnership opportunities with WSDOT.
The lease agreement negotiated with WSDOT is for approximately 15,776 square feet for a Five-year (5-year) period. The lease rate will be a fixed rate of $19.82 per square foot of office and $10.50 per square foot of secured storage for the five-year term.
VPD East Precinct Background: In 2005, the City of Vancouver Police Department, Public Works and Parks & Recreation collaborated to build the VPD East Police Precinct facility and adjacent neighborhood park.
At that time, both the Police Department and Public Works Construction Services were leasing space at non-city owned facilities. This collaboration resulted in the ability to build a new east precinct that would accommodate VPD and Construction Service’s then current needs and provide future growth space for VPD.