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A planned assisted living facility has joined the roster of projects slated for the Columbia Palisades area off of Highway 14, the latest in a series developments that are planned to transform the former east Vancouver rock quarry into a major commercial and residential hub.

Plans for the redevelopment were announced in 2016, but until recently work at the site has focused on grading the area and putting in new roads. That changed late last year when crews kicked off construction of a new Vancouver Clinic building.

Other projects aren’t far behind, including condos, single-family homes, townhomes, an office building and now the senior living center. Ed Freeman, vice president of Columbia Palisades Corp., said he’s in talks with a number of other developers to try to land the cornerstone piece of the project: a mixed-use development to form the core of the future community.

Senior living center

Plans for the assisted living facility first surfaced in late December. A pre-application submitted to the city of Vancouver calls for a seven-story assisted living building with approximately 150 units that would be a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units, along with a 28-unit memory care floor.

The facility would include a 15,000-square-foot common amenity space for residents with a dining room, commercial kitchen, bistro, wellness center, salon and activity room. There would also be a surface parking lot with approximately 92 spaces.