Haub May Build More Commercial Space

Erivan Haub, the German billionaire and occasional Gig Harbor resident responsible for the Columbia Bank building on South 13th and A street, is considering a new commerical project according to Voelpel’s column today.  His idea?  A sixteen story office building with ground floor retail and a full seven levels of parking.  It makes my heart go pitter patter to hear words like these…  Of course, the catch is that the land is already owned by Mr. Haube and the project won’t begin until tenants are signed for the space.  It’s a bit of chicken and egg.  What comes first?  The interested tenant looking for a kick-ass space or the building that offers kick-ass space…  Talk is talk.

Of course I am also a strong believer in Tacoma’s future and absolutely believe we need more top-of-the-line office space in town to help absorb that future.  The condos are great, but without places to work we become a commuter city.  I may have said this before in a Business Examiner article…

We’ll see.

Link to The News Tribune