A California-based aerospace manufacturer has made an offer to purchase a 3.4-acre lot in the Port of Camas-Washougal’s industrial park, where it plans to construct a 16,000-square-foot facility that would bring at least 100 jobs to east Clark County.
United Precision Corporation (UPC), which purchased 200,000 square feet of developable land in the Steigerwald Commerce Center in 2021 for $1.58 million, is “interested in further expansion and possibly (building) a research and development facility” on Lot 14E, Port business development director Derek Jaeger said Oct. 4, during a Port Commission meeting.
“We understand 14E … is one of our primary lots, so we’ll ask a premier price for it,” Jaeger said. “Right now, we’re looking at $1.245 million. We’re still negotiating.”
Port commissioners, who are tentatively scheduled to vote on the agreement during their next meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 18, voiced their approval of the proposed sale.
“I appreciate the fact that UPC is interested in continuing to develop their business here at the Port,” Commissioner Larry Keister said. “We’ve sold two parcels to them (in the past), and the reason that the Commission decided to make those sales was to make sure that we got UPC to locate here. It’s a different type of company than we’ve dealt with in the past. Them asking to purchase land to build another building kind of cements their long-term vision for this area. (It will) benefit our community.”