An Oregon hotelier hopes to open a boutique hotel at Columbia Point within two years.

Tom Drumheller, CEO of Escape Lodging in Cannon Beach, is no stranger to Eastern Washington. …

Drumheller’s company owns eight other properties: The Ocean Lodge at Cannon Beach; Inn at Cannon Beach; the Van Buren Lighthouse Inn, Cannon Beach; Driftwood Restaurant Inn, Cannon Beach; Cousins Restaurant and Cousins Country Inn in The Dalles; Cannon Beach RV Resort; and the Seaside Convention Center Inn in Seaside.