Dan Fumano: New chapter for old Army & Navy building Analysis: The shelter "sleeping pod" is one of many examples, big and small, of COVID-19 spurring innovations that could outlast the pandemic. Author of the article: Dan Fumano Publishing date: May 16, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 4 minute read • Duncan Higgon, senior manager of housing at the Portland Hotel Community Services Society, left, and Tanya Fader, director of housing for the PHS, at the former Army & Navy department store in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside on May 13. Photo by Jason Payne /PNG Article content While Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is still feeling the loss of the Army & Navy, the discount department store’s former home will soon open its doors to a new incarnation that will once again serve the community, but in a new way.