These are sticky times for the vaping business in Washington. But, if you’re going to be in the business, you’d want to be in the business on Capitol Hill.

“It’s the fastest growing neighborhood, maybe, in the country,” Kazu Takimoto tells CHS. “We prefer to go where we have high probability of success.”

Takimoto is one of the partners behind Beyond Vape, a maker of vaporizer products with shops from Capitola to Brooklyn. And, soon, Beyond Vape will open on Capitol Hill.

As CHS reported on the demise of the Money Mart at E Olive Way and Denny, readers let us know about the new signs going up at the former home of the Arabica Lounge. The artistic cafe carved out of a former Supercuts shuttered in February. Its next life will comes as the second Beyond Vape in Seattle joining its sibling in the U-District.

Takimoto was careful in his discussion with CHS. He said that the vaping industry is wary of press right now in Washington because of ongoing debate in the state over vaping:

Gov. Inslee wants to impose a 95 percent tax on electronic cigarettes, citing concerns that new data shows Washington’s eighth and 10th grade students use electronic cigarettes, called vaping, at more than twice the rate they smoke tobacco.

Takimoto would say Beyond Vape’s products are considered to be high quality and “as clean as possible.” Part of Beyond Vape’s success as it has expanded to eight stores, he said, has been its focus on quality products and not “knock-offs” he said are found at typical smoke shops.

Beyond Vape Capitol Hill is slated to open in a few weeks. The shop will not feature a smoking lounge like some other Beyond Vape locations due to space constraints, Takimoto said.

It joins local Future Vapor on 12th Ave as a dedicated provider of vaporizer equipment and supplies in the neighborhood.