Focus: 25 Office Buildings Planned for Portland

Pearl West by Hacker / GBD Architects, the first new office building to break ground in the Central City after the recession

Pearl West by Hacker / GBD Architects, the first new office building to break ground in the Central City after the recession

While Portland has long been considered a desirable place to live, it has traditionally lagged its suburbs—Washington County particulary—in income and job growth. Following the recession this appears to have changed. Employers increasingly desire a location in central Portland. As commercial vacancy rates have dropped and rental rates gone up there has been a sudden influx of new office proposals.

The vast majority of these are speculative projects, where the developer starts work on the project without a specific tenant in mind. Only three of the buildings—the Daimler Trucks North America HQ, the Multnomah County Health Department HQ and the Seven Corners Community Collaborative—are planned for a specific end user.

Click through to see our roundup of the major projects going on right now, arranged in no specific order. Where a significant portion of the building will be used for functions other than office, the area of the office floors alone has been given. Note that the area of any building may not be directly comparable to another due to differences in methods for how floor area is calculated.

1 – Station Place Lot 5

Architect: Hacker / GBD Architects
Status: Design Review (approved)
Area: 167,000 sq ft

Station Place Lot 5

2 – 1440 Hoyt

Architect: Holst Architecture
Status: Design Review (approved)
Area: 75,000 sq ft

1440 Hoyt

3 – Zidell Block 6

Architect: Lever Architecture / GBD Architects
Status: Design Advice
Area: 193,165 sq ft

Zidell Block 6

4 – Clay Creative

Architect: Mackenzie
Status: Under Construction
Area: 60,000

Clay Creative

5 – 3rd and Taylor

Architect: Ankrom Moisan Architects
Status: Design Advice
Area: 180,000 sq ft (estimated – office floors)

3rd and Taylor

6 – Albina Yard

Architect: Lever Architecture
Status: Under Construction
Area: 21,000 sq ft (estimated)

4703 N Albina

7 – Con-way Leland James Center

Architect: SERA Architects
Status: Building Permit Review
Area: 122,402 sq ft

Conway Leland James Center

8 – 1638 NW Overton

Architect: Beebe Skidmore
Status: Under Construction
Area: 25,000 sq ft

1638 NW Overton Street_img_01

9 – Broadway Tower

Architect: GBD Architects
Status: Design Review (pending)
Area: 200,000 sq ft (office floors)

Broadway Tower

10 – 811 Stark

Architect: Works Partnership
Status: Under Construction
Area: 24,000 sq ft

811_stark_dz_img_01

11 – Field Office

Architect: Hacker
Status: Design Review (approved)
Area: 304,530 sq ft

Field Office

12 – The Fair-Haired Dumbbell

Architect: FFA Architecture and Interiors
Status: Building Permit Review
Area: 64,700 sq ft

The Dumbbell

13 – Park Avenue West

Architect: TVA Architects
Status: Under Construction
Area: 189,000 sq ft (office floors)

November 21, 2013 LU 13-214772 DZ - Drawings - 02

14 – Daimler Trucks North America HQ

Architect: Ankrom Moisan Architects
Status: Under Construction
Area: 265,000 sq ft

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15 – Block 136

Architect: Mithun
Status: Building Permit Review
Area: 60,000 sq ft (office floors)

Pearl Block 136

16 – Block 8L

Architect: Ankrom Moisan Architects
Status: Under Construction
Area: 100,000 sq ft (office floors – estimated)

December 1, 2014 LU 14-211555 DZM - Block 8L - Drawings-3

17 – Multnomah County Health Dept HQ

Architect: ZGF Architects
Status: Early Assistance
Area: 150,000 sq ft (estimated)

Multnomah County Health Department HQ

18 – Overland Warehouse Company

Architect: Emerick Architects
Status: Under Construction
Area: 30,000 sq ft

overland_company_warehouse_02

19 – Mason Erhman Building Annex

Architect: SERA Architects
Status: Design Review (approved)
Area: 20,000 sq ft

Mason Erhman Annex / Zellerbach Paper Company Building

20 – 120 Clay

Architect: Mackenzie / Potestio Studio
Status: Early Assistance
Area: 75,000 sq ft

120 SE Clay

21 – Pearl West

Architect: Hacker / GBD Architects
Status: Under Construction
Area: 230,000 sq ft

June 2, 2014 LU 14-137564 DZM HR - Drawings - 01

22 – Zidell Block 4

Architect: Lever Architecture / GBD Architects
Status: Design Advice
Area: 108,140 sq ft

Zidell Block 4

23 – Block 75

Architect: Works Partnership
Status: Under Construction
Area: 32,290 sq ft (office floors)

block_75_03

24 – Seven Corners Community Collaborative

Architect: Waterleaf Architecture, Interiors & Planning
Status: Design Advice
Area: 25,000 sq ft (estimated)

Seven Corners Community Collaborative

25 – 12th & Morrison

Architect: Design Department / LRS Architects
Status: Design Review (pending)
Area: 58,862 sq ft

1127 SW Morrison

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