Category Archives: Downtown

Public Market Community Open House this Saturday

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A Community Open House for the planned James Beard Public Market will take place this Saturday, December 13th at OMSI, from 2pm – 5pm. As was first reported in Portland Monthly, the design of the building is being led by Norwegian architects Snøhetta. The market is proposed for land at the Morrison Bridge Head, currently owned by Multnomah County. The county agreed in 2012 to sell the land to a group including the Public Market Foundation and Melvin Mark Development. The Foundation intends to build a daily, year-round, indoor-outdoor marketplace, which would include 50 permanent vendors, 40 day tables, full-service restaurants, a teaching kitchen and an event space.

The open house will be an opportunity to meet the design team, share ideas, and influence the design. There will be a presentation at 2:30 PM by the architects, the Market’s non-profit foundation, and Mayor Hales. The event is free to the public, and children are welcome.

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12|Stark under construction in the West End (images)

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12|Stark will be latest addition to Downtown’s West End, which has seen an explosion in retail in recent years. The 1918 building is currently undergoing a major transformation, which includes a seismic upgrade. The project will see the building’s ground floor change from an office use to retail, and will potentially include a roof terrace. As reported by Samantha Bakall in the Oregonian, Bamboo Sushi will open the second branch of its sister restaurant Bamboo Izakaya. Other tenants will include Kure Juice bar and Timbuk2. Two spaces remain available. The project is scheduled for completion in 2015.

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More images released of 4th & Harrison

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As the SW 4th & Harrison student housing project by Core Campus heads to its first Design Advice hearing, more images have been published to the City of Portland website. The lead architect on the project is Hartshorne Plunkard of Chicago, with Myhre Group of Portland acting as Consulting Architects.

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The U-shaped building includes 30,000 SF of retail at the first floor, and 14 floors of apartments. Two levels of underground parking are proposed, with 192 spaces, for the use of both the residents and the grocer. Outdoor amenity spaces are provided on the 2nd floor courtyard and on a roof deck at the 15th floor.

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Park Avenue West (images)

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Anyone who has been near Downtown Portland lately will have noticed the construction of Park Avenue West, a 30 story building rising adjacent to Director Park. The project is the third skyscraper built by TMT Development, whose founder Tom Moyer passed away last week at the age of 95. Previous projects included the 1000 Broadway building, which was completed in 1991, and the Fox Tower, which was completed in 2000.

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The tower, designed by TVA Architects, rises to 460′ — the maximum height allowed Downtown by Portland’s zoning code. A spire extends the total height to 501′-7″. The lower two floors will be retail, and the next 15 floors are residential, with 211 apartments. The top 13 floors are offices, whose anchor tenant will be law firm Stoel Rives. The building will be served by 6 levels of underground parking.

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Curio Hotel by Hilton (images)

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The Oregonian reported earlier in the year that Hilton planned to open a new hotel in Downtown Portland in 2016, under its new Curio Collection brand. That project is now set to have its first Design Advice hearing on December 4th, prior to submitting the project for a full Type III Design Review. The architects are HC Architecture of Atlanta.

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AC by Marriott heading to Design Review

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The team behind the proposed AC by Marriott hotel in Downtown have applied for a full Type III Design Review. The 13 story hotel, first announced in August, will have 204 bedrooms, as well as a bar, lounge, lobby and dining room on the first floor. No on-site parking is proposed. The developer is Minneapolis based Mortenson, who are also developing the Convention Center Hotel. The architects are SERA.

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First image of the 15 story student housing project at 4th & Harrison

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A Design Advice Request posting notice [PDF] shows the first image of a proposed 15 story building in Downtown Portland. The project, by Core Campus, includes 30,000 SF of retail at the first floor, and 14 floors of apartments, aimed at the student market. Two levels of underground parking are proposed, with 192 spaces, for the use of both the residents and the grocer. Outdoor amenity spaces are provided on the 2nd floor courtyard and on a roof deck at the 15th floor.

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PSU Viking Pavilion

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Rendering EAST SIDE VIKING PAVILION

2012 rendering of the PSU Viking Pavilion

The Oregonian reported Wednesday that Portland State University Head Football Coach Nigel Burton’s contract is being terminated. Included in the story was the following statement from PSU President Wim Wiewel:

“We’ll soon be hiring a new athletic director who will decide on a permanent head coach and start construction on our new Viking Pavilion Athletic and educational building.”

The proposed Viking Pavilion will be located on the South Park Blocks, at the location of the existing Peter W. Stott Center.

Hotel Cornelius, back from the dead

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As recently as mid-2013, Downtown Portland’s historic—and long vacant—Hotel Cornelius was under threat of demolition by its then owners, TMT. Fortunately the building was sold to Arthur Mutal, a developer with a growing portfolio of adaptive reuse projects. At the time of the sale they were still considering their options for the property, which included “multifamily housing and creative offices”, as reported in the Oregonian.

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