The ARCOA Mixed Use will wrap around the historic ARCOA building at 1006 SE Grand, with an eight story mass at the corner of SE 6th and Yamhill and a three story mass facing SE Grand.
Portland’s Bureau of Development Services is laying off 13 staff members, according to OPB. The Bureau is almost entirely reliant on permit fees, which have dropped sharply.
The Pearl Neighbors for Integrity in Design (PNID) are fighting the approval of the Hyatt Place and Allison Residences, which they believe will create congestion, due to the number of hotel rooms and apartments on the site and because it has no on-site parking.
The appeal against the approval of the Hyatt Place and Allison Residences by the Pearl Neighbors for Integrity in Design (PNID), a group of nearby residents unaffiliated the neighborhood association, went in front of City Council last week*. City Council will deliberate on the appeal on September 12th.
The Hyatt Regency at the Oregon Convention Center sold for $190 milion in December. It is currently closed, due to the COVID-19 crisis.
It’s been a month since we last published a ‘weekly’ roundup. The news in March was almost entirely focused on COVID-19, with few stories of the kind we normally link to published. This roundup mostly includes stories from last week, as well as a few that we missed in the previous weeks.
The Daily Journal of Commerce wrote about SERA Architects’ slightly different proposal* for 306 SE 8th. While the project was approved in 2017, the approval will expire before construction can start.
The Design Commission has approved the Hyatt Place & Allison Residences, a 23 story tower in the Pearl District. That decision has now been appealed to the City Council by the Pearl Neighbors for Integrity in Design (PNID), a group of nearby residents that is separate from the neighborhood association.
The project is being developed by Vibrant Cities in partnership with the Sunray Group, with design by Otak. The lower 11 floors of the 249′ tall building would be occupied by a 160-room Hyatt Place branded hotel. The upper 12 floors would be residential, with 113 apartment units. No vehicular parking is proposed. Bicycle parking spaces are proposed in a basement bike room.
The building will be subject to the city’s inclusionary housing rules, which require the provision of affordable housing or the payment of a fee-in-lieu.
The renovation of the Joyce Hotel by Community Partners for Affordable Housing will create 66 units of Permanent Supportive Housing, with on-site services offered by Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, Native American Rehabilitation Association, and Cascade AIDS Project.
Every week, the Bureau of Development Services publishes lists of Early Assistance applications, Land Use Reviews and Building Permits processed in the previous week. We publish the highlights. This post covers December 23rd to December 29th, 2019.
Early Assistance has been requested by Carleton Hart Architecture for the renovation of the Joyce Hotel at 322 SW 11th Ave:
Rehabilitate and seismically upgrade the existing Joyce Hotel building as a mixed-use building. Exterior work includes new storefront windows and awning work. Housing amenities will include a rooftop outdoor space, a bike room, communal laundry room, a community room with a large kitchen, and sufficient office and clinic space.
A Pre-Application Conference has been scheduled by EPR Design to discuss a project at 1737 NE Broadway:
Demo existing house and construct a new 3-story, 18-unit apartment building. No off-street parking provided. On-site drywell will be provided for stormwater management pending infiltration testing. This is a contributing resource.
A project at 210 and 226 SE Madison St has been submitted for building permit review:
Shell only – no occupancy established this permit. Renovation of basement, main floor, mezzannine, and skylights for rooftop. Associated site work. Replace loading dock in R.O.W.
Shell only – no occupancy established this permit. Renovation of basement, main floor, and rooftop balcony and skylights. Associated site work and paving. Replace loading dock in R.O.W. Sitework on tax lot 6100 included in this permit.
A project at 308 NE Dekum St has been submitted for building permit review by Brett Schulz Architect:
New 4 story 39-unit apartment building, some units with outdoor patio’s, interior trash enclosure, and associated site work
A project with two buildings at 6814 N Greenwich Ave has been submitted for building permit review by McGuirl Designs & Architecture:
New 3 story with basement apartment building with 14 units. Building A. w/19-268226 CO.
New 3 story with basement apartment building with 14 units. Building B. w/ 19-268222 CO.
A project with two buildings at 7760 N Montana Ave has been submitted for building permit review by McGuirl Designs & Architecture:
New 3 story apartment building with basement, 14 units. Building A. w/ 19-268247 CO.
New 3 story apartment building with basement, 16 units. Building B. w/ 19-268244 CO.
A project at 2923 SE Division St has been submitted for building permit review:
New 19-unit 3-story mixed use building w/19-268336-MT
A project with two buildings at 8037 N Jersey St has been submitted for building permit review:
New 9-unit, 2 story apartment building with attached trash enclosure on north side.
New 9-unit, 2 story apartment building and associated site works.
A project with four buildings at 11829 SE Holgate Blvd has been submitted for building permit review:
Construct new 3 story 6 unit apartment building
Construct new 3 story 6 unit apartment building
Construct new 3 story 6 unit apartment building
Construct new 2 story building with bike storage and meeting room on main floor and offfice and meeting room on second
A project at 3253 SE 122nd Ave has been submitted for building permit review by Mentrum Architecture:
New 2-story 8 unit apartment building with detached 256 sq. ft. Trash / bike storage (19-269673-CO) enclosure and associated site work.
A project at 3775 SE Clay St has been submitted for building permit review:
Construct new 3 story 15 unit apartment building with associated site work
HYATT PLACE HOTEL – Foundation, excavation, and shoring for new 24 story mixed-use tower including one level basement *** w/19-255710-MT ***
A building permit was issued to Emerick Architects for a project at 4750 N Albina Ave:
New 5 story apartment building with basement bike room, electrical room, water pump room and storage, 55 dwelling units with attached trash room and associated sitework ***separate mechanical permit required***
For the second year in a row, a post about the Block 216 tower was the most popular post on Next Portland.
2019 was the fifth full year that Next Portland has been in operation. Over the course of the year 145 articles were published.
In contrast to 2017 and 2018, the most popular articles of the year were generally ones published this year. The lone article in the list published before 2018 was about Eleven West, which was approved in 2017 but only recently submitted for permit.
The Willamette Blocks proposal went in front of the Design Commission last week, but Commissioners found it was not yet ready to approve. The project will return in front of the Commission in February.
Portland City Council voted unanimously last week to add exemptions to the Portland Clean Energy Fund, reports the Portland Business Journal. Businesses such as general contractors will no longer be classified as retailers, subject to the voter-approved gross receipts tax.
The 23-story Hyatt Place and Allison Residences returned in front of the Design Commission last week for a second hearing, where the record was left open to allow more written testimony to be submitted.
The Portland Business Journal looked at Central City Concern’s plans for the redevelopment of the Westwind Apartments in Old Town. The new 7-story building will include 100 units of affordable housing.
The Willamette Blocks proposal by developer Alamo Manhattan was presented to the Design Commission last week.
The Willamette Blocks proposal in South Waterfront (previously known as the Landing at Macadam) is facing a blacklash* from nearby residents, writes the Daily Journal of Commerce.
The Portland Tribune wrote about a work session on the Housing Opportunity Initiative—the combined package of the Residential Infill Project, Better Housing By Design and the Anti-Displacement Action Plan. Later in the year City Council will consider a plan to allow up sixplexes on lots currently zoned single family, if half of the units in the structure are affordable.
The Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) has remanded the Central City 2035 Plan, over the issue of building heights allowed in Chinatown. In 2018 City Council settled on a 200′ height limit for parts of the district, replacing previous zoning that ranged from 100′ to 425′. Critics said that a 200′ height limit is too high. LUBA decided that the City did not adopt adequate findings to explain why 200′ complied with its adopted policies.
