Holladay
Park Plaza to Expand
Holladay
Park Plaza announced plans in March to expand their assisted living
facility across the street at 16th and Clackamas. They wish to
build a 7-story building for independent living units.
Neighbors
in the affected block, together with the SGNA Land Use Committee,
are in discussions with Holladay Park to insure that the new facility
conforms to the basic building plans and size that the city permitted
several years ago.
Urban
Crossroads Approved by Design Commission
Redevelopment of the former Albina Fuel Co. property
gained approval of the Portland Design Review Commission this
month (Februrary 2007). It has been a long process (beginning
in the summer of '00) from zone changes to final design approval.
Urban Crossroads was among the single largest projects
ever to be reviewed by the Design Commission---five sessions
were required before the Commission would sign off on plans for
this critical site. The development team was working within
a very narrow "development envelope" based on terms
from the zone change that required the minimum number of housing
units also be the maximum.
The Commission recognized the "gateway" nature
of this site---leading to at least three neighborhoods. The "rotunda" at
NE Broadway and 33rd is intended to mark this important intersection.Development is divided into three phases, with phases one and
two expected to follow in quick succession. The third
phase must return for design review in the future.
Phase One contains five buildings between Broadway
and Weidler. This phase has 40,000 sf of commercial, 168
residential units, 90 commercial parking spaces accessed off
Broadway and 210 residential parking space--structured below
and accessed off NE 32nd. Both NE Weidler and Halsey are continued
into the site to give access to smaller commercial spaces and
to live/work units.Phase Two features 151 live/work and conventional
residential units and 45,000 sf of commercial.The southern portion of the five-acre site is landscaped
and was designed to support the Sullivan's Gulch Trail. Access
to the future Trail is provided by a path leading down from the
intersection of NE Broadway and 33rd.
Go
to Albina Fuel to learnmore
about the history of this development. |
