Peterkort asks Beaverton to annex 51 acres, including Deveraux Glen apartments
Published: Friday, January 21, 2011, 7:59 PM Updated: Friday, January 21, 2011, 8:00 PM
Dominique Fong, The Oregonian
BEAVERTON -- More than half of people living in the Deveraux Glen apartment complex north of U.S. 26 can call themselves Beaverton residents once the City Council approves a 51-acre annexation into the city.
After two years of negotiation, the city has received petitions for voluntary annexation from landowner J. Peterkort and Company,which wants to move the remaining apartments and three other lots of land from unincorporated Washington County into city limits.
About half of the 506 apartments are already in the city of Beaverton, and Peterkort, which also owns the Peterkort Towne Square shopping center, plans to continue developing the area, said developer Scott Eaton.
Being in the city of Beaverton is more "conducive" to mixed-used development, which would allow a variety of offices, restaurants and stores to be built in the same zone, Eaton said.
"You could still have an office on top of a grocery store or on top of a restaurant," Eaton said. "That's the difference. It doesn't have to be a standalone shop."
The four properties, centered near the Sunset Transit Center on the MAX line down the road from Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, are mostly empty, except for the apartments and a daycare center.
Once the land is annexed to Beaverton, the properties would abide by the city's standard for planning codes, instead of being split between the city and the county, said Steven Sparks, the city's planning division manager.
"It's better to be in one jurisdiction," Sparks said. "That's going to help them with their master plan for how they want to develop around the Sunset station area. It'll be under one set of rules, one review."
The master plan for Peterkort covers 80 acres of undeveloped land and is expected to be complete by summer, Eaton said.
Next steps for the annexation include public hearings for zone changes, though no dates have been set. The City Council would have to approve the zone changes.
"Once we have the zoning, they will submit a master plan to us, which will be a mixed-use development proposal with housing, office and retail," Sparks said.
-- Dominique Fong
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