Couch 9 | 126'-8" | 11 floors | Complete

[pdxtraveler]

Interesting.. NW 9th and Couch. Was waffling between putting it in Pearl or Old Town.

http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bds/article/498496

[eric cantona]

Originally Posted by pdxtraveler

Interesting.. NW 9th and Couch. Was waffling between putting it in Pearl or Old Town.

http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bds/article/498496

I think that having no elevator service on floors 2-8 may hinder the rental of the units.

[Derek]

Originally Posted by eric cantona

I think that having no elevator service on floors 2-8 may hinder the rental of the units.

Isn't the elevator where the boxes with "X"s in them are?

[zilfondel]

Originally Posted by Derek

Isn't the elevator where the boxes with "X"s in them are?

Yes.

[eric cantona]

Originally Posted by Derek

Isn't the elevator where the boxes with "X"s in them are?

sorry, obscure humor. yes those are elevators, and yes I assume they will service the upper floors. they just forgot to show the openings for the elevators on the sheet for floors 2-8. which makes me curious how they'll access the 9th floor. two-story units? or another drafting mistake?

[maccoinnich]

Originally Posted by eric cantona

sorry, obscure humor. yes those are elevators, and yes I assume they will service the upper floors. they just forgot to show the openings for the elevators on the sheet for floors 2-8.

I've seen worse. The Design Review drawings for Park Avenue west showed a different core layout on almost every floor. As this is just a drawing for Early Assistance it's not of huge consequence.

Originally Posted by eric cantona

which makes me curious how they'll access the 9th floor. two-story units? or another drafting mistake?

I don't do a lot of commercial work, so I'm not sure on this, but I don't think the building codes allows a single exit stair from a floor. So... maybe double height units?

[2oh1]

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

I don't do a lot of commercial work, so I'm not sure on this, but I don't think the building codes allows a single exit stair from a floor. So... maybe double height units?

Isn't that what the 2 story units in the Mosaic Lofts have (downtown, at SW 11th & Columbia)? It's an 8 story building. The first four floors are single story units, and the upper 4 floors are 2 story units. Each 2 story unit only has one entrance, which is on the top story. In the elevator, there are no buttons for floors 5 and 7 since those floors are the downstairs halves of the 2 story lofts on floors 6 and 8.

[maccoinnich]

Don't go to the Bureau of Development Services quoting me on this, but I think it's OK to have a single exit from a single dwelling unit, even if it has two stories, as you describe. But once you reach the egress route beyond the front door of the unit, there has to be (at least) 2 means of egress (i.e., stairs).

Therefore this would suggest to me that the 9th floor of this building is the upper level of 2 storey units, and not another level of single story units. Because there wouldn't be the required 2nd means of egress.

[maccoinnich]

Originally Posted by pdxtraveler

Interesting.. NW 9th and Couch. Was waffling between putting it in Pearl or Old Town.

http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bds/article/498496

The boundary of Pearl/Old Town is NW Broadway, so I think you made the right decision.

I've been past this site so many times, wondering when it would be redeveloped. It's a really prime site. It's a shame the U-Park is in separate ownership. It's hard to see the remaining 50' of the NW 9th Ave block face ever been built on.

[cailes]

Ive never seen a hole this big dug this quick.

They are hauling ass on this.

[maccoinnich]

[daroon]

Poor Mike Mulligan!
He better hurry and get his steam shovel out of there, or they are going to have to turn it into the furnace!

[eric cantona]

Originally Posted by daroon

Poor Mike Mulligan!
He better hurry and get his steam shovel out of there, or they are going to have to turn it into the furnace!

too funny! I initially only saw the image and not your comment - and had the same immediate reaction. my son LOVED that book.

[petcarpdx]

Originally Posted by daroon

Poor Mike Mulligan!
He better hurry and get his steam shovel out of there, or they are going to have to turn it into the furnace!

Wow, I totally forgot about that book! It was one of my favorites when I was just a lil guy.

[cailes]

Crane is up

[cailes]

These guys have dug about as fast as Mike Mulligan!

[cailes]

[cailes]

Lots of concrete coming and going every day here. I took this picture the other night. While it doesn't show the whole site this whole floor looks the same.

[cailes]

[maccoinnich]