Park Avenue West | 501' 7" | 30 floors | Completed - Page 7

65MAX · #**121** Posted **Mar 8, 2007, 5:21 PM**

They're getting PAID to picket? No wonder their bids are coming in so high. Seems kinda stupid...

MarkDaMan · #**122** Posted **Mar 8, 2007, 6:13 PM**

^that is what I thought...Yes, they PAY out of work former union employees to picket, at least the union protests in front of our building were paid. Some of our union members took them coffee and offered their support, once they found out more info they were kind of disgusted that it wasn't a real picket.

Drmyeyes · #**123** Posted **Mar 8, 2007, 6:17 PM**

DaMan, what is the name of the company that made the bid, lost, and hired the picketers? If even union members don't like this company, their name is worth knowing.

MarkDaMan · #**124** Posted **Mar 8, 2007, 6:24 PM**

^can't say I actually remember the name of the union, they didn't have signs representing themselves, just signs that say such and such company doesn't pay fair wages. I'll check around with some co-workers today and see if anyone caught which union it was.

pdxskyline · #**125** Posted **Apr 1, 2007, 3:02 AM**

I'm suprised nobody else has got to this yet. Looks like Park Avenue West is going through the first stages of the pre-application process! It appears as if they're transfering some development rights from O'Bryant Square to the Zell block. But it is good to see the ball get rolling on this.

No new renderings, but there's a good look at the ground floor layout and general shape of the tower's footprint.

http://www.portlandonline.com/shared....cfm?id=151633

sirsimon · #**126** Posted **Apr 1, 2007, 4:11 PM**

^ Awesome news - make it happen!

65MAX · #**127** Posted **Apr 1, 2007, 7:18 PM**

They're transferring the rights from PB5, not O'Bryant Square (which is PB1).

Dougall5505 · #**128** Posted **Apr 2, 2007, 2:15 PM**

RENDER ALERT!!
new ones at www.tvaarchitects.com under current projects

sirsimon · #**129** Posted **Apr 2, 2007, 2:22 PM**

Nice find, Dougall!

I noticed it says the tower will be 432'.

pdxskyline · #**130** Posted **Apr 2, 2007, 2:36 PM**

A little more gets revealed! Thanks Dougall. Still not enough for me to figure out how to fully 3d model it yet.

I'd love to see more angles than just the southern perspective.

der Reisender · #**131** Posted **Apr 2, 2007, 2:41 PM**

great find! i wonder what color the glass will end up being, i doubt they'd do something so transparent as how it shows on TVA

PacificNW · #**132** Posted **Apr 3, 2007, 6:03 PM**

From their website:

http://www.tvaarchitects.com/

Dougall5505 · #**133** Posted **Apr 26, 2007, 11:24 PM**

couvscott posted this in the in the boom rundown thread it looks like they reduced the height to 31 stories, or hopefully this is old or something

Quote:

2. LU 07-122925 DA Kara Fioravanti, 503-823-5892
Applicant: Vanessa Sturgeon, TMT DEVELOPMENT
Site address: 728 SW 9TH Ave
PARK AVENUE WEST
Design Advice Request for a 31-story mixed-use high rise, including ground floor retail, mid-tower offices and upper-story condominiums over a below-grade garage. This proposal would require a Type III Design Review for
the building and a Type III Central City Master Plan to transfer the FAR rights from the block to the south [Park
Block 5] to this site [Park Block 4].