Park Avenue West | 501' 7" | 30 floors | Completed - Page 99

RED_PDXer · #**1961** Posted **Sep 6, 2015, 6:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by Phil McAvity

This is the thing I don't get, people never complain about a tree blocking their view yet a tree can be removed with a simple chainsaw, yet a tree adds virtually nothing to the city, whereas buildings add employment, housing and economic activity. God forbid someone block their views by building one of those wretched. I'm not saying we should get rid of all trees of course but countless times i've thought if only one or two trees could have been removed we would all have much better views.

Woah. I'm all for tall buildings, but trees add quite a lot to the urban environment - cleaner air, reduction in urban heat island effect, benefits to birds and other wildlife, visual break from built environment, etc. I get what you're saying, but bad comparison.

maccoinnich · #**1962** Posted **Sep 8, 2015, 7:06 PM**

Residential leasing website launched today.

65MAX · #**1963** Posted **Sep 8, 2015, 11:02 PM**

I'm curious to see what those units will go for. There's no pricing on their website (yet).

58rhodes · #**1964** Posted **Sep 8, 2015, 11:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by 65MAX

I'm curious to see what those units will go for. There's no pricing on their website (yet).

my guess is $2800 and up

innovativethinking · #**1965** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 12:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by 65MAX

I'm curious to see what those units will go for. There's no pricing on their website (yet).

Let's just say more expensive than the average mortgage for the current medium price in Portland

BrG · #**1966** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 8:05 PM**

Going market for this kind of property is $3.50 - $3.75 and up, per rentable square foot.

davehogan · #**1967** Posted **Sep 10, 2015, 5:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by BrG

Going market for this kind of property is $3.50 - $3.75 and up, per rentable square foot.

My old apartment in Brooklyn just went for about that much. Probably a bit more if we're only counting rentable sqft.

cailes · #**1968** Posted **Sep 28, 2015, 6:58 AM**

urbanlife · #**1969** Posted **Sep 28, 2015, 7:56 AM**

Looks good, I am really loving this addition to Portland.

Phil McAvity · #**1970** Posted **Oct 1, 2015, 10:11 PM**

^Me too, it's been a long time since Portland's built anything even close to this tall and it's in a great location in the skyline.

maccoinnich · #**1971** Posted **Oct 10, 2015, 8:27 PM**

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With Park Avenue West's office space spoken for, Vanessa Sturgeon turns to new Lake Oswego project

Not too long ago, investment firm Morgan Stanley signed a lease for two full floors at Park Avenue West, the 30-story apartment and office tower that's nearing completion in downtown Portland.

The lease, according to Vanessa Sturgeon, president and CEO of TMT Development, tied up the last of the available office space save for the 21st floor, for which Stoel Rives LLC has an option.

Surprisingly, that leasing milestone passed without much fanfare.

"Nobody really asked," said Sturgeon, who also noted that TMT leased its first two apartments in the building in the past week.

...continues at the Portland Business Journal.

Abide · #**1972** Posted **Oct 10, 2015, 9:14 PM**

Good luck with that, Vanessa. Hope she built in a massive legal budget.

innovativethinking · #**1973** Posted **Oct 10, 2015, 9:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by Abide

Good luck with that, Vanessa. Hope she built in a massive legal budget.

Why

maccoinnich · #**1974** Posted **Oct 10, 2015, 9:46 PM**

Because Wizer Block.

OneRinconHill · #**1975** Posted **Oct 12, 2015, 5:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by 65MAX

Here's a couple of pics from above PSU/I-405 at elevation 480'....

How do you get to this spot?

65MAX · #**1976** Posted **Oct 12, 2015, 7:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by OneRinconHill

How do you get to this spot?

I live here, and I work from home. Those pics are from my back deck.

2oh1 · #**1977** Posted **Oct 12, 2015, 8:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by 65MAX

I live here, and I work from home. Those pics are from my back deck.

What kind of zoom are you using? That's a marvelous view!

MarkDaMan · #**1978** Posted **Oct 12, 2015, 10:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by 65MAX

I live here, and I work from home. Those pics are from my back deck.

Care to have some SSPers over for drinks?!

65MAX · #**1979** Posted **Oct 12, 2015, 11:46 PM**

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What kind of zoom are you using? That's a marvelous view!

No zoom, that's just the camera in my phone. I'm on the hill above 405 and PSU.

65MAX · #**1980** Posted **Oct 12, 2015, 11:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by MarkDaMan

Care to have some SSPers over for drinks?!

I'm still under construction, so not prepared to have company yet. Still missing some minor things like stairs and guardrails.