Hyatt at the Oregon Convention Center | 180'-6" | 14 floors | Complete

[PDX City-State]

HQ Hotel Approved by Metro! Hurdles still exist, but this is another one cleared.

PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — The Metro Council approved the financing and development plans for a Headquarters Hotel near the Oregon Convention Center on Thursday.

Opposing local hotel owners pledged to keep fighting the project.

Full article to follow at KOIN.com

http://koin.com/2014/06/26/metro-app...er-hotel-plan/

[Derek]

I wish they'd start construction this summer instead of next summer!

[Photogeric]

Yeah they will need to if they hope to grab the next available NBA All Star Game!

[maccoinnich]

This is starting to look real. I wonder when we'll see Design Review documents?

Portland Development Commission prepares to sell parcel for convention hotel site



By Elliot Njus

The Portland Development Commission is preparing to sell a parcel of land for a planned, taxpayer-backed hotel near the Oregon Convention Center.

The PDC board is expected to vote Wednesday on whether to sell the 0.31-acre parcel just north of the convention center for $1.3 million. That's $320,000 short of the $1.62 million the agency's appraiser said it was worth earlier this year.

An appraisal paid for by the developer, Mortenson Construction, put the land's value at $1 million. After negotiations and a discussion between the two appraisers, they agreed to split the difference.

...continues at the Oregonian.

[Derek]

Yay Olive commenters!!

[bvpcvm]

Early assistance intake scheduled. 19-20 stories, above-grade parking.

[maccoinnich]

Block 49 is the vacant lot bound by NE Holladay / Multnomah / 1st / 2nd. 385 parking spaces @ 3-400 sq per space (including circulation) is at least a 3/4 story building. I can barely contain my excitement at the idea of a parking garage fronting onto the MAX, on the only two streets that link the Lloyd District to the Rose Garden.

[Derek]

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

Block 49 is the vacant lot bound by NE Holladay / Multnomah / 1st / 2nd. 385 parking spaces @ 3-400 sq per space (including circulation) is at least a 3/4 story building. I can barely contain my excitement at the idea of a parking garage fronting onto the MAX, on the only two streets that link the Lloyd District to the Rose Garden.

I'm more concerned about the McDonald's going in right across from PAW...

[maccoinnich]

Originally Posted by Derek

I'm more concerned about the McDonald's going in right across from PAW...

Good catch. Maybe they'll make it look like one of those European McDonald's with Arne Jacobsen furniture? Maybe?

[philopdx]

Originally Posted by Derek

I'm more concerned about the McDonald's going in right across from PAW...

Oh no. I can only imagine enjoying a lovely afternoon sitting outside at the Montmarte Brasserie whilst being spit on and yelled at by street kids next door.

P.S. - That street is entirely in shade now in the afternoon with PAW going up.

[maccoinnich]

PDC board votes 4-0 to sell the small parcel of land needed to build the convention center hotel.

[Photogeric]

So what does that mean exactly? Does this thing have the green light to move forward, at least into the permitting process?

[maccoinnich]

Just a step in the process really. Looks like they're moving into the first stages of the Design Review process. Once that's completed, they can submit for a building permit. Although there's some overlap, Design Review is mostly concerned with external appearance and the impact on the neighborhood / city, while a building permit is more about the safety of the occupants of the building. According to this document, they're not expecting to start construction until summer 2015.

[2oh1]

Originally Posted by Derek

I'm more concerned about the McDonald's going in right across from PAW...

Wait. Whut? ...? What space are they moving into?

[bvpcvm]

The empty space where the jewelry store used to be.

[cab]

Even Venice has McDonald's. As long as it doesn't have a drive through, its fine. You need a diverse mix of stores.

[cityscapes]

In terms of the McDonald's most new ones I've seen have very nice interiors and exteriors so I wouldn't be too concerned.

Back to the convention center, do you all think that rendering of the hotel is set in stone or is it liable to change?

[zilfondel]

Originally Posted by cab

Even Venice has McDonald's. As long as it doesn't have a drive through, its fine. You need a diverse mix of stores.

Yeah, but this is Portland, not Venice. We don't dump sewage into our waterways anymore!

/jk

[maccoinnich]

Design Advice Request moving forward. Nothing available for the public to see yet except this text:

APPLICANT: Carolyn Forsyth, Ankrom Moisan Architects ADDRESS: Southern portion of Blocks 47 and 48 bounded by NE MLK, Holladay, 2nd and Multnomah, and Block 49 in its entirety A Design Advice Request for a potential headquarters hotel for the Oregon Convention Center, including a related public parking garage. Hotel will be 19-21 stories tall, with 600 guest rooms, plus conference areas and related back-of-house spaces totaling around 450,000 SF. The garage will be above grade with approximately 385 spaces. The location of the required Superblock plaza will be the focus of this initial Design Advice.

[robocop]

Any speculation on how tall this tower may be in terms of feet? At 19-21 stories I would have to assume no less than 150'