Portland Infill | North Portland

[2oh1]

I completely forgot about that place in the mall downtown. I wonder how it's doing.

[zilfondel]

I had no idea punch bowl social had bowling. Have not been there yet.

[MarkDaMan]

Ankrom Moisan, Hoffman get $150M Daimler HQ job
Wendy Culverwell
Staff Reporter- Portland Business Journal

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http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/...T&t=1399487419

Daimler Trucks North America has hired two Portland firms to design and build its new North Portland headquarters.

The company announced that site work began in April and construction will begin this summer. Ankrom Moisan Architects Inc. is designing the building and Hoffman Construction is constructing it.

The $150 million, 265,000-square-foot corporate headquarters will unite Daimler employees currently housed in separate offices and will accommodate approximately 400 new positions the company expects to add in conjunction with future growth.

The building,designed to the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Platinum level, should be complete in 2016. The construction site is adjacent to Daimler's Swan Island location.

[65MAX]

Originally Posted by MarkDaMan

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http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/...T&t=1399487419

Well, classic Good News/ Bad News.

Great that we're getting a new HQ building for Daimler. Bad that it looks like any corporate suburban office park building you'd find in Houston, Orange County or New Jersey. You'd think that a German mega-corporation would have a more sophisticated sense of design.

[tworivers]

What the hell happened to the beautiful rendering they were using previously?

[eric cantona]

[QUOTE=tworivers;6568937]What the hell happened to the beautiful rendering they were using previously?

that was my first thought. wasn't ZGF previously on board to do this building?

[M Kass]

Fenced off and ready for action at the corner of N. Williams and Fremont:

http://pdxcommons.com

NIMBYs should be coming out of the woodwork any time now.

[RED_PDXer]

Originally Posted by M Kass

Fenced off and ready for action at the corner of N. Williams and Fremont:

http://pdxcommons.com

NIMBYs should be coming out of the woodwork any time now.

I'm confused.. this is going to be a cohousing project? I think the crazies that populate cohousing projects tend to counterbalance the crazies from the neighborhood associations. I think this project is golden.

[M Kass]

Originally Posted by RED_PDXer

I'm confused.. this is going to be a cohousing project? I think the crazies that populate cohousing projects tend to counterbalance the crazies from the neighborhood associations. I think this project is golden.

I agree that it's golden.. I run through that neighborhood frequently and only mention the NIMBY folk because there are several adjacent houses that have self-made visual protests calling this project a 'behemoth' and asking the reader if 'they're ready for it'.. The bigger question is why these clowns haven't mowed their overgrown lawn or cleaned the garbage out of their driveway in months?.. Oh, well, whatever.. Progress is always contentious.

[kvalk]

M Kass, I think you are confusing multiple projects. PDX Commons is on Mississippi, according to their website.
Fremont and Williams, north of New Seasons is the One North Project. The site east of New Seasons is fenced off because it is being used for staging of the One North project.
Plans for that lot East of New Seasons are still in the planning stages, though that is the site that had protests regarding the height limit being raised.

[M Kass]

Originally Posted by kvalk

M Kass, I think you are confusing multiple projects. PDX Commons is on Mississippi, according to their website.
Fremont and Williams, north of New Seasons is the One North Project. The site east of New Seasons is fenced off because it is being used for staging of the One North project.
Plans for that lot East of New Seasons are still in the planning stages, though that is the site that had protests regarding the height limit being raised.

I could easily be mistaken.. Wouldn't be the first time! However, I ride by on my way to work and there is a corner placard (due south from Williams St. Market and due east from the northeast entrance of New Seasons) that states the name of the developer (not contractor or architect) for that site as Kaiser Permanente.. I'll check the web address again on my ride to work to clarify. Thanks!

[maccoinnich]

Are you sure it wasn't Kaiser Group? Kaiser Group is the development/architecture group owned by Ben Kaiser, who also owns Path Architecture.

[M Kass]

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

Are you sure it wasn't Kaiser Group? Kaiser Group is the development/architecture group owned by Ben Kaiser, who also owns Path Architecture.

Wouldn't be the first (or second) time I've been wrong. I just know that the sign, which I'll photo, says it's a senior community.. More to come. Hopefully the confusion will be alleviated.

[kvalk]

It is kaiser group development. And I know for a fact that the trailers are there for the one north project, since I've been involved with the development for the last 2yrs, and attended the ground breaking with the tenant yesterday afternoon...

[downtownpdx]

Security Properties releases designs for North Williams Avenue superblock complex









http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/i...l#incart_river

Print By Casey Parks | cparks@oregonian.com The Oregonian
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on June 16, 2014 at 11:36 AM, updated June 16, 2014 at 11:40 AM

Developers have released what are likely to be final designs for the megacomplex coming to North Williams Avenue.

Security Properties plans to build 268 apartments with more than 25,000 square feet of commercial space to the superblock bounded by Skidmore and Mason. The site at 4134 N. Vancouver Ave. is currently occupied by a one-story commercial building that operates as an incubator for the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs.

Security bought the 91,000-square-foot property last year for $4.2 million. In March, the firm presented plans that include room for 237 parking spaces and indoor bike locker rooms. The building will stretch to six stories on North Williams Avenue and step down to three-story townhomes on Vancouver Avenue. ...

[tworivers]

Wait, SIX stories? What do they think this is, Manhattan???

[Derek]

Originally Posted by tworivers

Wait, SIX stories? What do they think this is, Manhattan???

[urbanlife]

Awesome complex, great to see the urban growth continuing further north. I am loving how much the North Williams area has been changing into such a vibrant urban neighborhood.

[maccoinnich]

And now for something completely different. Full posting notice here [PDF, small]

NW Corner of N. Fargo St. and N. Williams Avenue Applicant: Andrea Wallace & Brian Heather, SolTerra Systems Design Advice Request for a new mixed use 6-story building with 50 residential units, 2,700 square feet of commercial space and 12 parking spaces to be located within the building. The residential units are accessed via exterior walkways around a central courtyard that will include communal spaces, outdoor terraces, and vegetated walls. Proposed exterior materials include concrete, metal siding, wood siding, and vinyl windows. A Modification to the Ground Floor Windows standard may be required on the south facade

[philopdx]

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

And now for something completely different. Full posting notice here [PDF, small]

Exterior walkways? Vegetated walls? Vinyl windows? Communal spaces? Huh?

I'm not happy or sad, merely perplexed.