Waterfront Pearl: Mistral, Azure | x feet | 10 floors each | Complete - Page 2

MarkDaMan · #21 Posted: **Nov 1, 2007, 3:09 PM**

^That's Paul Allen's land. He certainly has the resources to put up something stunning there, but apparently the silos are a deal killer.

Castillonis · #22 Posted: **Nov 22, 2007, 8:51 AM**

I took this photo Wed, November 22, 2007, 12:36:39. The Mistral has most of its glass installed on the northern side.

http://picasaweb.google.com/stoneyv/...84224939543874

WestCoast · #23 Posted: **Dec 15, 2007, 5:00 PM**

last crane is coming down today.

tworivers · #24 Posted: **Dec 16, 2007, 5:40 PM**

Has this one taken forever or is it just me? At the rate that the market is tanking, they might as well take another 3 years to finish it.

bvpcvm · #25 Posted: **Dec 16, 2007, 6:50 PM**

if they hadn't spent so long fighting (remember it was supposed to be 4 buildings until one of the brothers dropped out) it might have opened before the market started to weaken.

tworivers · #26 Posted: **Dec 16, 2007, 7:01 PM**

I guess they had the flood too.

I like these buildings from the south and west. They have some pleasant angles. Not sure yet from the east. I hope any future buildings on the Albers parking lot provide some serious contrast -- I'm glad we didn't get four in a row.

Castillonis · #27 Posted: **Dec 31, 2007, 11:35 AM**

I took these images at about 1420 on Sunday 30Dec07.

sirsimon · #28 Posted: **Jan 1, 2008, 5:02 PM**

Nice looking little buildings.

Castillonis · #29 Posted: **Jan 7, 2008, 9:40 AM**

I took these photos at 15:35 on Sun 06Jan08.

Dougall5505 · #30 Posted: **Jan 7, 2008, 11:12 PM**

nice pics cas!
the wyatt sure looks squat from that POV

pdxman · #31 Posted: **Jan 7, 2008, 11:29 PM**

Yes, nice pics castillonis...I honestly feel that if every newer building in portland were 3-4 times taller they would look sooo much better. Everything is so squatty. I am liking how the waterfront pearl is turning out, the glass is that light blue tint that reminds me of vancouver...they could also be 5-6 times taller too.

bvpcvm · #32 Posted: **Feb 21, 2008, 1:21 AM**

god it's taking this project FOR EVER to finish up. they started work on this in summer of 2005. is anything actually happening on the site? it seems like it's taken months just to cover up all the green.

WestCoast · #33 Posted: **Feb 21, 2008, 5:10 AM**

i drive by every day, and they are busy busy, but I have NO idea what they are doing.

The little extender lift things are all over the place, yet no final facade.

I also hope it's not going to be the all grey stuff at the front, that is very drab for river front space.

tworivers · #34 Posted: **Feb 21, 2008, 7:31 PM**

I've been wondering the same thing -- is the facade-work stalled or what? I've biked by on the bridge so many times now expecting to see some work, that I've begun to suspect that something is awry.

dkealoha · #35 Posted: **Feb 21, 2008, 10:40 PM**

Have you guys noticed that the townhouses on the northern end of Riverscape Townhomes seem to have also stalled on the facade? I haven't been down there, but from the freemont bridge you can see the green insulation stuff on those townhomes as well.

WestCoast · #36 Posted: **Mar 17, 2008, 3:57 PM**

Mistral as of last week is having the white facade placed.

About time, hope they have sold some of these units...

tworivers · #37 Posted: **Mar 17, 2008, 4:16 PM**

^^^ I noticed that too.

I also biked down to Riverscape and, while those half-finished townhomes looked like they hadn't been touched in weeks, they've opened up the area around the new building (I hesitate to call it a tower) and appear to be installing railings on the old dock that is featured prominently in the renderings. I wonder if the marina will also happen.

MarkDaMan · #38 Posted: **Mar 18, 2008, 12:43 AM**

Hopefully that piece of shit LRS tower is canceled and something new and better will be designed when the economy rebounds in a few years...

philopdx · #39 Posted: **Mar 20, 2008, 1:05 PM**

Update 3-16-08:

They haven't made a bunch of progress in the past two months, I wonder what the deal is?

urbanlife · #40 Posted: **Mar 20, 2008, 7:39 PM**

wow, I really need to get out more, there are so many projects that are much further along than I expected.