Shelby King//January 28, 2015//
The Lents neighborhood is gaining three new mixed-use developments and one commercial space as part of a city effort to expand the Lents Town Center.
The Portland Development Commission on Tuesday announced it has selected three teams to move forward with negotiations and timelines for development of several PDC-owned properties in the Lents Town Center Urban Renewal Area.
Two development teams 鈥 Rose CDC and Williams & Dame 鈥 will construct mixed-use buildings on a 1.36-acre lot bounded by Southeast 91st and 92nd avenues and Reedway Street and Foster Road.
Rose CDC’s development will consist of market-rate apartments as well as retail and office space; it will be located at the parcel’s south end. The PDC did not specify what Williams & Dame has planned for the north end.
Project partners REACH CDC and Asian Health and Services Center were chosen to develop 0.72-acres at the intersection of Foster Road and 91st Avenue. When completed, the building will be a combination of a community center, health services, a preschool and senior housing.
The PDC selected Palindrome Communities to develop two parcels of land 鈥 one 0.96-acre property sandwiched between Foster Road and Woodstock Boulevard and one 3.48-acre lot bordered by Interstate 205 to the east and 91st Avenue to the west.
The 3.48-acre parcel will be a 鈥渕ixed-use, multi-building development鈥 and the smaller parcel will be a commercial development.
The PDC did not announce a development schedule.