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After five years of planning work, the Portland Development Commission last month approved a development plan for Zidell Yards on the South Waterfront. Now initial design conferences are being scheduled with the city.

Last week, Phillip Beyl of GBD Architects filed paperwork for early design assistance with the city’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability. Initial plans call for two office buildings, on Lots 4 and 6 of the 33-acre property. Kathleen Mazzocco of Clear PR said owner ZRZ Realty selected GBD to work in partnership with LEVER Architecture as the design team.

鈥淏oth buildings will be office buildings with ground floor retail,鈥� she said. 鈥淲e hope to have more information by early fall.鈥�

The Lot 6 building will be 250,000 square feet, Mazzocco said, while the building for Block 4 will be 125,000 square feet. Both will have multiple stories and underground parking.

According to city records, the designers requested a pre-application conference on the simultaneous design and development of the two separate buildings to discuss design review and greenway review.

At last month’s PDC meeting, chair Tom Kelly called the development plan 鈥渉istoric鈥� for the city. The plan calls for ZRZ to develop about 1.5 million square feet of 鈥渕ixed-use, employment-oriented commercial and residential property鈥� in the North Macadam Urban Renewal Area over the next 10 years. The development will eventually lead to use of approximately $23.7 million in tax increment financing for both public and private development in the URA.

The PDC board has already approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Portland Bureau of Transportation to pay up to $500,000 for preliminary design of improvements to Southwest Bond Avenue from downtown to the waterfront.