The O’Neill-Walsh Community Builders partnership is constructing a 12-story mixed-use tower for Home Forward, which is Multnomah County’s public housing authority. The building will have 244 affordable housing units along with ground floor retail and a public courtyard accessible from sidewalks. The $74 million project was made possible in part because of a property tax loophole that gives relief to operators of affordable housing.
This gallery of photos was taken on the job site last week and shows trades workers installing rebar and an aluminum concrete shoring system in preparation for pouring the next concrete deck. Project completion is scheduled for October 2019. Don’t forget to check back for the complete story on this project, but in the meantime, there’s a video of the project site to watch.
Construction continues at the Grand Avenue Apartments project in the Lloyd District. (Josh Kulla/91ÊÓÆµ)
Ironworkers from Western Rebar install rebar on the Grand Avenue Apartments project in preparation for the next deck pour. (Josh Kulla/91ÊÓÆµ)
Workers install aluminum shoring on the second deck of the new Grand Avenue Apartments project being built by the O’Neill-Walsh Community Builders partnership. (Josh Kulla/91ÊÓÆµ)
The 12-story Grand Avenue Apartments project is quickly rising on a half-block parcel of property facing the 1000 block of Northeast Grand Avenue in the Lloyd District. (Josh Kulla/91ÊÓÆµ)
A popular “Rip City” mural paying homage to the Portland Trailblazers will be covered by the construction of the Grand Avenue Apartments. It’s still undecided whether a version of the mural will be reproduced and displayed inside the new building. (Josh Kulla/91ÊÓÆµ)
The elevator shaft of the new Grand Avenue Apartments in the Lloyd District will provide access to an outdoor courtyard that also will be open to nearby sidewalks on either side of the building. (Josh Kulla/91ÊÓÆµ)
A carpenter with Aluma Systems installs sections of an aluminum concrete shoring system at the Grand Avenue Apartments in the Lloyd District. (Josh Kulla/91ÊÓÆµ)
A Western Rebar ironworker walks across the second deck of the new Grand Avenue Apartments in the Lloyd District. O’Neill Walsh Community Builders is the general contractor. (Josh Kulla/91ÊÓÆµ)