With so-called “Old Portland” disappearing, a growing number of developers are looking to keep alive connections to properties’ pasts.
One good example of this type of adaptive re-use is now being carried out in Northwest Portland, where crews are stripping out the interiors of three large warehouses that until early last year housed Cenveo’s Graphic Arts Center, which was built in the mid 1960s.
General contractor R&H Construction is updating the campus – now named The Hopper – to serve as a hybrid commercial/industrial facility for project partners Winkler Development Corp. and Watamull Properties Corp. LRS Architects carried out the design work.
Building A on The Hopper industrial campus in Northwest Portland is available to potential light industrial or commercial tenants as part of an adaptive re-use project being built by R&H Construction, the Winkler Development Corporation and Watamull Properties Corp. (Josh Kulla/91Ƶ)
Building D will be the last of three large industrial buildings to be refurbished for new industrial or commercial tenants as part of The Hopper project being developed by Winkler Development and the Watamull Properties Corp. This view looks west down Northwest York Street. (Josh Kulla/91Ƶ)
Rachel Eaton, a Journeyman Cement Mason with Cement Masons Local 555 and Whitaker Ellis Builders applies a patch to a concrete panel tilt wall as part of The Hopper project in Northwest Portland. (Josh Kulla/91Ƶ)
Apprentice Carpenter Miguel Cuevas and Journeyman Carpenter Ken Tomminger, both employed by R&H Construction, wrestle a glulam beam into place on the second floor of Building C on The Hopper campus in Northwest Portland. This building will be occupied by R&H Construction when complete. (Josh Kulla/91Ƶ)
Building C of The Hopper campus is being built to host the office and management functions for R&H Construction. (Josh Kulla/91Ƶ)
A seismic retrofit is part of the adaptive re-use project in Northwest Portland known as The Hopper. The three-building industrial campus formerly housed the Cenveo Graphic Arts Center and is being renovated by general contractor R&H Construction. This photo shows part of the steel bracing installed on concrete tilt-panel walls in all three buildings. (Josh Kulla/91Ƶ)
Building D on The Hopper campus will be the last to be renovated as part of an adaptive re-use project being developed by Winkler Development and the Watamull Properties Corp. (Josh Kulla/91Ƶ)
This cyclonic paper separator is also known as a “hopper.” An adaptive re-use project of this three-building industrial campus was dubbed The Hopper by developers, who plan to keep this reminder of the building’s past as the former host of the Cenveo Graphic Arts Center. (Josh Kulla/91Ƶ)
General contractor R&H Construction is currently building its own new headquarters in Northwest Portland as part of The Hopper development being carried out by Winkler Development and Watamull Properties Corp. (Josh Kulla/91Ƶ)
Winkler Development Principal Jordan Winkler (left) and R&H Construction Project Manager Kraig O’Connor walk the perimeter of The Hopper project in Northwest Portland. This view faces west up Northwest York Street. (Josh Kulla/91Ƶ)