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Team members are in the final stages of planning for a pair of Portland-metro-area affordable housing projects.

Ground is set to be broken later this year on both Cedar Grove, a four-story, 44-unit building at the junction of Northwest Cornell Road and Murray Boulevard in Beaverton, and Red Rock Creek Commons, a four-story, 48-unit building at the intersection of Southwest 68th Parkway and Pacific Highway (99W) in Tigard. They’re expected to be delivered at some point next year.

Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH), a Tigard-based nonprofit, is the developer for both projects; Carleton Hart Architecture is designing them to Earth Advantage gold standards, and LMC Construction is building them.

CPAH manages eight low-income apartment buildings in the metro area. It has long worked with Carleton Hart Architecture.

鈥淲e have 20-plus years history with them,鈥� Carleton Hart co-founder Brian Carleton said. 鈥淭hey’ve been a really good client. And it’s not just repeat business but values 鈥� shared values. They have a real focus on community and in life in the neighborhood where their office is. They see us as part of the family.鈥�

Red Rock Creek Commons will be among the first new developments within the Tigard Triangle Urban Renewal Area. All apartments will have one bedroom, and the complex will offer a community room for tenants. Eight of the units will be reserved for individuals suffering from permanent mental illness.

A natural cedar finish will dominate Red Rock Creek Commons’ ground-floor fa莽ade, said architect Melissa Soots, the design lead for both projects. Fiber cement panels will accent that finish on the upper three floors. Interior spaces will have soothing green and blue tones, and be able to receive ample natural light.

鈥淲e don’t want it to feel institutional, so it’s a balance of providing something that will last but that feels like home,鈥� Soots said. 鈥淲e’re bringing in natural accents whenever we can, with softer edges and softer finishes, and we’re just diving into that interior side of it right now.鈥�

Cedar Grove’s apartments will range from studios to three-bedroom units. A public plaza with a water feature will be built at the entrance. The Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District will maintain the plaza as part of a partnership with CPAH.

鈥淭he shape of the building is really determined by the streets’ shape,鈥� Soots said. 鈥淚t has a skewed 鈥楬’ shape, and it gave us the opportunity for courtyards on both sides of the building. We’re thinking of it as a public plaza.鈥�

The building will feature mainly brick, but also a bio-based wood composite paneling made from rice husks.

Both projects are in the permitting process; construction is expected to start later this year.