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Planning for the 32-acre Broadway Corridor redevelopment in Northwest Portland has been lucrative for ZGF Architects. And it just got a little sweeter.

Prosper Portland‘s board on Wednesday approved a $343,995 increase in ZGF’s contract with the agency. That brings the total to a 鈥渘ot to exceed鈥� contract cost of $2,375,049.

Planning for the redevelopment is a big job. The amendment and budget increase call for completion of a development impact study, cultural and historic resources research, an updated baseline feasibility analysis and 鈥渧ision documentation,鈥� according to a Prosper Portland report.

ZGF has worked with development adviser Continuum Partners of Denver, a Broadway Corridor steering committee and others to shape the physical layout of developable blocks, streets, the Green Loop and open space in the area. ZGF landed on a concept called 鈥淧lay鈥� that will necessitate $50 million in public realm improvements from among three development scenarios.

Prosper Portland’s board initially authorized a contract with ZGF in April 2018.

Prosper Portland officials also gave a broad update on the project’s progress at Wednesday’s meeting. Continuum Partners is focusing on developable parcels north of Johnson Street, in part because of ready utilities and transportation access, officials said. Parcels south of Johnson Street may be available to other developers for mixed-income residential development.

Prosper Portland plans to seek in late October the Portland Design Commission‘s approval for a master plan, said Lisa Abuaf, director of development and investment for the agency. A City Council work session is tentatively planned for December.

Prosper Portland is preparing to move forward simultaneously with intergovernmental agreements and land transfer, master plan land use approval, a community benefits agreement and a disposition and development agreement.

鈥淎ll four of these planes would need to land at once,鈥� Abuaf said.