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The RiverPlace master plan has received a green light from the city of Portland, allowing for development of the eight-acre site adjacent to South Waterfront Park.

The City Council earlier this month voted 4-1 to deny the Portland Downtown Neighborhood Association鈥檚 appeal of the Portland Design Commission鈥檚 unanimous approval of the master plan. Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty cast the lone vote in favor of the appeal.

The site could accommodate three million square feet of new commercial, residential and employment development as well as roughly 70,000 square feet of new open space.

The neighborhood association had contended that more design details were required to determine if the master plan conforms with the overall approval criteria, like specific uses of developments and their locations. City Council rejected that claim. Each proposed development within the site must go through a design review process during which many of the design details and specific programming will be discussed.

The council did add one condition: In the first land use review submitted for 鈥淧hase 1,鈥� and for the 鈥渃onceptual build-out鈥� phase, all open areas identified within each must be designed and constructed.

Later this week, the first development of Phase 1 will go in front of the Design Commission for design review. The proposal is for a 30-story residential tower. It could become the first of six high-rises on the site.