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PROJECT: Parklane Park expansion

LOCATION: Southeast Portland

SIZE: 25 acres

START DATE: April 2023 (ground to be broken)

ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE: fall 2024

COST: $29.7 million

OWNER: Portland Parks & Recreation

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER/GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Stacy and Witbeck

DESIGN TEAM LEAD: Walker Macy

PROJECT SIGNIFICANCE: A long-awaited expansion of Parklane Park will increase its size from 5 acres to 25 acres. It will gain a playground, a splash pad, basketball and tennis courts, soccer fields, a community events pavilion, covered picnic areas, a community garden, a skate park, dog off-leash area, paved walking paths, additional restrooms, parking, public art, and hundreds of new trees.

The park’s existing amenities, including the playground, Portland Loo, sports field, basketball court and others, will be closed for use until project completion. Landscaped areas 鈥� including soccer fields and dog off-leash areas 鈥� will likely remain closed until the grass becomes fully established by summer 2025.

The triangular parcel that is now Parklane Park became a Multnomah County park in the 1970s, when surrounding subdivisions were built. Local residents planted many of the trees and installed red-and-white striped playground equipment, which led to the nickname 鈥淐andy Cane Park.鈥�

In 1993, the park was transferred to Portland Parks & Recreation. In 2001, the city purchased 20 adjacent acres to the north that formerly served as a gravel quarry. The Parklane Park Master Plan, completed in 2009, is being used to guide new development.

When fully developed, the park will serve 2,682 residential units, including 706 that currently lack easy access to any park or natural area.聽The park’s immediate neighbors to the east are Oliver Middle School and Parklane Elementary School, which have a combined enrollment of nearly 900 students in grades K-8.

The project is being funded with $29.7 million in System Development Charges. The money should cover completion of nearly all elements identified in the master plan except for the aquatic center.

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