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The master plan for the redevelopment of Lloyd Center received a second round of design advice from the Portland Design Commission on Thursday.

The 29.3-acre site, in Northeast Portland, currently is dominated by the 63-year-old mall. It鈥檚 owned by Urban Renaissance Group and KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

Urban Renaissance Group is leading the redevelopment effort, with the support of a design and planning team led by ZGF Architects. The project team also includes landscape architect and urban designer Field Operations of New York, civil engineer DOWL and structural engineer KPFF.

The vision for the property includes renewing its historic identity as a regional destination, while integrating new residential, retail, entertainment and employment uses with a connected public realm, the project narrative states.

High-density residential and commercial buildings would frame a network of connected open spaces. Visual and pedestrian connections are envisioned along a 12th Street promenade toward Holladay Park to the south. The promenade would serve pedestrians exclusively.

The site is near light rail, streetcar and freeway access. Streets that currently terminate at the edges of Lloyd Center would be extended through the site.

The first design advice hearing for the master plan took place in November. The team鈥檚 presentation Thursday included slight revisions and refinements, with focus on streets, massing, and open space.

鈥淚t is a very open space-driven framework,鈥� said Nolan Lienhart, a ZGF Architects principal and its director of planning and urban design.

While the current inward-facing, auto-oriented mall creates barriers between Lloyd and surrounding neighborhoods, the redevelopment would create community gathering spaces. The goal is for people to meander and wander through the site, Lienhart said.

Proposed refinements of the street network include a 30-foot-wide, woonerf-type private street/internal accessway connection that would allow for vehicle travel in one direction.

The design calls for two-way bike lanes on both Multnomah Street and 16th Avenue, as well as some additional bike lanes between 11th and 14th avenues, extended in a 鈥楿鈥� shape on the site.

The site would be broken up into a variety of development areas with potentially varied heights. The maximum height for each area is 225 feet. The commissioners expressed support for the proposed massing.

The streets and open spaces would create breaks in the site. The system of open space is designed to connect the property to surrounding neighborhoods. The open spaces would reach out in all directions, allowing people to flow in and out. A park or a plaza is envisioned for the corner of Ninth Avenue and Multnomah Street.

In the team鈥檚 presentation, development areas were numbered 1 through 15. Area 9, in the center, has an opportunity to become a focal piece for the site.

鈥淎ll developmental areas actually have frontage of open space, except for number 15, sort of on the bottom right,鈥� Lienhart said.

Area 13, the largest, would have a lot of flexibility. It could be one building, two buildings connected by a podium, or a collection of three buildings, Lienhart said. It has strong connections to the north, south and east with the 12th Avenue promenade.

Active ground-floor uses are required along the active frontages and will help support Holladay Park and the pedestrian environment along Multnomah Street. Those active uses will be determined with each individual project, according to the team.

More information on the phasing of the open spaces and when they would come online would be helpful information to the commission when the team returns, Chair Brian McCarter said. Commissioners also suggested adding an art or water feature to tie the site together.

鈥淭his plan is going in a really good direction,鈥� McCarter said.

Commissioner Joe Swank said one of the biggest portions of Lloyd Center鈥檚 character is the ice rink and suggested the team not lose sight of that and what the ice rink will be in future development.

The development team expects to submit a request for a pre-application conference in January. Once that meeting is held, a traffic impact study will be conducted. The team anticipates requesting a Type III master plan land use review hearing in the spring.

Editor’s note: A previous version of this story misidentified the firm responsible for two renderings showing conceptual examples of what redevelopment of the Lloyd Center site could look like. Field Operations created the renderings.