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A six-story, 104-unit senior housing development is in the works in Beaverton. Portland-based Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH) is developing Meadowlark Place at 12350 S.W. Fifth St., near Beaverton City Library.

Meadowlark Place will hold a total of 116,037 square feet. Some of the 21,155-square-foot ground floor will be used by a Head Start program. CPAH is still looking for a second community service provider to occupy the rest of the floor. The building will also include a community room for residents as well as property management offices and amenity spaces.

The apartments 鈥� eight studios and 96 one-bedroom units 鈥� will be in two wings, on the building鈥檚 top five floors. Sixty-eight units will be affordable for households earning up to 30 percent of the area median income (AMI) and 36 will be for households earning up to 60 percent of the AMI. Thirty of the units will be permanent supportive housing for formerly homeless seniors. A few units will be set aside for seniors who need or wish to leave farmworker housing but cannot find affordable alternatives.

The total project cost is approximately $65.7 million. The team includes architect Carleton Hart Architecture, civil engineer Emerio Design LLC, structural engineer TM Rippey Consulting Engineers, landscape architect PLACE, and general contractor LMC Construction.

Service partners include the Urban League of Portland, the Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest (NARA) and Bienestar.

Universal design and trauma-informed design principles were used for the project.

鈥淯niversal design is centering accessibility for all, so spaces and units are comfortable regardless of disability or mobility,鈥� Jilian Saurage Felton, CPAH housing director, stated in an email. 鈥淩ather than addressing specific disabilities with discrete building features, universal design seeks to enable and welcome people of all abilities in all spaces.鈥�

Trauma-informed design uses color, texture and lighting to create spaces that are calming and grounding. This includes providing good sight lines, so residents are not startled by one another and accounting for biophilia by recreating some of the natural world in the shared spaces, Saurage Felton stated.

Amenities planned for Meadowlark Place include an accessible walking path that circles the building and outdoor spaces for gathering and gardening. Offices will provide privacy for on-site services offered by CPAH, NARA, Community Action, and Bienestar.

Construction is expected to begin in summer 2025 and finish in 2027.