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Providence Park Stadium Expansion
Submitting Company: Turner Construction Company
Location: Portland
Cost: $60.75 million
Start Date: October 2017
Completion Date: May 2019
Owner/Developer: Peregrine Sports, LLC
Architect: Allied Works Architecture
Engineer: KPFF
Additional Engineering Firms: Glumac,
Carr Construction
General Contractor: Turner Construction Company
Subcontractors: A-Line Concrete Cutting, Alliant Systems, American Heating, Artector Inc., Aspen Mallory Holdings, Bell & Bell Builders & Overhead Doors, Bell Hardware of Portland, BrandSafway Services, Brian H. Smith Demolition, Browns Architectural Sheetmetal, Building Material Specialties, Cgc Industries dba Culver, Chick of All Trades, City of Roses Disposal & Recycling, Cornerstone Masonry, Crane Consultants, D & R Masonry Restoration, Don Frank Floors, Donald B Murphy Contractors, DP Nicoli, Duray, J.F. Duncan Industries, Eco – Pan, Encore Glass, F.D. Thomas, Farwest Steel Reinforcing, Faustrollean Fixture, Finish Line Concrete Cutting, FP&C Consultants KC, Glacier Northwest, Global Electric, Gonsalves & Santucci, Hanset Stainless, Harlen’s Drywall, Herc Rentals, Holland Painting, Huntco Supply, Interior/Exterior Specialist, Interior/Exterior Cleaning Service, JCI Services, KC & J Perimeter Protection, Kern Steel Fabrication, Kittelson & Associates, Knife River, LaRusso Concrete, Liberty Electric, Lions Painting & Construction, Long Painting, McDonald & Wetle, Morrow Equipment, National Construction Rentals, Ness & Campbell Crane, Nor-Pac Seating, Northstar CG, Northwest Scaffold Services, OEG, O’Neill Construction Group, OPTIM Earth, Patriot Fire Protection, PERI Formwork Systems, Piper Mechanical, Prestige Tile & Stone, Ralphs Concrete Pumping, RESCO Plastics, S & S Sheetmetal, Scott Pipeline Video, Security Contractor Services, Sensera Systems, Snyder Roofing of Oregon, Spraylock Concrete Protection, St. Joseph’s Precision Precast, Straight Up Carpentry, Sunbelt Rentals, T-Plus Steel Fabricators, ThyssenKrupp Elevator, Turner Logistics, Untied Rentals, United Site National Services, Weitman

The expansion and renovation of Providence Park stadium consisted of two separate phases completed over successive off-seasons to minimize disruption to the Portland Timber’s and Thorn’s match schedule. The expansion features three new levels on the stadium’s east side, adding more than 80,000 square feet, with a new cantilevered roof to shelter the new seating sections as well as the existing Key Club seating.

The roof itself is roughly 50,000 square feet and features trusses more than 150 feet long. The expansion provides space for about 4,000 additional fans between new seating and standing room sections, for a total capacity of more than 25,000.

Additional restrooms were added and new concessions spaces were built to accommodate the expanded list of restaurants for fans to enjoy. The project also included the renovation of the team store inside the stadium on the east concourse. A new synthetic turf playing surface was installed to FIFA and MLS guidelines along with brighter LED field lighting and new video screens throughout the stadium.

One logistical challenge on the project was how to efficiently phase work so as much construction as possible took place in between soccer seasons and ensure safety during the portions that were built while fans were present. Before matches, the team cleaned up and locked down the site so fans could safely navigate past construction. The existing roof was then disassembled after games and during night shifts.

From past renovations on the stadium, Turner Construction knew that the Tanner Creek Sewer line, which runs diagonally under the field, would create a site challenge. The aging line serves as a major stormwater drain for Portland’s west side, so a temporary steel bridge was built to span the pipe, protecting it and allowing heavy equipment access to the entire field.

Another obstacle that took careful coordination was navigating 210 truckloads of metal trusses and precast seat components through narrow streets to the job site.

Strong safety precautions for workers, new technology, daily check-in huddles, weekly work plan meetings and pull-planning of complex tasks ensured all trades were communicating in a coordinated effort during the project.

“Having a strong team mentally heightened morale throughout the project and led to a high-quality standard from the trades,” according to Turner Construction. “Monthly barbecues were held on site to bring everyone together and thank them for their hard work and show appreciation for how the project was progressing.”

Hyatt Regency Portland At The Oregon Convention Center
Submitting Company: Mortenson
Location: Portland
Start Date: August 2017
Completion Date: December 2019
Developer: Mortenson
Architect: ESG Architecture & Design
Engineer: DCI Engineers
General Contractor: Mortenson
Subcontractors: ABC Roofing, All Source Construction Supply, Ambrose Glass, Arcadis Us, Arctic Sheet Metal, Barclay Dean Architectural Products, Bedrock Commercial Concrete Cutting, Belstone, Blue-Ribbon Business Products, Brightworks Services, Brundage Bone Concrete Pumping, Building Material Specialties, Cadman Materials, Carr Construction, Ccarlo USA, Chick of All Trades Flagging (COAT), City of Roses Disposal & Recycling, Cleanworld Maintenance, Cochran, Coffman Engineers, Colorado Doorways, Compaction & Recycling Equipment, Construction Specialties, Curtis Restaurant Equipment, Custom Source Woodworking, DAS Simplified, DeWitt Construction, Donaldson Enterprises Consulting, Eagle Striping Services, EC Electric, Elevator Consulting Services, Energy Performance Engineering, Energy Trust of Oregon, Fabrication Products, Faison Construction, Floor Factors, FM Burch and Associates, FM Global, Garner Construction, General Sheet Metal Works, Geotechnical Resources, Gibson Door & Millwork, Glumac, Harris Rebar Seattle, Hilti, Inline Customs, Interface Engineering, IP Design Group, ISEC, J&S Masonry, JH Kelly, Johnson Controls, Kathy Lawrence H Construction Clean Up, KC Development, Kodiak Pacific Construction, KPFF, LaRusso Concrete, Liberty Steel Erectors, Long Painting, Lorence Yoo Design, Mayer Reed, Mayes Testing Engineers, McClone Construction, Mesher Supply, Miceli Drapery, Michael McCulloch Architecture, McDonald & Wetle, Milne Masonry, Mission Glass, Morrison Hershfield, mtn2coast, Ness & Campbell Crane, NW Scaffold, Nortech Solutions, North West Handling Systems, Northstardeck, Northwest Enforcement, NTA Contracting, O’Neill Construction Group, O’Neill Electric, OEG, Olympian Precast, Oregon On-Site Drug Testing, Otis Elevator, Overhead Door, Pacific Stair, Performance Contracting, Picture Source NW, PMG Abatement Contractor, Prestige Tile & Stone, Pro Bel Enterprises, Quality Commercial Installation, R2M2 Rebar & Stressing, Rwdi USA, Safeguard Security, Sawtooth Caulking, Scheduling and Information Services, Schonert & Associates, Service Master Building Services, Sign Wizards, SimplexGrinnell, Skyline Tile & Marble, Smartvid.io, Spray Lock, Stantec, Suddath Relocation Systems, Sustainable Floors, Teufel Landscape, The Gettys Group, Tice Electric, Tube Art Group, Viking Automatic Sprinkler, Viking Engineering & Construction, WC & Partners, West Coast Air Products, Western Rebar, Willamette Print & Blueprint, Williamsen & Bleid, Won Door, Zana Construction

Public-private development partnerships are certainly more complex than your average building project.

That was certainly the case with the long-awaited Hyatt Regency Portland At The Oregon Convention Center, which featured a partnership between Oregon Metro, Prosper Portland, general contractor Mortenson Construction, architecture firm ESG Architecture and Design and many others, including a wide range of financial backers.

It took fully seven years from the time the first request for proposals were sent out by Metro in 2012 until the project reached substantial completion in December 2019. But the results were well worth the wait and have given Portland a hospitality centerpiece it can base future events around.

“We’re really proud of the development in delivering not just a construction project,” said Pat Clemons, a senior project manager with Mortenson, which employed a design-build delivery method and also served as project developer. “It went from a vacant lot, assembling the properties, assembling the design, getting the project permitted, the stakeholders approval, working with Hyatt as a partner, working with Metro, the many sources of funding and the support it took politically. It was a vast number of stakeholders that had to be united, and being able to do that is something to be proud of.”

The new 14-story hotel features more than 440,000 square feet of floor space and over 600 guest rooms. There is more than 35,000 square feet of meeting and event space, a full service restaurant and bar, administrative office space, and retail space that includes a market and a coffee shop. The hotel is designed to LEED Gold standards and the partnership between Hyatt and Metro, which runs the convention center, was starting to pay decided dividends prior to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic earlier this year.

For Minneapolis-based Mortenson, the project not only cemented their place in the Portland market, it delivered a huge benefit to Portland in the form of economic development, created thousands of new jobs, both in construction and beyond, and advanced diversity, equity and inclusion in the trades along the way.

Adding to the complexity was the simultaneous construction of a parking garage on the west end of the property that has over 175,000 square feet of parking, as well as the ability to be expanded in the future to host 120,000 square feet of additional office space on top of the garage. It was a veritable tightrope walk of project management and development and the whole team involved pulled it off on time and on budget.

“Mortenson has been on time, on budget and has delivered zero surprises throughout construction,” said Scott Cruikshank, general manager of Metro.

“In my opinion, given the circumstances and challenges, this was the most successful public-private partnership in my time at PDC (Prosper Portland),” said Bruce Wood, former real estate manager for Prosper Portland.

Outpost
Submitting Company: Skylab

Location: Hood River
Cost: $6 million
Completion Date: August 2019
Owner/Developer: Key Development
Architect: Skylab
Engineer: Valar
General Contractor: Celilo Contracting
Subcontractors: Akamai Construction, Apollo Heating & Air Conditioning, Brown Roofing, DLM Design, Ek Plumbing, EnduraWood, Fulcrum Exteriors, GB Manchester, Glacier Electric, Height’s Glass, Hood River Painting, Jet Electric, Kellogg Welding, Patriot Fire Protection, Schindler Elevators, Schuepbach Builders, Sierra Pacific, SMP Construction, WH Cress, Zink Builders

Craft brewing is as Oregonian as it gets these days, and one of the most innovative structures in this year’s Top Projects fits squarely in that category.

Outpost was designed by Skylab Architects for Key Development, and is located in Hood River. It features a unique 60,000-square-foot development composed of a pair of interconnected structures. Together, these structures form a 30,000-square-foot complex that little resembles a traditional building. While it functions as a single three-story commercial structure, Outpost and its multiple wings are organized around a central courtyard and common area that provides both horizontal and vertical circulation, as well as a fireplace area where people can gather.

The buildings share the same materials and aesthetic, with a mix of natural cedar wood finishes on the ground floor and charred cedar cladding on the two upper floors.

A brewery, distillery and maker spaces are spread throughout the ground levels, with their easy pedestrian access, while office, co-working and recreational spaces are featured on the upper floors. Some retail space is also thrown in on the second floor along elevated outdoor streets.
Locally sourced timber was used in the project, while laminated wood beams complement infill walls and decking made with Douglas fir.

The Outpost’s location along Hood River’s waterfront is just the latest addition to a bustling recreational area that once was barren of public spaces, or even development.

Blu Dot
Submitting Company: Waechter Architecture

Location: Portland
Start Date: April 2019
Completion Date: January 2020
Owner/Developer: Blu Dot
Architect: Waechter Architecture
Engineer: KPFF
General Contractor: R&H Construction
Subcontractors: Accurate Concrete Cutting, American Heating, Clean World Maintenance, D&R Masonry Restorations, DeBenedetto’s Commercial Flooring, Don Rhyne Painting, Dynalectric, General Sheet Metal Works, Goldwal Construction, LaRusso Concrete, Minority Abatement Contractors, Portland Millwork, Rayborn’s Plumbing, Steven W Broders, T-Plus Steel Fabricators, Uncommon Cabinetry, Viking Automatic Sprinkler, Vista Interiors, WH Cress

Historic renovation projects are hugely popular in Portland, and for good reason. The city’s stock of historic brick masonry buildings, whether old offices, warehouses or firehouses, is ripe for re-use and has been very popular with up-and-coming companies looking to relocate their space.

One such example is the nearly 100-year-old Blu Dot Furniture building in The Pearl, a three-story warehouse that had already experienced a series of renovations over the course of its lifetime. This led to a complex makeover designed by Waechter Architecture and carried out by general contractor R&H Construction that peeled back existing elements of the structure before rebuilding it to a new standard that pays homage to its original appearance.

To do this, an existing mezzanine was partially demolished to increase the daylight streaming the space. A wing of offices was removed and infilled bays butting up against the main public pedestrian paths were opened up.

As work progressed, many of the valuable old materials were salvaged, including heavy timber beams from the mezzanine that were then donated to a local fabricator. The grid of original heavy timber columns also was a highlight of the renovation and now complements a white-washed display space.

The interior was given a thorough facelift, and now features two-inch by two-inch battens lining curving walls to provide texture. Further, horizontal break lines in the battens point to display plinths, door thresholds, and mezzanine guardrails.

Finely crafted detail work involving integrated grills, plinth nosing, and concealed cabinetry all combine to make the space new, yet respectful of the past.

Northwest Housing Alternatives Campus Redevelopment
Submitting Company: Walsh Construction

Location: Milwaukie
Cost: $20,579,762
Start Date: October 2016
Completion Date: August 2019
Owner/Developer: Northwest Housing Alternatives
Architect: MWA Architects
engineers: KPFF, James G. Pierson
General Contractor: O’Neill Walsh Community Builders
Subcontractors: A2 Fabrication, Academy Specialties, Advanced Electric, Allplay Systems, American Direct, American Heating, Anderson Heating, BD Aerial, Burgener’s Woodworking, Cascade Radon, Cedar Landscape Construction, Civic Construction, Classic Fences and Decks, Crown Fire Systems, Culver Glass, De-El Enterprises, Dennis’ 7 Dees Landscaping, Eagle Striping Services, East Wind Roofing and Sheet Metal, Eastside Paving, EuroLine Windows (USA), Floor Solutions, Fox Architectural Signs, G.R. Morgan Construction, Great Northwest Gutters, Haier US Appliance Solutions dba GE Appliances, Hillebrand Construction, Imagine Energy, Interior Exterior Specialist, JB Insulation, KONE, Kraft Masonry, Lanz Cabinet Shop, Lauzon Contracting, Lazer Site Surveying, LM Construction of Brush Prairie, Matson Siding, McDonald & Wetle, Metro Overhead Door, Northwest Masonry Restoration, O’Neill Construction Group, Oregon Lumber, Plumbing Concepts, Point Monitor, Quality Cleaning Service, RDF Builders, Ross Recreation Equipment, Shields Painting, Sign Wizards, Standard TV & Appliance, Sterling-Pacific, TA Onchi, Topline Counters, Ultra Quiet Floors, Union Construction, VPI Quality Windows, WMX Construction

With an affordable housing portfolio throughout the state and the only shelter for whole families in Clackamas County, Northwest Housing Alternatives (NHA) was quickly outgrowing the three single-family homes where its offices and family shelter were housed for 30 years.

NHA partnered with MWA Architects to develop a master plan for its Milwaukie property, where the Annie Ross House, a six-bed family shelter and 10 affordable apartments, are located. In envisioning a new campus, NHA wanted its shelter and office buildings to have a greater degree of resiliency with stout mat foundations at each building.

As the operations hub, the office building is designed to Passive House standards and to achieve Net Zero energy use. It is the first such project in the city of Milwaukie, and features include smart lighting and a high-performance building envelope.

The campus provides a development and management office, an eight-unit family shelter, and 28 affordable multifamily units ranging between one and three bedrooms. Amenities include a community room, resident services and property management spaces, on-site parking, an outdoor terrace and a playground.

“Careful consideration was given to the design of the shelter to balance community connections with privacy on this very tight site,” according to Walsh Construction Co., which joined with O’Neill Construction Group to form O’Neill/Walsh Community Builders (OWCB). “The family shelter was developed in conjunction with shelter management, and guided by trauma informed design. MWA was sensitive to the need to provide a temporary home for some of the community’s most vulnerable families within a protected environment.”

The housing units address the public street with direct connection to ground-floor entries, and enclose the courtyard to create an intimate campus community. Simple material palettes such as brick, oko skin and cedar were selectively used to lend a sense of quiet to the overall campus. An atrium and vaulted ceilings inside the office allow for an open space, natural daylighting and visual connection to the staff working on each level.

The site was very tight and the team wanted the individual units to have their own sense of entry rather than shared breezeways. Due to the proximity of the new fence line with multiple neighbors’ properties, a fairly extensive amount of planning and communication with neighbors was required. Despite the challenges of the sloping site and close proximity of neighbors, OWCB delivered the project ahead of schedule and exceeded COBID (MWESB) goals by attaining 31 percent participation.

Oregon Harbor of Hope – Navigation Center
Submitting Companies: Deacon Construction, Opsis Architecture

Location: Portland
Cost: $3 million
Start Date: February 2019
Completion Date: July 2019
Owner/Developer: Oregon Harbor of Hope
Architect: Opsis Architecture
Engineer: PAE Consulting Engineers
Additional Engineering Firms: Froelich Consulting Engineers, GeoDesign, Humber Design Group
General Contractor: Deacon Construction
Submitting Companies: Deacon Construction, Opsis Architecture
Subcontractors: A Cut Above Concrete Cutting, Absco Alarms (Absco Solutions), Alico Drywall, Ambrose Glass, B & B Builders, B & T Striping & Curbing, Brix Paving Northwest, Building Material Specialties, Concrete Forming & Placing, Cornerstone Janitorial, EK Plumbing, Exodus Contracting, Farallon Consulting, Frahler Electric, HVAC Inc., Innova NW, Magnum Masonry, Metro Overhead Door, Mid Columbia Caulking, Mt. Hood Corporations, Northern Alliance Landscaping, Old Mill Cabinets & Millwork, Place Studio, Portable Welding and More, Portland Sheet Metal Works, Prestige Tile & Stone, Ramsay Signs, River City Environmental, River City Painting, Spectra Contract Flooring, TerraCalc Land Surveying, Triad Fire Protection, Trojan Wall Products, Westech Construction, Winterbrook Planning, Zochert Fence

The Oregon Harbor of Hope Navigation Center is a 9,500-square-foot safe haven, offering 100 residents a home for up to 90 days with 24-hour access, two daily meals, sleeping accommodations, showers and laundry facilities. Social service resources provide access to medical and mental health services, opportunities for job training and connections to permanent housing.

Realized through a public-private partnership, the center provides an affordable, efficient and replicable prototype for low-barrier transitional housing, the missing link between an overnight shelter and permanent placement in affordable housing.

The Navigation Center, located on a brownfield redevelopment site within the evolving industrial and residential waterfront in Northwest Portland, transforms a stark gravel parcel by capping the site with an elevated layer of clean fill and additional soil to create a landscaped oasis.

It is designed to enhance the public realm with a high level of transparency and layered gradient from active spaces to quiet areas that incorporates connections to nature with outdoor gathering and covered storage and smoking and pet relief areas.

One of the biggest challenges was developing an economical, temporary and relocatable facility. One of the solutions was to utilize a “Sprung Structure,” a large-scale fabric structure that provides basic shelter. With a clear structural modulation of arched aluminum bents, the Navigation Center echoes the structure of the adjacent Broadway Bridge. The system offers large, communal, free span space, fast construction assembly and the capability to be strategically modified.

Working within the constraints of the Sprung system was another challenge since it required expert craftsmanship to tailor walls, ceilings, storefront windows, a main entry vestibule and skylights to fit within a curved structure. The accomplishments provide an appealing internal environment while meeting the community’s high expectation for design quality and durability of construction materials.

Don Mazziotti, Harbor of Hope’s co-founder and president, noted that Deacon Construction and Opsis Architecture dealt with a variety of challenges to make the project economically feasible, providing leadership and innovative solutions to make the Navigation Center a “resounding success.”

“Their approach, resources and expertise contributed to overcoming the challenges and delivering the project on time and within budget,” he said, adding the center shows how public and private resources can combine to have a positive impact on the community. “As a result, we are planning to replicate this center and similar projects into other areas of Portland to help solve homelessness in our community.”

Bethlehem Inn Homeless Shelter Replacement
Submitting Company: BLRB Architects
Location: Bend
Cost: $9 million
Start Date: August 2017
Completion Date: May 2019
Owner/Developer: Bethlehem Inn
Architect: BLRB Architects
Engineers: ColeBreit Engineering, OS Engineering, Froelich Engineering, RH2 Engineers
Landscape Architect: Szabo Landscape Architecture
General Contractor: Sunwest Builders
Subcontractors: 7 Peaks Paving, AM-1 Roofing, Anderson Clark Interiors, Architectural Specialties, Baxter Builders, Bell Hardware, Bend Commercial Glass, Bend Concrete, Bend Heating & Sheetmetal, Bend Radiant Heating, BestVue Blinds, Building Solutions, Cascade Heating & Specialties, Cascade Interior Trim and Door, Cascade Painting & Design, CCI Bend, Cox Custom Welding, Dimar Siding, Dormakaba, Double F Welding, Eagle Roofing, Elite Electric, Energy Conservation Insulation, Fabulous Floors, Garage Harmony, J&R Fire, John Varner Construction, Koroseal Interior Products, Land Effects, Mike’s Fence Center, Miller Lumber, North Country Building Specialties, Onity, Rowe Fenestration, Rubenstein’s Contract Carpet, Sealtech, Severson Plumbing, Shamrock Northwest Construction, Sign Pro, SiteScapes, Solid Rock Masonry, Straight Up Elevators, Ultra Quiet Floors, Western Protective Coatings

The Bethlehem Inn’s new family shelter in Bend replaces a dilapidated shelter and doubles the capacity, potentially housing 10 families at one time. The Bethlehem Inn previously operated out of an old hotel that had inadequate space. Thanks to the generosity of donors during a $9 million capital campaign, the shelter was able to completely rebuild its facilities.

Building 1 is an 18,180-square-foot structure that houses 11 bedrooms, 17 bathrooms, a commercial kitchen, dining rooms and administrative offices. Building 2 is a 16,408-square-foot “singles building” that can accommodate 106 individuals and includes activity spaces and laundry and storage facilities. Each building has a donation room, storage space, laundry facilities and offices.

The new family shelter provides an outdoor play area for children, and the commercial kitchen allows volunteers to cook meals on site rather than bringing prepared meals, as they did before. The new dining area offers more space and separates individual residents from families.

The team phased the project so the Inn remained fully operational during construction. The site’s size posed challenges and required coordination of construction activities with neighboring businesses. The project was a collaborative effort, with the design team, contractor and suppliers reducing fees and donating time and materials.

Pod Build Challenge
Submitting Company: SRG Partnership
Location: Portland
Cost: $403,500
Start Date: September 2019
Completion Date: March 2019
Owner/Developer: Catholic Charities of Oregon
Architect: SRG Partnership
Engineer: KPFF
Additional Engineering Firms: PAE, PLACE, Portland State University Center for Public Interest Design
General Contractor: Andersen Construction
Subcontractors: AGC Oregon-Columbia chapter sponsoring the Northwest College of Construction, BC Custom Construction, Bremik Construction, Builders First Source, DR Horton, Elite Development Northwest, Kenton Women’s Village Support Services, Lease Crutcher Lewis, Legend Homes sponsoring Professional Women in Building, LMC Construction, Lovett Deconstruction, O’Neill/Walsh Community Builders, P&C Construction, R&H Construction, Scott | Edwards Architecture, Skanska, Stephens House sponsoring Professional Women in Building, students of PSU School of Architecture and Center for Public Interest Design, The Rebuilding Center, Turner Construction

The Pod Build Challenge brought 21 teams from the residential and commercial building communities to build new sleeping pods for formerly homeless women living at the Kenton Women’s Village in North Portland.

Catholic Charities, in partnership with Andersen Construction Foundation, PSU Center for Public Interest Design, Joint Office of Homeless Services, SRG Partnership, Home Builders Foundation, Home Builders Association, Kenton Neighborhood Association, LMC Construction and others organized the challenge, where volunteers donated labor and materials to build one of three sleeping pod designs created by local architecture firms.

The Pod Build Challenge Community Day and Celebration was held April 5, 2019, at Kenton Women’s Village. It brought together the build teams to put the final touches on their pods and compete in a friendly competition in several categories. These included “Best Innovative Use of Materials” and “Best in Show,” and judges included some of the residents who live in the village.

Kenton Women’s Village is designed to provide a safe, dignified and constructive temporary sanctuary for women who are seeking to transition from homelessness to permanent housing with health care, an income and connections to services and community.

The Village at Mary’s Woods
Submitting Companies: R&H Construction and Ankrom Moisan Architects
Photos by Cheryl McIntosh

Location: Lake Oswego
Start Date: April 2017
Completion Date: November 2019
Owner/Developer: Mary’s Woods at Marylhurst
Architect: Ankrom Moisan Architects
Engineer: Froelich Engineers
General Contractor: R&H Construction
Other Associates: Bridget Bohacz + Associates, Earth Advantage, Halliday Associates, Humber Design Group, Listen Acoustics, Structural Waterproofing Consultants, American Direct
Submitting Companies: R&H Construction and Ankrom Moisan Architects
Subcontractors: Acousti-Level Floor Systems, Affordable Window Coverings, Architectural Castings, Bargreen Ellingson, Bell Hardware of Portland, Benelli Construction, Browns Architectural Sheetmetal, C C & L Roofing Specialists, Carlson Testing, Cascade Acoustics, Cascade Radon, Cascadian Landscapers, Cash’s Drapery, Concrete Shop, Contemporary Visions Signs & Wayfinding, CPM, DDN Interior Supply, DeBenedetto’s Commercial Flooring, Desert Sage Wall Systems, Diverse Works, Eagle Striping Services, Eco Windows, Engineered Products A Pape Co., Fireside Home Solutions, GE Appliances, Gelco Construction, Geopier Northwest, Great Northwest Gutters, GRI, Hansen Architectural Systems, Hunter-Davisson, Imagine Energy, Insulation Contractors, Interior Technology, IRS Environmental of Portland, Jack’s Overhead Door, KeyWest Retaining Systems, Konell Construction & Demolition, Kraft Masonry, Lanz Cabinet Shop, Long Painting, Marion Construction, Mid-Valley, Northwest Masonry Restoration, Northwest Structural Services, NW Construction Services, Oregon Asphaltic Paving, Oregon Electric Group, Overhead Door of Portland/Vancouver, Pacific Fence & Wire, Pacific NW Marble & Granite, Patriot Fire Protection, PCNW, PG&E, Pike Awning, Pioneer Waterproofing, Pioneer Sheet Metal, Prairie Electric, Quality Acoustical, Rogers Painting, Ron Rust Drywall, Roof Masters, Schindler Elevator, SHS Paper Hanging and Painting, Sieckmann Metal Fab, Smith & Greene, Tapani Plumbing, Temp-Air, Teufel Nursery, The Harver Company, ThyssenKrupp Elevator, T-Plus Steel Fabricators, Uncommon Cabinetry, United Subcontractors dba JB Insulation, US Mailboxes, Versatile Wood Products, VPI Quality Windows, West Coast Coating, Westlake Consultants, Westside Drywall, WFJ Janitorial Services, Willamette Glass, WMX Construction

This year’s Top Projects winner in the Senior Living category is a bright new addition to an historic Oregon community.

The new Village at Mary’s Woods in Lake Oswego development connects the Mary’s Woods community in Lake Oswego with a brand new expansion that includes independent and assisted living, wellness amenities and public retail space in nine buildings adjacent to Highway 43 on the east side of the 40-acre campus, which was originally founded by the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary in 1859 as the order’s first establishment in North America outside Canada.

The new expansion ties in with the existing campus facilities on the west side of the property while also creating a more public-facing presence along the busy highway connecting Lake Oswego and West Linn with Portland.

“Interestingly, the last thing the Sisters built is actually their new front door,” said Project Architect George Signori of Ankrom Moisan Architects.

General contractor R&H Construction carried out construction on the project, and completed work in November 2019 on nine buildings that include four residential buildings with a combined total of 198 units, an assisted living building with 48 units, a commons building and three separate amenity buildings. The structures cover a combined total of just over 422,000 square feet.

The new complex is marked by a 65-foot belltower, and is an ode to the traditional European village, both aesthetically and with its programming.

“Having amenities like a great coffee shop, a hair and nail salon, a dentist, personal trainer group, a medical clinic onsite along with all of the other amenities offered by Mary’s Woods creates a vibrant, active village,” said Mark Simpson, the senior project manager on the job for R&H Construction. “There is central community building with a large front porch and grassy area in the middle of all the action that to me feels like a town square.”

The Mediterranean architecture, white stucco, and brick provides an inviting feel and cohesiveness between the new buildings and the historic Provincial House, which was built by the order in 1910 near the Willamette River on the east side of the property. The Village uses recurring architectural themes that help establish hierarchy among buildings and help with wayfinding for both residents and the public.

“There is central community building with a large front porch and grassy area in the middle of all the action that to me feels like a town square,” Simpson said. “ The architecture of the new buildings blends in and complements the rest of the campus very well. There is a very prominent and beautiful bell tower that serves as a point of reference while walking around the grounds. The mix of brick buildings up front mixes well with rest of the stucco buildings.”

Simpson said the project team worked “amazingly well” together.

The Springs at Lake Oswego
Submitting Company: Todd Construction

Location: Lake Oswego
Cost: $70 million
Start Date: September 2017
Completion Date: November 2019
Owner/Developer: The Springs Living
Architect: LRS Architects
Engineer: TM Rippey Consulting Engineers
General Contractor: Todd Construction
Subcontractors: Ace Masonry, Acousti-Level Floor Systems, Advanced Fireproofing & Insulation, Advanced Welding & Steel, Affordable Window Coverings, All Trades General Contractors, American Wire, Architectural Metal Works, AS&D, Aston Global, B&T Striping and Curbing, Bear Electric, Blue Mountain Pools, Breckenridge Storefronts & Entrances, Building Material Specialties, Cadman Materials, Campbell’s Custom Tile, Cascade Tower & Rigging, Colonial Coatings, Comfort Flow Heating, Contract Flooring & Interiors, Cooper Mountain Spruce, Colonial Coatings, Curranseal, DeaMor Associates, Double A Metal Fabrication, EK Berglund & Co., Fireside Home Solutions, Greenhaven Landscapes, InPro, Integrity Industries, Insulpro Projects, Interior Technology, Jackson Field Welding, JASCO Supply, Klinger Masonry, Kone, Lanz Cabinet Shop, Life Rax, Lisac’s Fireplaces & Stoves, LJ Pearson Construction, MC Interiors, McDonald & Wetle, Mega Chess, Metro Overhead Door, Mid Valley Glass & Millwork, Moore Excavation, Northwest Arch Products, Northwest Structural Services, NW Masonry, Oregon Interiors, Pacific Stainless Products, Paylon Traffic Swinging Doors, Penhall, Point Monitor, Pole-Tech, Rodda Paint, Roedel Tile Contracting, Sawtooth Caulking, Sherwin-Williams, Site Scapes, Smith & Greene, Sound Fire Protection, Steel Encounters, Stewart Plumbing, Teufel Nursery, Timber Tech Framing, Topline Counters, Trojan Wall Products, United Construction, VPI Quality Windows, Washington Automated, Wessco, Western Group, Western Wood Structures, Westlake Consultants, Whitaker Ellis Builders, Wolf Wall Papering, Won Door

The Springs at Lake Oswego features 216 apartments with varying levels of care, from independent living to assisted living and memory care. Built by general contractor Todd Construction and designed by LRS Architects, the facility covers more than 373,000 square feet over five stories, with a massive cascading water feature greeting those entering the grounds.

Located at the corner of Boones Ferry Road and Kruse Way, the wood-framed building resembles a figure eight from above and contains a pair of large interior courtyards that provide residents with both privacy and room to stretch outdoors.

“It’s about blending comfortable surroundings with the attention and kindness of people who make life just a little easier for its residents,” building owner Fee Stubblefield said.

The Springs at Lake Oswego offers residents so many amenities, those involved in the project took to describing it as a cruise ship on land. They include five dining sites, including a café with a pizza oven, a boulangerie and a rooftop wine bar, even a demonstration kitchen. There is also an on-site health care clinic, swimming pool, spa, fitness center, salon and barber shop, a yoga studio and even physical therapy rooms.

Outdoors, there is a giant life-sized chess set, a bocce ball court, putting green, dog walk area and much more.

A post-tensioned concrete parking structure below the building holds 198 vehicle spaces, 20 of them hosting electric vehicle charging, while eight distinctive varieties of wood finishes, massive fireplaces, and rooms named Willamette, Rogue and Umpqua for Oregon’s rivers lend a Northwest feel. Meanwhile, historic Lake Oswego memorabilia in the main dining room brings the interior design a more local feel.