Olson Kundig – Daily Journal of Commerce /news/tag/olson-kundig/ Building and Construction News in Portland, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:24:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.6 /files/2023/08/favicon.webp Olson Kundig – Daily Journal of Commerce /news/tag/olson-kundig/ 32 32 Nike’s new LeBron James Building coming in 2020 /news/2019/09/06/nikes-new-lebron-james-building-coming-2020/ Fri, 06 Sep 2019 22:20:00 +0000 /?p=193939 The latest building at Nike’s headquarters in Beaverton will be named for the NBA star, the company announced Thursday.

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A new building named for Lebron James at the Nike campus in Beaverton is expected to open next year. (Courtesy of Nike)
A new building named for LeBron James at the Nike campus in Beaverton is expected to open next year. (Courtesy of Nike)

LeBron James’ name – though not his basketball talent – is scheduled to soon arrive in the Portland-metro area.

The latest building at Nike‘s headquarters in Beaverton will be named for the NBA star, the company announced Thursday.

The building will house Nike’s Advanced Innovation Team and a Sport Research Lab. Among the amenities will be a full-size basketball court, a 200-meter endurance track and a training ramp outside the building sloped at a 15.63 percent incline.

The building’s design is led by of Seattle. is the general contractor. , of Portland, is the landscape architect.

The LeBron James Building is slated to open in 2020, along with the previously announced Serena Williams Building. James’ building is the sixth new one constructed at Nike since the company began its Nike World Headquarters project in 2015.

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