Connective neighborhood keeps growing
Hub 9, a six-story mixed-use building, is the latest step to ensure that Hillsboro's Orenco Station neighborhood is more connected.
Atypical affordable housing
REACH Community Development says the 57-unit first phase of the Orchards at Orenco in Hillsboro is on target to become the largest multifamily passive house building in the country.
State dollars boosting affordable housing
$18 million of state money awarded to REACH Community Development will help it construct and rehabilitate dozens of affordable housing units in the Portland-metro area.
Photos: Passive House going up in Hillsboro
Walsh Construction is building a highly efficient, transit-oriented workforce housing project in the Orenco Station neighborhood of Hillsboro for owner/developer REACH CDC. The 57-unit project, designed by Ankrom Moisan Architects, […]
Working to encourage thriving urban cores
Urban Land Institute Northwest next week will host a presentation about the benefits that cities can reap by encouraging infill development.
Exporting revitalization success
Sacramento-area officials, developers and others gained insight during a recent visit of Portland.
Naming names at Orenco Station’s Platform District
The developer of The Platform District at Orenco Station in Hillsboro has released the names of three buildings that will be a key part of the project.
203-unit apartment complex planned for AmberGlen in Hillsboro
West Hills Development is currently seeking permitting to build a four-story, 203-unit apartment complex on Northwest 206th Avenue and Cornell Road. The complex, tentatively named the 206, will join a number of other affordable housing units of similar size in the area.
REACH eyes passive house design for multifamily project
The affordable housing developer says Orchards at Orenco Station, a 57-unit project in Hillsboro, will break new ground in the multifamily housing market when it achieves passive house standards.
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