Portland’s skyline is changing.

Several high-rises are finishing up and are under construction, including the 460-foot-tall Block 216 that is climbing the Portland skyline and Alamo Manhattan’s Block 41 – a 23-story tower popping up in South Waterfront.

Here are the next nine towers in Portland’s pipeline:

(Click the images for more information on each project)

[1] Pearl Block 24

Developer: Greystar
Architect: GBD Architects

Pearl Block 24 would be a 22-story (about 250 feet tall) tower with roughly 440 units and 3,000 square feet of ground floor retail. The project site is bordered by railroad tracks diagonally to the north, The Fields Park to the east, Northwest Quimby Street to the south, and The Abigail and The Holden of Pearl, a senior living tower under construction to the west.

The high-rise would include slightly more than 450,000 square feet and include a seven-story, angled bar-shaped portion and a three-story podium with about 300 below-grade parking spaces. The project last received design advice from Portland Design Commission on Oct. 20.

[2] The Phillip Apartments

Address: 555 N.W. Park Ave.
Developer: Fields Holdings
Architect: TVA Architects

Three design options are on the table for the eastern half of the historic Honeyman Hardware block in the Pearl District: An 11-story, half-block scheme; a 16-story tower; or a 19-story quarter-block scheme. Initially, a 23-story high-rise was proposed for the site, but after comments from Portland’s Historic Landmarks Commission and the public, plans for the building were significantly scaled down.

The project last received design advice from the Historic Landmarks Commission at the end of September. In the meeting, the preferred option presented was the 11-story, half-block scheme with about 200 residential units. The structure consisted of an eight-story addition that would hover above the two-story Bindery Building on the block. The addition would have a penthouse suite on top.

[3] RiverPlace Phase 1

Address: 150 S. Montgomery St.
Developer: NBP Capital
Architect: GBD Architects

A 30-story, 344-unit tower is set to rise on the southern parcel of Block 1 in the approved RiverPlace master plan area. The development is phase 1 of a more extensive buildout of the 8.03-acre RiverPlace site adjacent to the South Waterfront Park.

The Bureau of Development Services projected the project to cost about $82 million during the land use process. The Portland Design Commission approved its final design in August. Most recently, a demolition permit was issued for the RiverPlace Athletic Club on the site.

[4] Sandy Pine

Address: 900 S.E. Sandy Boulevard
Developer: SolTerra Capital Inc.
Architect: LEVER Architecture

At 125 feet, Sandy Pine is anticipated to be Portland’s tallest mass-timber building. The Portland Design Commission approved the 12-story structure in June. The development will have 276 apartments (including six live/work units), 14,500 square feet of commercial space and bike parking, and 2.5 levels of below-grade parking for 178 vehicles.

The project is LEVER Architecture’s second attempt at a mass-timber tower in Portland. The first, Framework, a 12-story mixed-use building envisioned for the Pearl District, gained approval and even had building permits issued – but financial difficulties halted the project in 2018.

In its design review, Sandy Pine was valued at about $36 million. Framework initially was expected to cost $34 million.

[5] Welby 

Address: 1325 N.W. Kearney St.
Developer: Killian Pacific
Architect: Bora Architecture + Interiors

The Portland Design Commission approved the design of the 21-story, 280-unit multifamily building in May. The tower’s green facades could make it a standout building in the North Pearl District as it will stick out from the gray, black and brown tones of most skyward buildings.

Welby will have 5,500 square feet of retail space at ground level and 4-1/2 levels of underground parking. The Bureau of Development Services projected the project to cost about $106 million during the land use process.

[6] SW Park Apartments

Address 2059 S.W. Park Ave.
Project Owner: Park Avenue PSU LLC
Architect Tahran Architecture & Planning

A 12-story affordable housing development is set for the corner of Southwest Park Avenue and Southwest Clifton Street. The building will have 98 residential units.

Plans for the development initially called for an 11-story, 89-unit building, but in October, the Portland Bureau of Development Services reapproved it as a 12-story development.

Most of the structure will be prefabricated and use modular units with mass plywood panel flooring and ceiling systems. As planned, SW Park Apartments will be the tallest modular structure in the city.

[7] Modera Main Street

Address: 1155 SW 19th Ave.
Developer: Mill Creek Residential
Architect: Ankrom Moisan
Contractor: MCRT PNW Construction

The 17-story building set for Goose Hollow will be one of Portland’s largest multifamily developments. At nearly 435,000 square feet, the development will fill a full-city block and hold 337 apartments.

The building will wrap around a large-scale parking structure with 403 stalls that residents will share with Multnomah Athletic Club members.

The project is under building permit review with the Portland Bureau of Development Services.

[8] Press Block’s Full-Block Development

Address: 1621 S.W. Taylor St.
Developers: Security Properties and Urban Renaissance Grou
Architect: Mithun

The second phase of the Press Blocks development is underway in Portland’s Goose Hollow neighborhood. The entire development comprises one-and-a-half city blocks at 1621 S.W. Taylor St., on the old Oregonian printing press site near Providence Park. Construction wrapped in summer 2020 on the eight-story, half-block, Canvas office building.

Now, it is the full block’s turn. The site will include a 24-story high-rise with 341 apartments as well as a three-story, 30,000-square-foot commercial building with retail space, live/work units and creative office space. The developments will be linked by an underground parking structure that will hold 473 vehicle parking stalls and secured bike storage.

Demolition began in September on the old Oregonian printing press building and will last roughly six months, according to a representative for Security Properties. The final Press Blocks buildout will take about three years to complete.

[9] Hollywood HUB Housing

Project Owner: TriMet
Developer: BRIDGE Housing
Architect: Holst Architecture

Hollywood HUB Housing would be TriMet’s first transit-oriented development under its new Transit-Oriented Development Guidelines. Plans call for a 12-story, 120-foot building capable of supporting 234 affordable units. The project, in part, is a reimagining of the Hollywood Transit Center.

The goal for the site is to create a seamless transit connection from the Hollywood MAX station across the Interstate 84 pedestrian bridge to the three bus lines that run down Halsey Street. The project’s scope includes a new pedestrian and cyclist connection to the end of the pedestrian bridge.

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The project team proposing a sizable mixed-use development at the north end of the Pearl District received design advice on Thursday.

The Portland Design Commission weighed in on plans for Pearl Block 24, which would be a primarily residential building with approximately 440 units. The six-sided project site is bordered by railroad tracks diagonally to the north, The Fields Park to the east, Northwest Quimby Street to the south, and The Abigail and another building under construction to the west.

Pearl Block 24 would include a 22-story (approximately 250 feet tall) tower, a seven-story, angled bar-shaped portion, and a three-story podium. There would be slightly more than 450,000 square feet above grade and around 300 parking spaces below grade.

The ground floor would include an approximately 3,000-square-foot retail space at the site’s southeast corner, a residential lobby, residential amenity spaces, and some residential units facing both Quimby Street and the pedestrian pathway/bikeway extending north from 12th Avenue.

GBD Architects is designing the project for developer Greystar. The project team also includes landscape architect Lango Hansen and structural engineer DCI Engineers.

The proposal is “generally compliant” with zoning code standards, according to a Bureau of Development Services staff report.

Proposed building massing is conceptual at this stage but currently reflects existing zoning rules, development context, site constraints, and ground-level surroundings. The podium mass would shift at the southeast corner to help make a more regular intersection with the slanted northern edge. After studying possibilities for tower placement, the design team slid it north to open it to views, GBD Architects principal Kyle Andersen said during Thursday’s hearing.

Structured parking would be at the building’s edge along the railroad-facing frontage.

“We’re really going to have to work on the design with how (the railroad-facing frontage) is screened and is interesting and beautiful and conceals parking that is happening behind it,” Andersen said.

The most active building frontage would be at the south end, with a retail space facing The Fields Park and the lobby at the intersection of Northwest 12th Avenue and Quimby Street.

Ground-level residential units would face Quimby Street and a portion of the pedestrian pathway/bikeway along 12th Avenue. BDS staff believes it is important for the most private residential uses to be on a mezzanine level, with more public-facing uses at ground level.

There would be no on-site driveways for motor vehicles, but rather a singular garage entry with access from Quimby Street.

“Staff does believe this driveway location is probably the most successful and maybe the best choice of where to put such a driveway,” senior city planner Ben Nielsen said.

Some of the commissioners expressed concerns about plans to locate retail space on the site’s southeast corner, near the dog park portion of The Fields Park.

The project team had originally intended to request a modification to the eco-roof requirement atop the tower, GBD Architects associate principal Marcus Lima said, because of concerns about an eco-roof’s survival at that height. However, now the team likely will not make such a request, he said.

Commissioner Chandra Robinson said it is a great idea to place an eco-roof on lower levels for birds that cannot fly up the tower.

Composition of building materials is conceptual currently. The team’s goal is for a simple selection of materials, with three main elements, Lima said.

The project team is wrapping up schematic design and expects to return before the Design Commission for design review in mid-to-late December.

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