A timber wedge for Southeast Portland
A proposal for a residential, mid-rise building with cross-laminated timber garnered compliments from Design Commission on Thursday.
Mixed-use project proposed for Northeast Portland
The latest proposal for Northeast Sandy Boulevard, in Portland, suggests a six-story mixed-use building between Northeast 19th and 20th avenues.
Pepsi Blocks project team will have to wait
Lingering technical issues led the Portland Design Commission on Thursday to delay its vote on whether to grant land use approval for the redevelopment proposal.
Amid multifamily push, one project echoes the past
The Portland Design Commission last week approved plans for a massive four-story Lexus dealership at Northeast 31st Avenue and Sandy Boulevard.
More development ahead near Sandy Boulevard
A developer is considering a sizable mixed-use project on the ex-Sunshine Dairy property in Northeast Portland.
Pepsi Blocks project team receives design advice
Designers with Mithun, a Seattle-based architecture firm, are working to integrate a public plaza into the multi-block Pepsi Blocks development planned off of Sandy Boulevard in Northeast Portland.
Developer purchases 4.7-acre PepsiCo site
Seattle-based Security Properties Inc. has closed on the purchase of a 4.7-acre tract that has been used since the 1960s as a PepsiCo. bottling and distribution facility.
Is it Sandy Boulevard’s moment?
A new proposal on the Northeast Portland street could represent a tipping point for the commercial corridor, as large out-of-state firms follow the footsteps of smaller projects from local developers.
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