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LEAD STORY SIDEBAR
Inventory of Top 25 Construction Projects Downtown
SOURCE: ASSOCIATION FOR PORTLAND PROGRESS
 

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NAME/ LOCATION

VALUE

SIZE

DEVELOPER

PARKING

 DATE OPEN

1

Marriott Hotel, Southwest Broadway and Washington Street

$35 million

20-story, 252-room hotel on top of retail

Ralph Schlesinger

460 cars

winter 1999

2

Pioneer Place II, Southwest Yamhill and Morrison streets, between 3rd and 4th avenues

$41 million

Five stories, 120,000 square feet retail, 30,000 square feet entertainment

Rouse Co.

None

1999

3

ODS Morrison Tower, Southwest 2nd Avenue and Morrison Street

$65 million

24-story office tower

Wright Runstad & Co.

Approx. 400 spaces

Februar y 1999

4

Fox Tower, Southwest Broadway and Park Avenue between Yamhill and Taylor streets

$90 million

28-story office tower with cinema, underground parking

Tom Moyer

 Approx. 400 spaces

2000

5

Westin Hotel,Southwest Park Avenue and Alder Street

$20 million

20 stories, 200-rooms

Gordon Sondland and
Joseph Angel

Approx. 50 spaces

early 1999

6

 Paramount Hotel, Southwest Taylor Street and Park Avenue

$14 million

 

 

14-story, 154-room hotel with street-level restaurant and retail

WestCoast Hotels

none

1999?

7

Hoyt Street Properties, south of Lovejoy in River District

$31 million

Two six-story buildings with 10,000 square feet retail, 123 condo units

Homer Williams

134 spaces

 summe r 1998

8

Pacific Northwest College of Art, 815 NW 12th Ave.

$2.5 million renovation, move from Portland Art Museum

new classrooms, library, meeting rooms, performance space

Pacific Northwest College
 of Art

not available

fall 1998

9

Cold Storage Building (Wieden & Kennedy), 1227 NW Davis St.

$26 million

four-story, full-block rehab for advertising agency, with ground-floor retail, upscale restaurant, office for dance and performing arts organization

Gerding/Edlen

Approx. 40 spaces; historic Pacific Coast Biscuit Co. building is being renovated for another 250 spots

Decemb er 1999

10

Fifth Avenue Court Apartments, 5th Avenue between Northwest Everett and Davis streets

estimated $11 million

six stories, 96 residential units, ground-floor retail, two levels parking

Phil Kalberer

150 spaces

July 1999

11

Fifth Avenue Commons, 310 NW 5th Ave.

$6.1 million

six stories, 70 residential units, 2,000 square feet ground-floor retail

Brian McCarl Co.

20 spaces

end of 1998

12

Roseland Theater, Northwest 6th Avenue and Burnside Street

$2 million

rehab 1922 theater with new storefronts and interior modifications

Double Tee Productions

none

summer 1998

13

The Yards at Union Station, five buildings, Northwest Front Avenue between Steel and Broadway bridges

$55 million

550 residential units

GSL Properties

300 spaces

1999

14

Village at Lovejoy Fountain, 301 SW Lincoln St.

$26.5 million

five floors housing, 198 units, more than two stories of parking

Oregon Pacific Investment Development Co.

327 spaces

spring 1999

15

Pacific Square, Northwest First Avenue and Everett Street

$19.5 million

Seven stories, 103,000 square feet office space, two stories parking

Port of Portland

206 spaces

summer 1999

16

Embassy Suites at the Multnomah, Southwest Pine and Ash streets, between 3rd and 4th avenues

$35 million

262 rooms with 25,000 square feet on ground floor, plus Portland Steak and Chop House

Multnomah Hotel LLC

70 underground spaces, 350 across the street

late 1997

17

MacKenzie Lofts, Northwest 12th Avenue and Glisan Street

$15.5 million

72 residential condos, eight commercial condos

John Carroll

 80 spaces

late 1997

18

Pearl Court Apartments, Northwest 9th Avenue and Johnson Street

$12.2 million

199 affordable studio
 apartments

Prendergast Associates

18 spaces

late 1997

19

 Pearl Lofts, Hoyt Commons, Irving Townhouses, Pearl Townhomes, Hoyt Street and Northwest 10th, 11th and 12th avenues

$31 million

four separate buildings--80 condos, 31 townhouses

Prendergast Associates

approx. 110

Betwee n late 1994 and
 early 1997

20

Parkside Lofts, 733 NW Everett St.

estimated at $2 million

68 condos

Earl Downs and Matt Sloan

61 spaces

Decemb er 1998

21

Sheraton Portland Hotel, Southwest Sixth Avenue and Stark Street

estimated at $4 million

16-story hotel (266 rooms) with adjacent six-story
 extension for parking, kitchen, loading

John Beardsley

67 spaces

late 1998

22

Parkside Lofts, 733 NW Everett St.

Estimated at $2 million

68 condos

Earl Downs and Matt Sloan

61 spaces

Decemb er 1998

23

 West Shore, Southwest Pine Street between 2nd and 3rd avenues

$8.3 million

113 apartments

Pacific Housing Developers

306 spaces

summer 1997

24

  Crystal Ballroom (with Flat-Iron Building), Southwest 14th Avenue and Burnside

$3.5 million

1,000-person dance hall, brewery, pub and restaurant

McMenamin Bros.

none

Februar y 1997

25

Chown Pella Lofts, Northwest 13th Avenue and Glisan Street

$12 million

68 residential condos, eight commercial condos

John Carroll

50 spaces

late 1996

Originally published: Willamette Week - June 17, 1998

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