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Originally Posted by maccoinnich
Even as someone who doesn't believe that the quality a city's urbanism is defined by its skyline—I'll take Northwest Portland over Belleuve, WA any day—I find it very silly when people involved in the NWDA say it's inappropriate to build new building in Northwest that are the height of apartment buildings that were being built in the neighborhood 100 years ago.
With that said, I'll be glad to see anything built on this site. NW 23rd is one of the great streets of our city, and this vacant lot exacerbates the gap between the north and south sections of the street created by Legacy Good Sam.
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I saw some information that explains the developer's decision this summer to abandon the 1-story retail building proposal and change to the 3-story mixed use building. It is because of a new City code that allows such buildings to avoid Design Review and go right to permits. Sure speeds the process. Developer wants to start construction in the summer.
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