Broadway Corridor Block 6 | —' | 15 floors | Proposed

[colossalorder]

I noticed they added another building on the Broadway Corridor site.
https://www.broadwaycorridorpdx.com/current-work

Parcel 6 - Middle Income Housing
They have it on the same timeline as the affordable housing building (2026-2028) but ... it says "under evaluation, pending funding" so I'm not sure how likely it is.

[maccoinnich]

On the agenda for the Prosper Portland board this week:

Action Item: Authorizing a Predevelopment Loan for the Development of Middle-income Housing on Parcel 6 within the Broadway Corridor
Kay Little, Development Manager
Sarah Harpole, Sr. Project Manager

Report 25-19
Resolution 7611

[truebaru]

$750,000 loan approved by Prosper Portland to support development of parcel 6 of Broadway Corridor into 230 apartments affordable to 60-120% AMI.

Reporting from DJC Oregon: https://djcoregon.com/news/2025/06/20/broadway-corridor-net-zero-housing-loan/

[maccoinnich]

Via Portland Maps, a Pre-Application Conference for Parcel 6:

Development of Parcel 6 of the USPS Master Plan. Structure includes apartments over retail and structured parking.

[maccoinnich]

Notice of a Pre-Application Conference

[colossalorder]

For purely aesthetic reasons, I hope they can achieve some height variation on this site. Not off to a great start with the first two buildings at 14 and 15 stories respectively. Its one critique that I have about South Waterfront, where it looks like rows of height restrictions.

[winstonLT5]

Originally Posted by colossalorder

for purely aesthetic reasons, i hope they can achieve some height variation on this site. Not off to a great start with the first two buildings at 14 and 15 stories respectively. Its one critique that i have about south waterfront, where it looks like rows of height restrictions.

+1

[58rhodes]

Originally Posted by colossalorder

for purely aesthetic reasons, i hope they can achieve some height variation on this site. Not off to a great start with the first two buildings at 14 and 15 stories respectively. Its one critique that i have about south waterfront, where it looks like rows of height restrictions.

+ 2

[maccoinnich]

Design Advice scheduled by Mithun:

Development of Parcel 6 of the USPS Master Plan. Structure includes apartments over active use and structured parking.

[maccoinnich]

Notice of a Design Advice Request

[maccoinnich]

DAR Drawings [13 MB]

[maccoinnich]

Portland Design Commission offers advice for tower project



The Portland Design Commission on Thursday got its first look at plans to develop Broadway Corridor‘s Parcel 6 with a 13-story mixed-use tower. The property is located at the northeast corner on Northwest Ninth Avenue and Johnson Street.

This is the second development within the Broadway Corridor Master Plan area to advance. The first, Block 4A, was presented to the commission for design advice last year and recently was approved by city staff, Portland Permitting & Development staffer Staci Monroe said.

The Parcel 6 project is valued at $95 million, according to Portland Permitting & Development.

Mithun is the project’s designer. The team also includes lead developer Related Northwest, co-developer Melvin Mark, and public partner/owner Prosper Portland.

The 140-foot-tall building would be an L-shaped concrete tower atop a three-story podium. The proposal is for 200-plus middle-income residential units for people earning 50 to 120 percent of the area median income. The building would include 4,000 square feet of retail/commercial space on the ground floor, structured parking for 100 vehicles, on-site loading space, and 100 bicycle parking spaces. Plans include the full design and partial development of the Park Avenue alley along the eastern frontage.

...continues at the DJC.

[downtownpdx]

Looks pretty nice to me, are the buildings connected? There is one building in the Pearl I’m thinking of that has a lil alley between its 2 structures, which breaks it up and creates some more interest at street level.

[MoreAllowance]

Originally Posted by downtownpdx

Looks pretty nice to me, are the buildings connected? There is one building in the Pearl I’m thinking of that has a lil alley between its 2 structures, which breaks it up and creates some more interest at street level.

There are several, and they're always my favorite path to get around.

[maccoinnich]

Originally Posted by downtownpdx

Looks pretty nice to me, are the buildings connected? There is one building in the Pearl I’m thinking of that has a lil alley between its 2 structures, which breaks it up and creates some more interest at street level.

It's a full block podium - you can see the plans on page 21 of the drawings linked above.

[colossalorder]

I know not everyone here loves the Northwest Examiner, but in the latest edition, he covers a tense meeting between Home Forward and the Pearl District Neighborhood Association on this building.

It hits on an emerging question in Portland. Are we now oversupplied on affordable housing? Elevated vacancies, incentives being offered, etc. Market rate housing may now be cheaper than affordable housing.

If true, why are we building more at time of heightened costs - materials, labor & financing?

https://nwexaminer.com/p/october-2026-edition

[Rob Nob]

It must have been be a nightmare for Holst to be attacked for this when it has nothing to do with their work. It seems like an inappropriate venue.

"It’s not the building’s size, style or configuration"
"As for the proposed HomeForward building, Jamieson has no quarrel with its size or design. “I think the building looks great,” he said. “The problem is how it’s managed"

Also the per unit costs on affordable housing are always misleading when they also provide so much non-unit square footage in the cost; structured parking, right of way improvements, ground floor active use, non-profit offices, leasable space, public services, and common areas, etc.