As mentioned in my other post, really awesome to see development progress in the month I've been away from the office. Would like to see a few more of these to round out the Goose Hollow neighborhood.
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make paradise, tear up a parking lot
Final phase of Press Blocks development tops off construction
Construction crews have officially topped off the second building part of the Press Blocks redevelopment in the Goose Hollow neighborhood.
A spokesperson with CKC Structural Engineers-based in Bellevue, Washington, said the Byline apartment building on Southwest 16th Street, which will bring 341 apartments, topped off on construction in the middle of September. The building on Southwest 17th Street, which will house office space, topped off at the end of August.
The Press Blocks is a mixed-use development in Goose Hollow where The Oregonian's printing facility was previously housed.
The finished product will bring a 24-story high-rise apartment building and a four-story office building called Canvas at Press Blocks.
I am so glad that this second phase of the Press Blocks went forward. Can all of you recall the hideous, windowless, graffiti-marred concrete bunker that sat on that full block for decades? I look forward to a dynamic urban setting with a pedestrian plaza between mixed use buildings. The addition of a high-rise building in Goose Hollow points the way to its future as an urban residential neighborhood.
It's coming together nicely. That area of Goose Hollow has a lot of potential. There are at least 3 or 4 sites other in the vicinity that would be suitable for high rise development; I hope that something happens with them when the development market returns.
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"Maybe to an architect, they might look suspicious, but to me, they just look like rocks"
So nice to see a dead zone in a high density neighborhood come to life. I remember waiting for the MAX many times next to the concrete bunker haha. What a nice change.
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