Broadway Corridor (Post Office Redevelopment) | Proposed

[Socinus]

Most above ground demo done, except for the small building at the northeast corner of the site. Crews are now dismantling scaffolds, clearing debris, and excavating below grade. enjoying the new skyline view.

[CorbinWarrick]

Why aren’t they demo’ing the rest?

[maccoinnich]

Previous discussion:

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

One issue is that they need to relocate the USPS retail operation before they can demolish the main structure. Last I heard the plan was to move the retail facility into the ground floor of the existing parking garage, which would then allow the main building to be demolished. Ultimately the USPS retail will go in the ground floor of one of the new buildings.

There have also been various actions at city council in recent months related to streets and infrastructure.

Originally Posted by MarkDaMan

I'm confused? We didn't just need to accommodate a new sorting facility on a former public(?) golf course:

https://www.postal-reporter.com/blog...rtland-oregon/,

But we also need to provide them a new retail space in the Pearl? (Which honestly shouldn't be too hard in this COVID era)

I'm just trying to understand.

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

Yeah, part of the deal was providing them with new retail space. I gather it's a little trickier than just finding any vacant retail space, because they have specific loading needs and also want a certain amount of parking for customers (which isn't common with Pearl District retail).

Originally Posted by MarkDaMan

Thanks, that's an interesting deal they've worked out.

Originally Posted by CorbinWarrick

With such a central location their previous location was, I’m sure their objective was to milk as much favorable deals for their benefit

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

I cycled past the old Post Office today, and noticed that the retail operations have now moved into the ground floor of the existing parking garage at the southwest corner of the site. That will allow the demolition of the main building to go ahead. (Eventually the retail operations will move to the ground floor of a new building, similar to the shop at First and Main).

[DMH]

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

Previous discussion:

To be honest, the USPS retail operation moved into the ground floor of the parking garage quite a while ago....maybe 18 months to 2 years ago. I have done postal business there a few times over the past 12 months
.

[maccoinnich]

Yes, the previous discussion is from before they moved.

[colossalorder]

25 min video here discussing the project. I didn't hear any major news in it, but good overview of the project.

https://www.kgw.com/article/entertai...8-962fe82810de

[uncommon.name]

Portland's Pearl Post Office flattened
Portland Tribune - Joseph Gallivan Aug 15, 2023



At Northwest Ninth Avenue and Johnson Street, the demolition of the Pearl District Post Office is almost complete. Water trucks were damping down the dust coming off the hot rubble on Tuesday morning, August 15. The old distribution center, known as the United States Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) has been torn down. The parking garage continues to host a small retail post office for two more years, according to Prosper Portland, which owns the site, part of the proposed Broadway Corridor in Northwest Portland.

The gap leave a new view of Union Station and the Bud Clark Commons transitional housing building.

See more at Portland Tribune...

[subterranean]

How strange to see such a huge void in such a dense location. What an opportunity.

[downtownpdx]

And so cool to see Union Station unobstructed from that angle.

[maccoinnich]

Staff Presentation [3 MB] and Memo to the Historic Landmarks Commission, who yesterday approved the use of Belgian Block in the extension of NW Johnson between NW 9th and NW Station Way.

[CorbinWarrick]

I hope we see something happening soon here. Anything..

[uncommon.name]

Originally Posted by CorbinWarrick

I hope we see something happening soon here. Anything..

If you read the presentation that was just posted, you'll see the timeline for phase 1 (current phase) is about the street grid.

• Currently at 95% design
• Final plans anticipated in early 2024
• Construction estimated to begin in fall 2024 and last 18-24 months

[maccoinnich]

Northwest Portland park planning advances



An extension of the North Park Blocks is in the works to provide open space within the Broadway Corridor.

Currently, the blocks run between Northwest Park and Eighth avenues from Southwest Ankeny Street to Northwest Glisan Street. Two sites covering a total of three blocks are targeted for the expansion: an approximately 30,000-square-foot parcel between Northwest Glisan and Hoyt streets (site 1), and two full blocks north of Hoyt Street to Johnson Street (site 2).

The Broadway Corridor master plan calls for the creation of these new park blocks as part of the required open space. The plan also includes the conceptual route of a public, off-street bicycle and pedestrian multiuse path known as the Green Loop; it’s envisioned to connect the North Park Blocks to the Broadway Bridge.

In 2022, the city of Portland committed to an intergovernmental agreement between Prosper Portland, Portland Parks & Recreation, and the Portland Bureau of Transportation to create the Broadway Corridor and Green Loop designs as well as design and construct the park between Glisan and Hoyt streets, according to the project’s website.

Landscape architect PLACE is leading the development. The team also includes landscape architect Hood Design Studio of Oakland, California; architect ZGF Architects; civil engineer Vega Civil Engineering; and structural engineer KPFF.

Site 1 is owned by Portland Parks & Recreation, which currently leases it to Willamette University’s Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) for parking and display of Lee Kelly’s Memory 99 sculpture. The site is intended to support the future Green Loop development with planned half-street improvements for bicyclists and pedestrians on Park Avenue, Portland Parks & Recreation spokesman Mark Ross stated in an email.

...continues at the DJC.

[urbanlife]

So are we going to see the parks portion of the Post Office redevelopment first and then over time the surrounding lots getting developed?

[Jakz]

The timeline is 2027 for the first park and 2030 for the second. Hopefully some buildings start going in faster.

[uncommon.name]

Originally Posted by urbanlife

So are we going to see the parks portion of the Post Office redevelopment first and then over time the surrounding lots getting developed?

I believe the street grid is next with planning finishing up early this year and then construction estimated to begin in fall 2024 and last 18-24 months. Parks are likely after that.

[maccoinnich]

SB1530 passed out of committee today, with $6 million allocated for the extension of NW Johnson St.

[maccoinnich]

Discussion of Broadway Corridor Block 4A moved to a new thread.

[maccoinnich]

NW Johnson and Kearney extensions are out to bid.