Posted Jul 30, 2023, 3:08 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Portland
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Dude. You have been making the same comment in this thread since 2007. It's time to move on.
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I would love to see the city develop a plan to redevelop its actual downtown and push for new buildings. It actually has a great layout to be quite a cool small city with a couple towers in the teens for floors.
I have hopes for the city that they will pull their heads out of their asses and do more with their city. Right now, it feels like the city council and the people there don't care about their city.
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That is the problem with Beaverton, they have a downtown in place that they are ignoring. But again, that is a whole beast of mistakes in itself.
Hillsboro is an interesting city. It is a big city that is becoming a collection of urban centers. I don't think downtown Hillsboro will ever be that big, but with the number of urban cores that they are willing to do, I dont think it will matter.
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maybe it is time for beaverton to actually put together a development plan for downtown beaverton rather than hoping rich developers will do that for them.
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That is a great plan and all, but I think the city needs to also pay attention to their lack of downtown. Some form of future plan on this would be nice, how they wish to grow, what they would like to see the downtown look like, how the traffic issues should be handled.
There needs to be something to go with this plan because at the moment this is nothing more than constructing a park in an area in the city. Maybe combining this with the idea of building a new City Hall that would actually function as a center piece for downtown. Maybe even having a district of buildings that are over 6 stories tall might help as well. Also, the city already has a street grid in place, it would be nice to see that actually be important for the city with future developments.
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It's about time we started seeing buildings like this in Old Town Beaverton. That whole area should be full of buildings like this.
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I wouldn't mind seeing a local company become an Amazon like company that builds a group of buildings downtown.
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Does that mean Beaverton's tallest building is a parking garage? Yeah, that seems accurate.
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Personally I would like to see Beaverton get some height to its buildings and be more like a Bellevue type city to Portland.
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I thought that said Sixty Story Towers at first and was like, what the hell?? Then I realized it said six and thought that sounds more like it. I have no faith in Beaverton ever building an urban downtown with a tower district like I imagine for them.
Oh, Cedar Hills Shopping Center, not Cedar Hills Crossing, that also confused me because I couldn't understand why anyone would want to tear that place down. Over by the Sunset Transit Center, that is a great idea for a development like this. I have always wanted to see the land around Sunset Transit Center be developed Vancouver BC style with apartment towers surrounding it, and retail streets making a walkable community next to a major transit hub. This is definitely a step in the right direction for that area.
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I really wish they would start going taller by the Round and make that area stand out as more of a downtown.
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With Portland, I like seeing a lot of 250-450ft buildings going up. Beyond that height, I wonder if buildings that tall are even realistically needed. Though it would be nice to see surrounding cities go higher than 5-6 stories with their downtowns.
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I really wish we would start seeing taller buildings over by the Round, 10-20 story buildings would create a nice little skyline....also no city should have a parking garage be their tallest building.
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It's starting to look like Beaverton is finally starting to build themselves a legit urban downtown. Now if only they would start building higher than 5 stories. I have always imagined something along the lines of South Waterfront style skyline for Beaverton someday in my lifetime.
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That sounds promising, here's hoping Beaverton goes higher than 120ft, but for Beaverton, even 120ft would make an impact.
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I feel like if they are gonna build parking garages that big in "downtown" Beaverton, then they should be building buildings that people live and work in to be much higher than those parking garages.
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Yeah, I know, and it doesn't change my statement. Beaverton should be building buildings that people live and work in that are taller than the garages they are building.
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That doesn't surprise me if that's the case. Though the idea that every building that would go up in this development would have parking seems excessive for a Transit Oriented Development. Hopefully that changes as this project works its way out. I am also hopeful that it will include more housing and possibly taller buildings that what the masterplan currently shows.
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The north end of the Downtown Loop for Beaverton would be an ideal area for the city to really start building up with real towers.
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It's good to see downtown Beaverton growing more with density. Hopefully they will eventually start building up to give them a skyline to go with all these new urban infill buildings.
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It is looking good, I just wish they would build some taller buildings so that their tallest building isn't a parking garage.
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