Central Eastside News

[pdxsg34]

SEC/ 2ND & SE ASH ST - 3-28-19 - Early Assistance

The proposed project is a 92,385 sf building (with 60,000 sf of industrial office, 5,000 sf of traditional office, ground floor retail and structured parking). The building has a day lit basement level and first floor of concrete with 5 levels of Type IV-C heavy timber above. Stormwater will be collected on the roof of the building and treated in flow through stormwater planters on the third level.

[maccoinnich]

I wonder if there are another buildings that have been permitted as Type IV-C yet?

As far as I'm aware, Oregon is the first state to incorporate the prescriptive path elements for Tall Wood Buildings into its building code, via Statewide Alternate Method No. 18-01. These are amendments that have been approved for incorporation into the 2021 International Building Code (IBC). (For context, Oregon's current building code is an amended version of the 2012 IBC; later this year we'll adopt the 2018 IBC as the basis for our code).

[pdxsg34]

Pre-App Conference for 701 E Burnside, a Guerilla Dev project

Three major components to this project: 1. Renovation of existing 10,000sf building on northern portion of the site. 2. New 35,000sf 5 story residential building with approximatel 46 one-bedroom units. Anticipated to be wood construction over 1 story concrete podium. 3. New separate building fronting Burnside which will have overhanging second story to continue the 'Burnside Arcade'

Intrigued to see the arcade aspect and how it interacts with the Orleans. Hope something gets built across the street too.

[maccoinnich]

Posting Notice for the SERA / Mill Creek project at 1120 SE Morrison.

[maccoinnich]

Modera Morrison drawings [15 MB] and memo.

[cityscapes]

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

Modera Morrison drawings [15 MB] and memo.

I'm glad staff is pushing back against the design in the memo. This looks like way too many Sera GMEO buildings in other locations.

I don't know how they can put together that drawing set showing the context buildings and think this is somehow appropriate in the central east side.

[maccoinnich]

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

Modera Morrison drawings [15 MB] and memo.

Summary memo

[maccoinnich]

Modera Morrison DAR #2 drawings [18 MB]

[Inner Ring]

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

Modera Morrison DAR #2 drawings [18 MB]

I liked the original version better. It was actually a bit distinctive. The #2 DAr version looks like every other new building in town, and has a weak frontage on 12th, due to stepping back the 7th story. I'm sure that's to "defer" to the "Neighborhood". This one is more bland than the original.

[maccoinnich]

Modera Morrison DAR #2 revised drawings [18 MB]

[MarkDaMan]

Props to them for creating a rendering showing the rainy, dark season.

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KEX/HENNEBERY EDDY
Something new for the Central Eastside: a hotel
By Jon Bell – Staff Reporter, Portland Business Journal
2 hours ago

There's been a lot of new development in the Central Eastside in recent years with new office and multifamily projects springing up. But the hotel boom that's descended upon Portland has yet to really land east of the Willamette.

That will change this fall when KEX, a hotel company based in Iceland, opens its first U.S. location in a renovated 1912 building.

Located at 100 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. on a bustling corner of Northeast Couch Street, KEX will be able to accommodate 156 guests in both private and shared rooms. It will also be home to the all-day restaurant Vivian, a rooftop bar on the fourth floor called Dóttir and an outdoor courtyard. Other amenities will include an 850-square-foot meeting space, a sauna and a communal kitchen.

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[urbanlife]

This looks like a great addition to East Burnside, and it is a plus that it saves an old building. Speaking of this project, what is happening next door with Stark Vacuums? I was driving by the a few days ago and it looked like they were gone.

[maccoinnich]

Note of a Pre-Application Conference for a hotel at 131 NE MLK.

[soleri]

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

Note of a Pre-Application Conference for a hotel at 131 NE MLK.

The Burnside Bridgehead area is trendy, so it wouldn't surprise me if the Union Arms is retrofitted for a boutique hotel, something which is happening across the street with the soon-to-open Kex hostel.

[tworivers]

Originally Posted by soleri

The Burnside Bridgehead area is trendy, so it wouldn't surprise me if the Union Arms is retrofitted for a boutique hotel, something which is happening across the street with the soon-to-open Kex hostel.

Did I mis-read that document? It looked to me like demolishing the Union Arms was part of this plan, something that would bum me out due to the loss of housing, the number of vacant and poorly-utilized parcels nearby, and the fact that --from an urban fabric standpoint-- it is great to have some older buildings mixed in down there, even if they're not individually distinguished.

[soleri]

Originally Posted by tworivers

Did I mis-read that document? It looked to me like demolishing the Union Arms was part of this plan, something that would bum me out due to the loss of housing, the number of vacant and poorly-utilized parcels nearby, and the fact that --from an urban fabric standpoint-- it is great to have some older buildings mixed in down there, even if they're not individually distinguished.

You're right - I missed that. FWIW, I agree with you about old buildings and urban fabric.

[DMH]

Originally Posted by urbanlife

This looks like a great addition to East Burnside, and it is a plus that it saves an old building. Speaking of this project, what is happening next door with Stark Vacuums? I was driving by the a few days ago and it looked like they were gone.

Stark's Vacuum Cleaners is fortunately still operating after having consolidated their operations into the north half of the block.

[urbanlife]

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

Note of a Pre-Application Conference for a hotel at 131 NE MLK.

What the hell??? Some jerk wants to tear down the Union Arms??? I always hoped that building would survive this redevelopment of East Burns and be a reminder of the area's roots as a sketchy no man's land.

[urbanlife]

Originally Posted by DMH

Stark's Vacuum Cleaners is fortunately still operating after having consolidated their operations into the north half of the block.

Ah, okay, so did they vacate the southern part of the block? Is that just still being renovated or are they selling that part off?

[johnliu]

Originally Posted by urbanlife

Ah, okay, so did they vacate the southern part of the block? Is that just still being renovated or are they selling that part off?

It looks like the southern part of the retail space that was formerly occupied by Starks Vacuums is vacant and ready for new tenants. It looks cleaned up, not preparing for demo. That's just from riding by.

The Union Arms was renting studios and 1 bdrms for $700-850. Way more affordable than most places in that area. None are available now. Perhaps the owners have ceased entering into new rentals, in preparation for demolition.