Block 216 Tower - Ritz Hotel and Condos | 459'-11 1/2" | 35 floors | Complete - Page 19

uncommon.name · #**361** Posted **Mar 15, 2021, 6:41 PM**

Today's view from the 9th floor of an adjacent building.

PacificNW · #**362** Posted **Mar 15, 2021, 7:44 PM**

Thanks for posting...

PacificNW · #**363** Posted **Mar 15, 2021, 7:45 PM**

Thanks for posting!

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Originally Posted by uncommon.name

Today's view from the 9th floor of an adjacent building.

HillsboroTech · #**364** Posted **Mar 21, 2021, 10:55 PM**

3/21/2021 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/189630788@N05/]

downtownpdx · #**365** Posted **Mar 22, 2021, 3:28 AM**

Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to this crane popping up above the skyline, seems like a sloooow process!

nxnw · #**366** Posted **Apr 6, 2021, 2:40 PM**

subterranean · #**367** Posted **Apr 6, 2021, 2:47 PM**

Moving pretty quickly.

urbanlife · #**368** Posted **Apr 7, 2021, 6:49 AM**

That is amazing to see, it is so hard to believe that block is finally being developed with a serious tower. It is really changing the dynamic of that area.

QAtheSky · #**369** Posted **Apr 13, 2021, 3:08 AM**

Its really going to loom large long before it tops out.

urbanlife · #**370** Posted **Apr 13, 2021, 6:23 AM**

I miss those food carts, but to finally see this full city block get a tower that it deserves is so great to see. I hope we see some more big buildings rising around this tower.

CorbinWarrick · #**371** Posted **Apr 13, 2021, 6:59 AM**

Drove by this the other day boy this project is massive. You can really feel how large this building is

uncommon.name · #**372** Posted **Apr 26, 2021, 8:21 PM**

Taken this morning from the 9th floor of an adjacent building. I estimate that they are starting on around the 15th floor high now.

DMH · #**373** Posted **Apr 26, 2021, 9:37 PM**

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I miss those food carts, but to finally see this full city block get a tower that it deserves is so great to see. I hope we see some more big buildings rising around this tower.

Look around and you will see that there are not that many sites for new high rises in the vicinity unless there is demolition of active buildings that contribute to the urban fabric of Downtown. Probably the nearest opportunity is the half-block west of the new Moxy Hotel, along SW 11th. Another possibility one block north could be the half-block bounded by SW 10th between Oak and Harvey Milk, where a new building was proposed a few years ago. And then to the south, the Smartpark bounded by Morrison & Yamhill / 9th & 10th should have been demolished and redeveloped with a high-rise, but the City just spent a ton of money rehabbing it. So south of the garage, there are a bunch of half-block parking lots along SW 10th, 11th, and 12th Avenues just crying out to be developed. I expect that to happen after a post-pandemic shaking out because the market for new office space is changing.

bvpcvm · #**374** Posted **Apr 26, 2021, 11:33 PM**

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Look around and you will see that there are not that many sites for new high rises in the vicinity unless there is demolition of active buildings that contribute to the urban fabric of Downtown. Probably the nearest opportunity is the half-block west of the new Moxy Hotel, along SW 11th. Another possibility one block north could be the half-block bounded by SW 10th between Oak and Harvey Milk, where a new building was proposed a few years ago. And then to the south, the Smartpark bounded by Morrison & Yamhill / 9th & 10th should have been demolished and redeveloped with a high-rise, but the City just spent a ton of money rehabbing it. So south of the garage, there are a bunch of half-block parking lots along SW 10th, 11th, and 12th Avenues just crying out to be developed. I expect that to happen after a post-pandemic shaking out because the market for new office space is changing.

That last parking lot along the Park Blocks (at Park and Main)! CAN.NOT.WAIT for that one to disappear.

DMH · #**375** Posted **Apr 27, 2021, 12:19 AM**

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That last parking lot along the Park Blocks (at Park and Main)! CAN.NOT.WAIT for that one to disappear.

I believe that Park Block property is owned by the Portland Art Museum and is future expansion space for maybe their offices should art gallery space grow and take over their office space on the north side of the Mark Building. Can anyone in-the-know confirm if my memory is correct?

babs · #**376** Posted **Apr 27, 2021, 1:55 AM**

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I believe that Park Block property is owned by the Portland Art Museum and is future expansion space for maybe their offices should art gallery space grow and take over their office space on the north side of the Mark Building. Can anyone in-the-know confirm if my memory is correct?

The art museum does own the entire block except for the Roosevelt Condos. They've landbanked it for eventual expansion. Probably a great spot for food carts perhaps combined with a sculpture garden. Any art museum expansion is probably many years in the future.

AdamNorthwest · #**377** Posted **Apr 27, 2021, 7:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by uncommon.name

Taken this morning from the 9th floor of an adjacent building. I estimate that they are starting on around the 15th floor high now.

Walked by the site a few days ago, looks like they're working on the 11th floor. 24 more to go!

nxnw · #**378** Posted **Apr 30, 2021, 3:50 AM**

I work at fox tower and watched Park Avenue West go up daily, this building is just so much bigger in terms of mass, even though they will end up the same height.

eh2zed · #**379** Posted **Apr 30, 2021, 4:08 AM**

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I work at fox tower and watched Park Avenue West go up daily, this building is just so much bigger in terms of mass, even though they will end up the same height.

A glimpse of the podium cladding is already there!

DMH · #**380** Posted **Apr 30, 2021, 4:09 AM**

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I work at fox tower and watched Park Avenue West go up daily, this building is just so much bigger in terms of mass, even though they will end up the same height.

Not surprising. This one occupies a full 200-foot Portland block while Park Avenue West occupies about 1/2 the site area.