SITE CHARACTERISTICS/CONSTRAINTS
A leftover berm space was created when the City of Portland built
the new one-way Couch Street couplet reconnecting the roadway
to the Burnside Bridge. This Central Eastside site is located at the
geographic heart of the City of Portland and at the edge of the
daily commuter flow of automobiles, bikes and pedestrians. The
development helps to strengthen the connection between the
eastside community and the westside downtown urban core. Also
located in the neighborhood is the world-renowned Burnside
Skatepark, constructed on an adjacent leftover city space beneath
the Burnside Bridge and leased to the skate community. The
building development team has additionally leased a small space
under the bridge adjacent to b76 and the skate park for food carts.
This will extend the Third Avenue ground level retail environment
into the forgotten and unused urban spaces full of creative
potential.
Project Size: 20,000 sq. ft.
Estimated Completion: May 2019
Program: Commercial Office and Retail
Zoning Constraints: Commercial and Retail uses only with no
parking or loading.
Construction Systems: CLT
Developer: Key Development
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designers are futurists, making today what they believe will
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THE GROUND FLOOR WILL BE ACTIVATED
BY STOREFRONTS ALONG THIRD
AVENUE AND A WORK SPACE ABOVE