Spring/Summer 2015 Bridging Central Eastside News Covering Important Issues, Trends, and Developments in the Close-in eastside Commercial Areas Table of Contents Southeast Quadrant plan toward finish line ......................1-4 SOUTHEAST QUADRANT PLAN central city plan .......................................................................1-2 Zone changes far & few between ..............................................2 INCHES TOWARDS THE FINISH LINE what the hell is EOS..................................................................2-3 omsi and light rail station ........................................................3 Central City Plan is taking place and running concurrently that looks at Ground floor industrial bonus ..............................................4 the whole city. Central Eastside rents & Values Rising? Yes! ....................... 4-7 The process to set major goals on a variety of issues for Vaues are up! ..............................................................................4-5 the Central Eastside has moved towards the goal line Like in all major city planning processes, there is a Citi- land ...............................................................................................5-6 this spring with many of the most important aspects of zen Advisory Committee (CAC for Southeast Quadrant buildings ..........................................................................................6 this tedious but necessary process in place which are has 30 members) that encompasses representatives rent ................................................................................................6-7 changes in land use; zoning and overlays. Commonly from a variety of businesses and organizations, prop- CENTRAL EASTSIDE urban renewal area expanded .....................7 referred to as the Southeast Quadrant Plan, it is part of erty owners, and neighborhood groups from the area More weed coming to the eastside? .............................................8 a larger planning process called the Central City Plan being studied. Meetings of the CAC, along with the bevy DEALs, projects, moves, transactions ...................................9-11 which will get wrapped into the mother of all plans the of planners, facilitators and led by Troy Doss, from the Smith optics, starks & Washington high ...............................9 update to the City’s Comprehensive Plan. Without get- Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) Southeast urban development, specht, Vic alfonso & elephants .....10 ting too “wonky” and putting you to sleep, the Central Quadrant official meetings started last spring and as siteworks, Fishels & @ Large films ........................................11 City Plan is a once in 30 year process (the last plan of this writing has just concluded 14 meetings (one per Food and drink .............................................................................12-15 was done in 1988) by the City of Portland to review month) that cover a wide variety of issues. What is the Ecotrust buys not one, but two buildings .........................12 a variety of factors and characteristics of the Central most heated and is at the top of most everyone’s list Central eastside foodies/beverages ....................................12 City such as transportation, land use, sustainability, are changes in land use, namely zonings and overlays All oregon beer coming to central eastside ......................13 access and use of the river, equity, urban design, open which of course dictates what type of uses are allowed commons brewing expanding ...................................................13 space, and much more. The opening quote off the on an individual property going forward for several ancient heritage dairy churnning .........................................14 city’s website provides a good summation: “Central decades at least. Going into this process, it was easy to jaconson salt national reputaion ........................................14 City 2035 is a long range comprehensive planning and predict that there would be two basic viewpoints on this former printing co. building goes “sporty” ......................14 district planning effort that will create and plan for the important aspect which has become a somewhat more other central eastside for & beverage ...............................15 Central City to guide development, decision-making and heated issue with the rash of apartment and mixed mt tabor brewery moving back home ...................................15 investment through the coming decades” The Central use development occurring in the Central Eastside over harsch redevelops dealers supply properties ................16-17 ODOT Blocks 2.0 ..................................................................................17 City 2035 Plan looks at a fairly arbitrary group of 3 the last few years, with much more on the horizon. railroad quiet zone concidered ..................................................18 sub-districts or quadrants that include and wrap around On one side there is the belief that very little, if any, PARKING ..........................................................................................18-20 the downtown core on both sides of the Willamette zone changes and application of overlays allowing for PARKING in C.E. a delicate balance ..........................................18 River. The West Quadrant takes in all of downtown, more mixed use (housing), or intensive uses should be research & analysis for parking plan .................................19 Pearl, PSU, Goose Hollow and South Waterfront; the undertaken and that the industrial sanctuary designa- ex zoned properties & buildings permits phased out ......19 North-Northeast Quadrant encompasses the Lloyd tion of the bulk of the district needs to be preserved PARKING changes are coming................................................... 20 District, areas around the Rose Garden into the north and even enhanced. This has been entrenched lately by Burnside Bridgehead bursts with activity ......................20-22 Albina Industrial Area; and the Southeast Quadrant the bevy of new development at the Bridgehead, the yale union community blossoms ..........................................22-23 which mirrors to a large extent the boundaries of the Goat Blocks, and other smaller projects that are geared Corner Apartment .....................................................................24-28 Central Eastside. All 3 of these quadrants are being towards attracting higher volumes of employees, resi- Bollinger, Fowler & Bridgehead .............................................24 studied, discussed and analyzed separately with their dents and customers in an already confined area, thus Bridgehead cont. & St. francis Park ......................................25 own stakeholder groups, unique issues and public in many people’s minds is bringing more congestion and Bridge Housing & Linden Apts .................................................. 26 outreach all shepherd by an experienced, and at this uses that are having and will continue to have adverse Trinsic & lot near Central Bowl.............................................27 point, tired group of planners at the Bureau of Planning effects on some of the long term valuable industrial Mill Creek & Sackhoff ............................................................... 28 and Sustainability. The Southeast Quadrant is the last uses that are dependent on production and movement Data Systems set to be sold ........................................................ 29 area to be examined with the two other areas already of freight. This viewpoint, it should be noted, is not Capitol gains taxes....................................................................30-31 having gone through their year-long plus process and against multiple uses in the Central Eastside, but just north rim tackles latest project ............................................. 32 have preliminary concept plans in place. The Southeast thinks there is already considerable mixed use zoning Quadrant plan comes together later this year after a bit along the major commercial corridors that are being more public outreach then receives formal consideration developed and can be developed for years into the by BPS staff and the city council. Once approved, it future. A quote from a DJC article late last year from will then be consolidated with the plans of the two long time business owner, Dave Lorati, sums up this side other quadrants into one document. The Central City of the equation, “The industrial community needs Todd DeNeffe 503-228-0734 2035 plan will be approved by city council and become certainty. It’s about business development, not real [email protected] an amendment into the Comprehensive Plan effort that (continued on page 2) CONTINUED STORIES FOR SOUTHEAST QUADRANT PLAN What the (continued from page 1) hell is EOS? estate development.” Dan Yates, on the Portland Spirit push out blue collar jobs. We are redeveloping buildings continues, “Somewhere in the city you have to provide that were often empty or underutilized which really We do need to maybe get a new name a place to work where you do not need a master’s did not push any of the business out.” said Jonanthon that more accurately describes what is degree in graphic design. We drove them out of the Maslin. Mike Tevis, a developer of several buildings in becoming the most important aspect of Pearl. Now the Central