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RIVERPLACE CENTRAL CITY MASTER PLAN DESIGN ADVICE REQUEST #2 EA 19 -215959 DA December 5 2019 EASTBANK GBD Architects Incorporated 1120 NW Couch St., Suite 300 Portland, OR 97209 Tel. (503) 224-9656 www.gbdarchitects.com This is the submittal package for the Design Advice Request #2 for RiverPlace. At the first Design Advice Request meeting on October 3, 2019 the Design Commission identified areas within the proposed development for additional studies. The topics that drew the most discussion included: • The size and scale of the western block • The location of required open space at the podium level of the western block • Implementation of a potential new pedestrian / bicycle bridge across SW Harbor Drive In addition to new material on these topics, the first part of the submittal includes the Central City 2035 Plan Goals and descriptions of how the development proposal broadly addresses them. This submittal also includes updated information on the proposed street network options for RiverPlace and massing envelopes for future buildings. Over the course of developing the design options for this proposal, the project team has convened a series of meetings with various public agencies, neighborhood organizations and community groups. Though this is not an all inclusive accounting, the team has organized a transportation and traffic related meeting with the Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA), formally met and presented the project to the DNA 2 times, met with the Bureau of Transportation 7 times, the Bureau of Environmental Services 2 times and the Bureau of Development Services 3 times. NBP Capital | Riverplace Redevelopment DESIGN ADVICE REQUEST EA 19-215959 DA December 5, 2019 2 RIVERPLACE POLICY GOALS 1. CC2035 - Regional Center 2. CC2035 - Housing and Neighborhoods 3. CC2035 - Transportation 4. CC2035 - Willamette River 5. CC2035 - Urban Design 6. CC2035 - Health and Environment RiverPlace will create a new experience along downtown Portland’s waterfront. It will establish the next generation of Portland’s “front yard” along the Willamette River inviting thousands of residents, workers and visitors to engage in a vibrant urban waterfront district. It will offer a dynamic, signature new open space experience unlike any other in the city, yet is inspired by the iconic parks and open space sequences that exist nearby. NBP Capital | Riverplace Redevelopment DESIGN ADVICE REQUEST EA 19-215959 DA December 5, 2019 3 Most of all, RiverPlace will create a distinctive place VISION where people want to be, where Portlanders feel comfortable, and the community can see themselves reflected in the quality of its design and the civic character of its public spaces. CONCEPTUAL IMAGE DEMONSTRATING CHARACTER AND QUALITY OF OPEN SPACE NBP Capital | Riverplace Redevelopment DESIGN ADVICE REQUEST EA 19-215959 DA December 5, 2019 4 CENTRAL CITY 2035 The City of Portland recently adopted the Central City 2035 Plan describing a new vision for Portland’s most urban place looking into the future. It includes a new set of compelling big ideas, one of which is “Enhance the Willamette for People and Wildlife.” The description recognizes that while some improvements have been made to the Willamette River and the spaces along it, there is still great potential for the city to truly “embrace the river,” as was originally envisioned decades ago. The Central City 2035 Plan also updated the Central City’s subdistricts – creating some new ones as well. RiverPlace now sits in a new geography, the “University District/South Downtown” – an area stretching from Portland State University (PSU) east to the Willamette River with direct access to the water at RiverPlace. The vision for the district describes the relationships between RiverPlace, South Diagram from the Central City 2035 Auditorium and PSU, and the combined opportunity they Plan for the University District/South present in offering an attractive and vibrant residential Downtown area, showing a focus on community that helps support a multi-cultural center of the Harbor Drive mixed use path and learning, exchange and innovation. Montgomery as “flexible” streets with an emphasis on walking and rolling. DOWNTOWN LLOYD SOUTH WATERFRONT CENTRAL EASTSIDE GREEN LOOP DIAGRAM NBP Capital | Riverplace Redevelopment DESIGN ADVICE REQUEST EA 19-215959 DA December 5, 2019 5 CC2035 PLAN GOALS CC2035 GOAL 1 : REGIONAL CENTER GROCER/FOOD MARKET PORTLAND STEPS NEW PLAZA SPACE RiverPlace will positively contribute to the Central City’s dynamic urban character with a high density development that will add vibrancy and activity to the South Waterfront community. The scale and diversity of the proposed development will enable new uses and attractions not currently found in the community: new types of retail, event/ entertainment venues or cultural attractions. The proximity of the site to the riverfront could attract river-related retail uses such as kayak or canoe rentals, guided river tour businesses, or river equipment sales and service to be a part of the commercial mix on the site. The dynamic and varied design of the open space would become an attraction in and of itself, offering an undulating open space experience and unique vantage points for views of the river and to the east. NBP Capital | Riverplace Redevelopment DESIGN ADVICE REQUEST EA 19-215959 DA December 5, 2019 6 CC2035 GOAL 2: HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS EXISTING FAR: 1.7 : 1 PROPOSED FAR: 8.0 : 1 EXISTING PROGRAM PROPOSED PROGRAM LEGEND RiverPlace will provide more housing units, increasing the diversity of unit types, unit sizes and adding density. It PARKING (1500 STALLS) RESIDENTIAL (1.8M SF) will meet the city of Portlands inclusionary housing requirements providing both affordable as well as market rate RESIDENTIAL residential units to the neighborhood. Ownership will work to re-house tenants displaced during construction. HOTEL Reflecting the surrounding community, RiverPlace will also bring a broader range of uses than currently exist on the RETAIL (100K SF) OFFICE OFFICE (250K SF) site. The proposed program includes: 250,000 square feet of office space, around 300 new hotel rooms, and as much as 100,000 square feet of retail space adding more activity to the site and a “24-hour” feeling to the neighborhood. VACANT Active ground floor uses will be incorporated in all new buildings with retail uses concentrated at key locations PARKING where they will be most successful. RETAIL HOTEL (400K SF) NBP Capital | Riverplace Redevelopment DESIGN ADVICE REQUEST EA 19-215959 DA December 5, 2019 7 CC2035 GOAL 3: TRANSPORTATION EXISTING PROPOSED SW HARBOR DR SW HARBOR DR PROPOSED BRIDGE SW RIVER PKWAY SW RIVER PKWAY SW HALL ST A ST SW RIVER DR SW RIVER DR SW MONTGOMERY ST SW MONTGOMERY ST RiverPlace will add roughly 1500 linear feet of new, publicly-accessible streets and other connections through the In addition, it is considering new access opportunities at significant barriers such as a potential new pedestrian and site opening up its public spaces and amenities to all Portlanders. It will also provide critical links between highly bicycle bridge spanning SW Harbor Drive. At its riverfront location with a new public plaza, RiverPlace offers a trafficked and active transportation corridors – the Harbor Drive multi-use path to the west and the Willamette compelling and expanded end to the Montgomery Green Street corridor stretching from the West Hills to the Greenway Trail to the east. RiverPlace also integrates connections to new Central City-wide projects like the Willamette River. Green Loop and existing infrastructure systems like the Portland Streetcar. NBP Capital | Riverplace Redevelopment DESIGN ADVICE REQUEST EA 19-215959 DA December 5, 2019 8 CC2035 GOAL 4: WILLAMETTE RIVER RiverPlace will add thousands of new residents, workers and visitors to the Willamette Riverfront, generating interest and new stewardship of a clean and healthy Willamette River. Buildings at RiverPlace will step back from new open spaces and the Willamette River ensuring that they will be sunlit places and helping to frame the activity along the river. It will create a series of new places along this segment of riverfront informed by the history, culture and stories of people who have lived and worked along the river. RiverPlace will be the next new “pearl” on the string of the Willamette River Greenway complementing other destinations like the Hawthorne Bowl, Poet’s Beach and OMSI. NBP Capital | Riverplace Redevelopment DESIGN ADVICE REQUEST EA 19-215959 DA December 5, 2019 9 CC2035 GOAL 5 : URBAN DESIGN EXISTING PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE OPEN SPACE (on site) PROPOSED PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE OPEN SPACE (on site) Incorporating close to an acre of new public open space at its northeast corner, RiverPlace will bring the green LEGEND feeling and natural character of the Willamette River deeper into the site. The proposed open spaces are a unique blend of the smaller, intimate gathering spaces of South Waterfront Park and the iconic landform designs of the OPEN SPACE (REQUIRED) nearby Halprin Open Space Sequence. The open spaces will expand the range of possible functions and experiences, OPEN SPACE (ADDITIONAL) ranging from gathering spaces for socializing, quiet places to read a good book, grand spaces for a selfie and open areas for pickup frisbee games. NBP Capital | Riverplace Redevelopment DESIGN ADVICE REQUEST EA 19-215959 DA December 5, 2019 10 DISCUSSION TOPICS FOR DAR #2 01 - PODIUM SIZE & SCALE 02 - REQUIRED OPEN SPACE 03 - MASSING 04 - TRANSPORTATION ISSUES 05 - STREET CHARACTER NBP Capital | Riverplace Redevelopment DESIGN ADVICE REQUEST EA 19-215959 DA December 5, 2019 11 PODIUM SIZE AND SCALE DAR #1 PROPOSED BLOCK CONFIGURATION The 8-acre site is nestled along SW Harbor Dr and adjacent to the RIVERPLACE Willamette River. The Master Plan proposes to divide the site SW MONTGOMERY ST MARINA into 4 different blocks. Three of the blocks are more traditionally scaled blocks as seen throughout downtown Portland and a large block is proposed along the western edge of the site where the topography is more challenging.