A pre-application conference has been scheduled for a new five-story mixed use building at 532 NE Davis. The proposed building will be steel and concrete with retail and live/work spaces on the ground floor. Floors 2-5 will be apartments. Thirty parking spaces are proposed with access from Northeast Davis Street. These details may change given the preliminary nature of a pre-application conference.
Vallaster Corl Architects is the architecture firm. VCA has done numerous multifamily and mixed-use projects around the city including: The Hawthorne, Headwaters, Pearl Townhomes and The Jefferson.
Pre-application conference details:
When: January 28, 2009 at 1:30pm
Where: 1900 SW 4th Ave., Room 4a
File #: EA 09-100900
Download the pre-application conference notice.
General Information About Pre-Application Conferences
What is a Pre-Application Conference?
A Pre-Application Conference is a meeting that the Bureau of Development Services has with a person who is interested in doing a development project in the City of Portland. City Bureaus send their representatives to this meeting to give information to the person about what each bureau will require.
What is the purpose of the Pre-Application Conference?
The purpose of the conference is to provide information to the applicant to help them prepare a complete project proposal. Interested parties may attend, but the purpose is to provide information to the applicant.
When is a Pre-Application Conference required?
A Pre-Application Conference is required prior to submittal of all Type III and Type IV Land Use Reviews.
Vallaster Corl is probably the best firm in town for this type of site; can't wait to see what they come up with. This will be an excellent addition to the area, and it is great to see development happening, even though the Bridgehead is nothing but a White Elephant at this point.
It's unfortunate that this will demolish two old apartment buildings that are significant landmarks. The one to the west especially used to be remarkable, with giant two-story columns on the facade. The columns now seem to have been recently removed, rendering the building a shadow of it's former self. Too bad they won't be demolishing the west half of the block instead, where there's nothing significant there.