6 • The Southwest Portland Post
NeWS
April 2008
Southwest residential development projects advance
By Lee Perlman
The Southwest Portland Post
Two major development projects in
inner southwest Portland moved for-
ward last month.
The Broadway Drive Heights Condo-
miniums, a 44-unit structure proposed
for an undeveloped hillside between
Southwest Broadway Drive and Sam
Jackson Road, had its third advisory
session before the Portland Design
Commission last month.
The original proposal called for plac-
ing the three-story structure 70 feet
above Broadway Drive, prompting the
commission to declare it an unsuitable
“fl atland project on stilts.” Architect
Bob Evansen then moved the buildings
much lower and closer to the street,
creating a conventional streetscape
complete with sidewalks and on-street
parking.
The project will have its own garage,
partially underground, beneath two
levels of units. To visually break up the
building’s long façade – another early
commission peeve – the structure will
be separated into three parts connected
by stair towers. Another feature, one
applauded by both the commission and
the Homestead Neighborhood Associa-
tion, will be a public trail connecting
Broadway Drive, Sam Jackson and the
Marquam Nature Trail.
Encouraged by highly favorable
commission comments at the last of the
three informal sessions, the developer
has submitted a formal application. The
Design Commission will hold a formal
hearing on the proposal the afternoon of
April 17 at 1900 S.W. Fourth Ave.
In the South Waterfront, the com-
mission gave an informal review to the
latest proposal of the Prometheus Cor-
poration, which owns six acres of land
near the south end of the district.
Their project is a 31-story, 320-foot
residential tower, and a smaller 74-foot
structure, between Southwest Bond Av-
enue and River Parkway at Abernethy
Street. Architect Isaac Johnson said that
the tower would be only 110 feet wide
from north to south with a fl oor plate
of 10,000 square feet, minimizing the
extent to which it would impede views
from neighborhoods to the west. The
building will have “live-work” units at
the ground fl oor, he said.
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