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PDC is also granting $5.1 million
in tax revenues to the developer,
ineluding donation o f the land it­
self, to the $13 million project.
Winkier Development Corporation
has also secured a $4.6 million loan
from Wells Fargo Bank, according
to Winkler and PDC executive Sara
King.
The finished project will con­
tain 57 for-sale condom inium
units. O f these, 34 will be sold at
prices affordable to households
earning 80 percent or more o f
median family income. The build­
ing will also have 9,000 square
feet o f ground floor retail space. It
will be a LEED Gold construction
project with an eco-roof, recycling
o f storm water, and use o f highly
energy efficient m aterials for re­
duced energy consum ption.
The project has been on the draw­
ing boards for at least 10 years. PDC
acquired the 32,000 square foot site
between the years 2000 and 2003,
removing several existing homes in
the process. In 2004 PDC selected
the Kemper Company to develop
the site, but the firm withdrew the
following year for financial reasons.
In 2006 PDC gave Winkler a chance
to pursue developm ent o f the
project, and in 2008 the parties signed
on to a $3.3 million subsidy for the
project. However, the deal lan­
guished when W inkler’s couldn’t
secure the rem aining financing.
In her report to the Com mission,
King cited letters o f support for
the project from the Overlook
N eighborhood A ssociation, the
adjacent Arbor Lodge N eighbor­
hood A ssociation, and the Inter­
state C orridor Urban Renewal
Advisory Com m ittee which over­
sees the use o f the urban renewal
funds that are the source o f the
project’s subsidy and loans.
King noted that there was also
some opposition on the advisory
committee to the project because o f
a lack o f more family-sized units and
affordability.
Nearly all o f the units will have
just one bedroom, with most o f the
living spaces between 600 and 750
square feet, but Winkler told the
Portland Observer that there will
also be three two-bedroom units o f
1,062 square feet each.
For the PDC, the biggest issue
seemed to be the amount o f money
they were spending on the project,
but all o f the PCC commissioners
accepted its necessity.
PDC Chair Scott Andrews said,
“It’s significant that there’s bank
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financing behind this, though at a
lower level than in the past. There’s
a construction loan to be paid back,
and w ithout that, this project
wouldn't go. This will encourage
other development in these neigh­
borhoods.”
Commission member Charles
Wilhoite said, “The community re­
ally wants to see something happen
here.”
Commission member John Mohlis
said, “As we go from the new world
w e’re in back to the more traditional
one, we ’ II hopefully be able to stretch
our dollars further. Meanwhile, it’s
great to get this project going and
put people back to work.”
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