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March 24, 2021
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Housing
Community
Housing to Bring
New Life to Cully
Construction
begins on long
vacant property
Construction has officially be-
gun on Las Adelitas, a new, four
story, multi-family housing com-
plex in the Cully neighborhood.
The development of 142
new affordable homes by the
non-profit Hacienda Commu-
nity Development Corporation
will bring new life to a block
bordered by Northeast Killing-
sworth Street and Cully Bou-
levard, a site that for years was
home to a strip club and a hot-
bed of illegal activity.
“Hacienda, along with the
Cully community and other part-
ners have been working for more
than five years to redevelop this
site,” said Ernesto Fonseca, Ha-
cienda chief executive officer.
“The road to get here has been
bumpy, and the plot twist at the
end was a pandemic. But the
tenacity, hope and vision of the
community have paid off. We
couldn’t be more excited to put
the first shovels in the ground.”
When complete, Las Adelitas
is expected to be home to over
400 people. The housing devel-
opment was designed by Salazar
Architects and will be construct-
An artist’s rendering shows the future four-story, multi-family affordable housing development
coming to the former commercial property at Northeast Killingsworth and Cully.
ed by LMC Construction . Con-
Funding for the project in- 2016 voter-approved initiative
struction is estimated to be com- cludes over $15 million from to build more affordable housing
plete by October 2022.
the Portland Housing Bond, a in the City of Portland.