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Steel peeking out at Cumberland and Chestnut (through some Portland foliage).

The early morning push is crazy. I left around 6 am the other day and we sat in a 6 plane line for take off. Returned around 8 pm and the airport was completely, utterly dead.

https://www.pressherald.com/2022/06/09/our-view-nimbys-winning-fight-over-roux-institute-plan/ Maybe the editors are following along.

https://www.pressherald.com/2022/06/08/roux-institute-campus-plans-still-to-big-for-some-portland-neighbors/?fbclid=IwAR0TszutJoBfwuWJDITyDxXXMiD9if0u-yhZN7fXVtYgBGMuypIQ-VArqCM&fs=e&s=cl Point proved.

A real bummer, but hopefully this responsiveness to the community means less opposition (not holding my breath).

Pretty amazing. You can see straight through the building to State Street from Winter.

Steel rising

Foundations going in

I still maintain that it even looks GOOD!

Is there Is the problem the 25% affordable units? Can you condoize and do a LIHTC deal within a deal like in some big cities?

Looks amazing! What's your unit mix?

I lived in an all glass condo that required a specific type of window treatment. Annoying, but the pay off was high.

How so? Those things can coexist pretty easily.

I'd say the only thing close is Charlottesville, and it has a big university anchoring it.

I'm so surprised I'm the only one who seems to like this building. I'm a comparatively recent transplant but I really like the contrast of this simple modern with Portland's existing architecture. And it is clearly high quality materials and well laid out. I give it an 8/10.

Still no mortgage recorded, but there's a deed to the hotel owners, so progress!

Definitely boxy, but this also means an absolute maximization of density, so I'm excited!

I am glad they're redoing that intersection, but wouldn't put functioning walk signals (that change with the stop light reliably without a button) at every intersection, and repainting countless faded crosswalks, be a better use of money?