The Pearl District has been smokin’ hot this weekend. Checkout this amazing shot and read the latest forecast. Pearl District Weather Sun: 93°F / 63°F Mon: 93°F / 65°F Tue: 93°F / 63°F
The Pearl District is getting taller. Here is the latest design update on North Point Tower. Read our previous coverage on the project here.
Developer Gerding Edlen is proposing a nine-floor mixed-use building; dubbed as the Janey II in the Pearl District. The location is block 78, at NW 11th Avenue and Everett St. Currently the site is an abandoned one-story warehouse constructed in 1906. The neighboring original Janey project was completed in September 2012, and was just six…
One of the Pearl District’s largest projects, the Marriott Hotel, purposed some design changes today. The 225 room extended stay hotel was approved in a 2012 design review, but now seeks some small alterations to the exterior and courtyard areas. Here’s the purposed design changes (via Proposal): Revisions to the size and placement of the…
During Tuesday’s Planning and Transportation meeting, developer Hoyt Street Properties and Boora Architects, sought design advice for Pearl District Block 17. Hoyt Street Properties purposes a residential tower and mid-rise structure for the site. Based on last night’s design presentation, the tower skin is described as modern light-colored glass. The mid-rise skin was all white brick. Unfortunately…
Warby Parker, a startup eye glass company, has stopped in Portland’s Pearl District. The company started a campaign, “The Warby Park Class Trip,” where the team travels around in a bus to bring the company’s showroom experience to life. The bus stops in nine cities, and Portland was selected as one. It’s currently parked at…
Pearl District developer, Bob Ball, plans to raise $200,000 through social media to save the Mounted Patrol Unit. The Mounted Patrol Unit is a a group of Portland Police officers patrolling on horseback. Often patrolling only the downtown urban area, the officers have a particularly better advantage over standard foot patrol, it’s their height. Because the horses are tall, officers are…
This is the Marriott Hotel. It’ll be the Pearl District’s first hotel. Learn more about the project’s past.
Today marks the official opening of the Pearl District’s largest park, The Fields Neighborhood Park. The celebration started at 12:00 PM (noon) and lasted about one hour. Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) Director, Mike Abbate, presented the park to the citizens of Portland with pride. He was accompanied by City Commissioner Nick Fish, Hoyt Street Properties Tiffany Sweitzer, and…
The Pearl District OfficeMax just finished a remodel, but this is different from any other OfficeMax renovation. The new concept is called, “OfficeMax Business Solutions Center,” and Portland’s Pearl District is the first to try this concept. Within the center is locally based community centric events, for business owners of all sizes. On Tuesday, May…