Washington County (Beaverton, Hillsboro, Tigard, Forest Grove, etc.)

[urbanlife]

Originally Posted by tworivers

Not one but two 7-story parking garages? Quick, someone call Prosper Portland!

Oh wait... wrong city. /s

Does that mean Beaverton's tallest building is a parking garage? Yeah, that seems accurate.

[subterranean]

Originally Posted by urbanlife

Does that mean Beaverton's tallest building is a parking garage? Yeah, that seems accurate.

So negative.

[urbanlife]

Originally Posted by subterranean

So negative.

Personally I would like to see Beaverton get some height to its buildings and be more like a Bellevue type city to Portland.

[davebettin]

Originally Posted by urbanlife

Personally I would like to see Beaverton get some height to its buildings and be more like a Bellevue type city to Portland.

Vancouver will fill that role. It is across a body of water and has a existing, decent downtown. Additionally, considering their waterfront development and continuing investments in their downtown it definitely seems to be heading that direction.

[subterranean]

Downtown Beaverton will become more urban. We’re seeing it now. Why people still choose to live in east county and make that crappy commute vs from downtown Beaverton is beyond me. It’s literally a 20 minute Max ride if you work downtown.

[urbanlife]

Originally Posted by davebettin

Vancouver will fill that role. It is across a body of water and has a existing, decent downtown. Additionally, considering their waterfront development and continuing investments in their downtown it definitely seems to be heading that direction.

That is possible, especially if Vancouver finally gets on board with light rail and expands it across the river. I do like what the city has been doing with the riverfront development, I just don't think it is enough to become an attractive satellite city for a "Bellevue type" downtown without light rail.

Beaverton on the other hand already has a light rail connection, though the Westside could definitely use a few more rail lines. Plus the Westside is already well connected to a number of tech companies, something Beaverton should try to expand on by building up in their downtown.

[Derek]

Vancouver will definitely continue to grow, it just probably won’t be up. Not because it’s not capable of doing so, but I’m sure there’s height restrictions there due to PDX and Pearson Field.

[jaxg8r1]

Beaverton is primed to upzone areas near Max very soon (and potentially other areas of the core as well). We've been working with the city on a rezoning/re-imagining of downtown Beaverton and expect significant changes to come before the city council soon.

[subterranean]

Originally Posted by jaxg8r1

Beaverton is primed to upzone areas near Max very soon (and potentially other areas of the core as well). We've been working with the city on a rezoning/re-imagining of downtown Beaverton and expect significant changes to come before the city council soon.

I think the Downtown Design Project went before the city council this week?

[jaxg8r1]

Originally Posted by subterranean

I think the Downtown Design Project went before the city council this week?

Indeed, apparently it went before the Council on Oct 9th. (I've been out of town recently so wasn't at the meeting)

[Natural]

Beaverton is finally crawling out of its shell and will be the focus of tremendous change. See link to Downtown Design Project.



https://www.beavertonoregon.gov/downtowndesign

[Nunya]

Intel announced their plans to do an expansion in Hillsboro as well as other areas (Isreal/Ireland).


https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-f...and-grows.html

https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/...n-capital.aspx

Beyond that, the Kelleher stated the following: "Looking ahead, we are now in the early planning phase for manufacturing site expansions in Oregon, Ireland, and Israel, with multi-year construction activities expected to begin in 2019."

I've been hearing rumors for awhile that Intel had been planning a major new project in Hillsboro. However, recently I've heard that has been potentially back burnered. Therefore, maybe this is something else.

I suspect the back burnered project is for the next generation fab which would be a huge project and that the project that will start in 2019 is a continuation of the D1X build out as Intel got caught flat footed with lack of capacity on some of their chips from my understanding. Just speculation, but either way looks to be a substantial project coming to Hillsboro in 2019.

[HillsboroTech]

Do you have any sources for those rumors?

Originally Posted by Nunya

Intel announced their plans to do an expansion in Hillsboro as well as other areas (Isreal/Ireland).


https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-f...and-grows.html

https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/...n-capital.aspx




I've been hearing rumors for awhile that Intel had been planning a major new project in Hillsboro. However, recently I've heard that has been potentially back burnered. Therefore, maybe this is something else.

I suspect the back burnered project is for the next generation fab which would be a huge project and that the project that will start in 2019 is a continuation of the D1X build out as Intel got caught flat footed with lack of capacity on some of their chips from my understanding. Just speculation, but either way looks to be a substantial project coming to Hillsboro in 2019.

[Natural]

An article posted PBJ 12/17 (paywall)


Intel expanding fabs in Oregon, Ireland, Israel

https://www.bizjournals.com/portland...nd-israel.html

[Nunya]

Some more smoke regarding Intel's next project out in Hillsboro.

https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-f...n-factory.html

Doesn't really give any more details than what my speculation was above. It's also likely based upon the same types of sources; it's pretty easy to infer from the article where the information is coming from. I bet once they name a new CEO they will make formal announcements so probably within a month if I had to guess.

My understanding is that this might not have been totaly unrelated to the above:

https://www.forestgrove-or.gov/econd...t-forest-grove

Genentech is also planning an expansion in Hillsboro to their existing campus. Plans for two new buildings to be built in phases.


Edit: Found the info on Genentech's proposed expansion: https://www.hillsboro-oregon.gov/hom...ument?id=21960

Phase I will be approximately 130,000 square feet and Phase II will add approximately 135,000 square feet.

[MarkDaMan]

(subscription required) https://www.bizjournals.com/portland...223&j=86541951

Intel expansion may result in nearly 1,750 new jobs in Hillsboro
By Malia Spencer – Staff Reporter, Portland Business Journal
Feb 7, 2019, 2:22pm PST Updated 40 minutes ago

Intel Corp’s preliminary application to the city of Hillsboro to expand one of its manufacturing facilities indicates the California chipmaker could accommodate 800 employees.

The application further indicated the chip giant expects total employment at Ronler Acres to jump by 12 percent or 1,748 by 2021. The company, one of Oregon’s largest private employers, already has more than 20,000 workers across four campuses in Washington County.

...(continues)

[Orlando]

Can we get some updates of the Nike Campus expansion? Is Skylab's building nearing completion? I've seen SRG's and ZGF's buildings complete now.

[Nunya]

https://pamplinmedia.com/bvt/15-news...retail-project

Hilton Home2 Suites will offer 89 extended-stay rooms at northeast corner of NW Barnes Road and 118th Avenue;

[subterranean]

There’s actually an unreal amount of development happening on the west side. Very under represented on this forum.

[Rob Nob]

Many buildings over 4 stories?