Waterleaf
Listen to this article Location: Portland Cost: Not disclosed Completion: October 2023 Owner/Developer: BRIDGE Housing Construction Manager: Otak DAY CPM Architect: Ankrom Moisan Engineer: Valar Engineering General Contractor: Walsh Construction […] Waterleaf, a 187,448-square-foot affordable housing facility in Southwest Portland, features 178 units, with twenty units dedicated to Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing and several for people with mobility, hearing, and visual impairments. The six-story facility is located near a streetcar stop and features a ground floor community room with a community kitchen and a landscaped exterior courtyard with a children's playground. The project was supported by the Metro Affordable Housing Bond Program and was completed through collaboration with Walsh Construction. The design and construction team faced a unique challenge as this was the second phase of a two-phase development featuring a shared basement and concrete podium with a completed building, Vera. Additional communication with residents and meticulous planning with the city of Portland was required.
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Waterleaf, a 187,448-square-foot affordable housing facility in Southwest Portland, features 178 units ranging from studios to three-bedroom apartments. Twenty units are dedicated to Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing and several units include special features for people with mobility, hearing and visual impairments.
The six-story facility has five stories of wood framing over a one-story concrete podium. Convenience and amenities were highly important for this development: its location is adjacent to a streetcar stop. The building features a ground floor community room with a community kitchen and an adjoining landscaped exterior courtyard with a children’s playground. The community room provides for a range of uses including resident meetings, public or private resident events, and programmed events by the on-site service coordinator. An adjoining Resident Services office facilitates the connection to residents. Residents also have access to two community laundry rooms, trash/recycling rooms on each floor of the building, 67 parking spaces and 267 bike parking spaces.
The design and construction team faced a unique challenge on the project – this was the second phase of a two-phase development featuring a shared a basement and concrete podium with a completed building, Vera. The team had to develop innovative solutions to ensure Vera remained open and unaffected during Waterleaf’s construction. Extra communication with residents and meticulous planning with the city of Portland was required. Another challenging component of the project was the shared permitting with Vera – both phases were on the same building and public works permit. As a result, special care was required when connecting fire life safety and utilities to the new building.
The Waterleaf started out as a market-rate apartment complex, but design pivoted to affordable housing. This effort was supported by the Metro Affordable Housing Bond Program passed in 2018.
The project had a goal to use 30 percent of the workforce through MWESB trade partners. Walsh Construction exceeded that, achieving 35.5 percent. Walsh utilized workforce training on the project, achieving 23.6 percent apprenticeship out of the total labor force.
One of the project’s biggest safety challenges was the streetcar running next to the site. The construction team coordinated with TriMet to pause the streetcar during crane demobilization.
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