Boora Architects

LEED Platinum pre-certified, the One Waterfront Place complex will transform a brownfield site surrounded by railroads, bridges, and infrastructure, into a sleek sustainable hub for Portland's burgeoning renewable energy, green building, and sustainability services sector.  Standing at the gateway to the North Pearl District, to be certified at the Platinum level under the LEED for Neighborhood Development program, One Waterfront Place will adapt the site from its current blighted state into a 270,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art Class A office complex.

Within the 12-story office tower, a raised-floor, under-flow air distribution system will use the thermal mass of the building's concrete structure to conserve energy and increase occupant comfort. Occupancy sensors for lighting control in offices and meeting rooms further enhance the building's performance.  The building provides state-of-the-art mechanical, electrical, and data systems, giving future tenants an optimal level of flexibility.

An adjacent four-story, 700-vehicle parking garage (developed by the Portland Development Commission in a public-private partnership) will feature the third largest solar array in the state of Oregon, harvesting the sun’s energy for use in the building.  Retail at ground level will activate the street with offerings for the neighborhood and the building occupants.

The sculpture garden between the office tower and the parking garage will become a public space linked to a newpedestrian bridge providing safe passage across the adjacent rail line.  Landscape in the park and across the entire site is part of an innovative stormwater treatment system that earned the development a $117,000 grant from the City of Portland Office of Sustainable Development Green Investment Fund to disconnect the entire 3.27-acre brownfield site from the city's storm water system by filtering and percolating all site storm water into the aquifer.