North Macadam

South Waterfront Central District

The South Waterfront Central District is a 130-acre neighborhood currently undergoing intensive redevelopment, generating both new jobs and housing. Growth in this area is led by the expansion of the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) and a wide range of high density housing opportunities. The entire District embodies the principles of Smart Growth taking advantage of the neighborhood’s location on the river.

The Central District, as the name implies, is 33-centrally located blocks in South Waterfront that has been the focal point of early development. Roles and responsibilities for construction within the district are guided by a development agreement signed by City bureaus, River Campus Investors, North Macadam Investors and OHSU, the major developers in South Waterfront.

A summary and full text of the final South Waterfront Central District Project Development Agreement is available online. The development agreement establishes the terms and conditions of a public-private partnership to redevelop a 31-acre area within the North Macadam Urban Renewal Area into a vibrant, sustainable mixed-use Central City neighborhood. Also available is the North Macadam URA Housing Development Strategy, released Summer 2003.

View a map of the North Macadam URA boundaries

Other important elements of the overall Plan are additional open space, greenway, and riverfront amenities with emphasis on the wildlife habitat and access for pedestrian and other recreational uses along the Willamette River. With the development of the greenway in the South Waterfront area, Portland will be moving towards the goal of having a continuous open space and pedestrian path along the Willamette's West Side, connecting John's Landing to Downtown.

This area offers an unprecedented opportunity to locate corporate offices on substantial parcels of urban land.

The key to the success of the project will be to encourage employees to live close to their jobs in order to lessen the demand for automobile usage and increase transit ridership.

Project Areas

• South Waterfront Greenway Master Plan Projects
  
  
  • South Waterfront Greenway Development Plan
    • Design Component - Phase I
    • Greenway Development Plan
      
      
• South Waterfront Greenway Implementation Strategy
  • Fact Sheet (PDF, 3,503 kb)
  • Greenway Development Evaluation Criteria (PDF, 88 kb)
  • Greenway Presentation to City Council, 12/4/04 (PDF, 28 kb)
  • Guiding Principles (PDF, 36 kb)
  • Phase I Report (PDF, 867 kb), Cover Memo (PDF, 43 kb)
  • Phase II Greenway Implementation Strategy Work Plan & Schedule (PDF, 217 kb)
  • Public Participation Plan
  • South Waterfront Greenway Implementation Strategy Work Program (PDF, 38 kb)
    

        Greenway Partnership Meetings

  • Sep 21, 2005: Agenda (PDF, 92 kb), Summary (PDF, 28 kb)
  • Jul 20, 2005: Agenda (PDF, 43 kb), Summary (PDF, 100 kb)
  • Apr 20, 2005: Agenda (PDF, 30 kb), Summary (PDF, 49 kb)
  • Feb 23, 2005: Agenda (PDF, 45 kb), Summary (PDF, 42 kb)
    
    
    

• South Waterfront Neighborhood Park
• Selected Cleanup Alternative
• Public Participation Plan
• Cleanup Fact Sheet
• Alternatives Analysis
  
  
• South Waterfront Greenway Code Development
  • Coming soon.

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• Handouts of the Greenway Ownership presentation are also available. (PDF, 252 kb)

Publications

• North Macadam Development Agreement, Eighth Amendment Completion Public Participation Plan
• North Macadam Urban Renewal Plan
• PDC Response to the League of Women Voters
  Q&A related to the Central District Development Agreement, Eighth Amendment. (5/26/06)
• RiverPlace publication

       South Waterfront Central District

• South Waterfront Central District — complete list of publications
• Studies by E.D. Hovee & Company
• Development Agreement, Exhibits, and Amendments
• Related Maps — (North Macadam URA, South Waterfront District, North Macadam Aerial, South Waterfront District Property Owners, South Waterfront Central District)

• South Waterfront Neighborhood Web site

If you would like to review a hard copy of the South Waterfront Central District Development Agreement, you may come to the PDC offices at 222 NW Fifth Avenue. Simply call 503-823-2595 to schedule an appointment. A copy of the document is available for $40.

The key to the success of the project will be to encourage employees to live close to their jobs in order to lessen the demand for automobile usage and increase transit ridership.

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