MotiveSpace

Under Construction: The Amy (images) - Next Portland Construction is underway on The Amy, a $20 million student housing building being developed by non-profit College Housing Northwest (CHNW) in collaboration with Mainland Northwest, LLC. The five story building, designed by SERA Architects, will include 141 fully-furnished units. Parking for 200 bic...

The Rosewood Community Center remodel is underway!

Thank you Mayor Charlie Hales and everyone who came out to the Rosewood Community Center groundbreaking!

PDC to acquire Pearl District Post Office property for $88M - Portland Business Journal The 5-0 vote sets in motion a long-term plan to relocate the Post Office and redevelop the prime Pearl District property.

Rent Meeting Space in a Nonprofit Support Center!

MotiveSpace has meeting space available for rent in the Barn Nonprofit Center accommodating up to 60 people. The space is $60-100/hour or $400 for nonprofits and $700 daily for businesses. (Special rates available for recurring meetings.) Rental includes nice conference tables, chairs, AC, natural light, and a kitchenette with dishes, cutlery, fridge, coffee maker and microwave. Renting the space supports the nonprofit MotiveSpace and helps us turn the building into a true resource for those helping others! Contact Bill Crawford anytime to schedule a tour or ask questions at bill at motivespace dot org, or by phone at 503-839-7648.

Photographer Needed: $125 flat rate

MotiveSpace is seeking a photographer to take photos in the Barn Nonprofit Center, located just kiddy corner from PNCA. We have several other projects that will need documentation as well over the coming weeks – months.

The Barn provides affordable office and work space for small and medium‐sized nonprofits and social benefit groups. Housed in a beautiful, historic old brick building near Union Station, the Barn will be preserved and updated to serve Portland’s dynamic community of nonprofits.

By helping us, you add to your portfolio and help to secure the future health of Portland’s nonprofit sector!

Rate: $125 flat fee (initial work may only take an hour).
Location: 618 NW Glisan Street
Contact: Sara Garrett [email protected]; 503 887‐9598
More info: www.motivespace.org

MotiveSpace | Portland, Oregon We shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us.- Winston Churchill March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection.- Khalil Gibran WE ARE MOTIVESPACE Uniting People and Places with Purpose Mission & Vision MotiveSpace is the only nonprofit property developer in the nation…

New Seasons to move offices to long-vacant inner Southeast Portland site - Portland Business Journal The Washington High School building has sat empty for 20 years while developers try to figure out how to capitalize on the prime Buckman site.

PDC hopes new development will light the fuse in Old Town Chinatown - Portland Business Journal Unloading a property to Gerding Edlen, who will build a $37 million mixed-use building on the site, should kick in five years of revitalization.

Portland will force Hoyt Street Properties to sell land for affordable housing in Pearl District A 1997 development agreement between the city and Hoyt Street Properties gave Portland power to buy land if affordable housing goals went unmet.

Always good to read data backing up worthy efforts to make developable land available across the nation.

Study Shows Substantial ROI on EPA’s Brownfield Cleanup Efforts - Urban Land Magazine According to a recent National Bureau of Economic Research paper, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Brownfields Program has largely paid for itself by boosting property values since it was launched in 1995.

Fascinating study finds that the prevalence of digital technology may actually enhance interaction in public spaces.
http://www.pps.org/blog/technology-brings-people-together-in-public-spaces-after-all/

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