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Pepsi Blocks Brings New Life to a Portland Neighborhood

Redevelopment of the five-block midcentury industrial parcel along Sandy Boulevard “is poised to be the neighborhood’s newest centerpiece.”

05.14.2020

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Our work with @SecurityProperties on Pepsi Blocks is featured in Portland Monthly magazine’s coverage of “Three Projects Reshaping Portland Neighborhoods.” The first phase of this exciting mixed-use development includes housing, a public plaza and renovation of an iconic mid-century Pepsi warehouse structure into a retail pavilion that could accommodate a large food hall—expanding the Sandy Boulevard food scene that already features the Zipper, Providore Fine Foods and the Ocean. Read more: https://bit.ly/2WU9ct7 (clickable link in bio) Image: Brick

Posted: 05.13.2020

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The new Middle Earth Towers at UC Irvine has achieved @USGBC #LEEDPlatinum certification! From century-old passive techniques like natural cross ventilation to state-of-the-art technologies such as photovoltaics, every design decision contributes in multiple ways to deliver carbon reduction and the deepest green integration. Residential floors are 100% naturally ventilated with operable windows that transition in hue from greens at the lower levels to blues above. 📷: @k7scott

Posted: 05.08.2020

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UC Irvine Middle Earth Towers is LEED Platinum Certified

The new mixed-use housing community has achieved LEED Platinum certification from USGBC.

05.08.2020