5 MLK
5 MLK, seen with the red-brick Blake McFall Company Building in the foreground
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Town or cityPortland, Oregon
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45°31′21.2″N 122°39′44.2″W / 45.522556°N 122.662278°W / 45.522556; -122.662278

5 MLK is a 200 feet (61 m) 17-story mixed-use apartment and office building in Portland, Oregon's Burnside Bridgehead area completed in 2020. It was designed by GREC Architects and built for Gerding Edlen.

Description and history

The building is a full-block five-story podium topped with a twelve-story tower. It went under many rounds of design reviews in 2016 and 2017,[1][2][3] A 2016 design showed the tower in "earth tone" panels and glass. Portland architecture blog said it was "design[ed] by committee".[4][5][6][7][8] The final design was approved in mid-2017.[9] 5 MLK opened in late 2020 offering high-end apartments and commercial spaces.

The site was previously home to buildings including a three-story quarter-block building constructed in approximately 1912 and historically called the Buckman Building. It was occupied by Fishels Furniture since 1947, which closed in 2016.[10][2][1][11] That building was demolished in early 2018.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b Iain MacKenzie (27 May 2016). "17 story tower planned for Fishels Furniture site (drawings) - Next Portland". Next Portland. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b Anna Marum (1 June 2016). "Another tower proposed for Burnside Bridgehead". oregonlive. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. ^ Iain MacKenzie (21 June 2016). "Metro Reports: Multnomah County Health Dept HQ, 5 SE MLK, Grant Park Village Phase II and more - Next Portland". Next Portland. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  4. ^ Iain MacKenzie (29 July 2016). "5 MLK receives Design Advice (images) - Next Portland". Next Portland. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  5. ^ Sophia June (1 August 2016). "Developer Plans Mixed-Use High-Rise in Place of 95-Year-Old Fishels Furniture". Willamette Week. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  6. ^ "5 MLK or: how i learned to stop being an architect and design by committee". places over time. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  7. ^ Iain MacKenzie (2 November 2016). "5 MLK has third Design Advice Request Hearing (images) - Next Portland". Next Portland. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  8. ^ Iain MacKenzie (4 April 2017). "5 MLK Reviewed by Design Commission (images) - Next Portland". Next Portland. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  9. ^ Iain MacKenzie (20 June 2017). "5 MLK Approved by Design Commission (images) - Next Portland". Next Portland. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  10. ^ "1988 Oregon Cultural Resource Inventory: Central Southeast Portland" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-01-12. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  11. ^ Anna Marum (30 April 2016). "Fishels furniture to close after nearly 100 years". oregonlive. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  12. ^ Tenney, Sam (20 February 2018). "Photos: Burnside bridgehead building brought down • Daily Journal of Commerce". Daily Journal of Commerce. Archived from the original on 25 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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