Zidell Yards

Reinventing master planned development for optimum returns and enduring legacy – with clustered uses and density that drive revenues, jobs, affordability, superior amenities, and global innovations in science, health & industry.

Portland’s most significant development and waterfront future… 33 contiguous acres and greater than ½ mile of frontage on the Willamette. Transformation of the country’s largest navy ship dismantling and barge manufacturing yard to the commercial, institutional, residential and retail heart of the South Waterfront with unrivaled parks and riverfront access that draw the region. An infill development leveraged by $5 billion of profitable public and private investment.

Client:

ZRZ Realty,
90-year owner of property.

Size | Cost:

5 million GSF | $2.3 Billion

Sectors:

Public Private Partnerships, Private Developers,
Investment Banks & Institutional Investors

Region:

USA West Coast

Primary Sponsor(s):

Prosper Portland
(formerly, Portland Development Commission)

Primary Consultants:

Sasaki, GBD Architects,
SCB Architects,
Halcyon Ltd.,
Stantec ViBE

Partners/Stakeholders:

Oregon Health Sciences University,
Knight Cancer Institute,
South Waterfront Residents Association,
The City of Portland,
Portland Housing Bureau, Human Access Project

Testimonials:

Thomas Henneberry,
Michael Buckley,
Henry Beer

Services:

Development & Management,
Transactions & Finance,
Leadership & Team Building

Title/Position:

Development Executive

Responsibility:

Full Scope Responsibility & Execution

“As a leader, you have the capacity to gather people around your ideas
in ways that don’t strip them of ownership in the process.”

Henry Beer, Principal-Partner, Stantec ViBE and Founding Principal, Communication Arts Inc.