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Third & Taylor Development, a partnership between Onder Development and Arthur Mutal, is moving forward with plans to build a 20-storey hotel and 10-storey office block in Portland. The parcel to be developed is bounded by Southwest Second and Third Avenues and Southwest Taylor and Salmon Streets, where two red brick buildings will be demolished to accommodate the new project.
Established in 1906, the three-storey former Albion Hotel is one of the two properties slated to be torn down. It has famously housed the Lotus Café on its ground floor since it opened during the height of prohibition in 1924.
The hotel is planned for this site, while the northern half of the block — which contains the set-to-be-demolished 1892-built Ancient Order of United Workmen Temple — will host the 175,000-square-foot office component. The four-storey Auditorium and Music Hall Building that stands in the same block is under separate ownership and is not part of either development.
Applications for the deconstruction of both buildings were filed on June 30. The Albion property will be the first to undergo demolition, with the Temple building scheduled to face the same fate a few months later. Heritage preservationist-led efforts to save the structures proved ineffective, but the developers have indicated willingness to incorporate elements from each of the buildings wherever possible. In an interview with Business Journal, Jack Onder noted that the owner of the Lotus has expressed interest in being involved with the new development in some capacity.
The proposed 245-room hotel would come with a rooftop bar and swimming pool, a ground-floor restaurant and bar, and conference facilities on the second level. The office block will contain a similarly composed setup, including ground-floor retail, two levels of underground parking, and a rooftop terrace. Though the architectural attributes still face minor modifications, the Ankrom Moisan-designed project proposes iron spot brick, window wall with metal spandrels, and structurally glazed curtain wall.
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