City planners consider finer points of 'Rockwood Rising' project
By admin - Posted on August 1st, 2017
Rockwood Town Center final design. Click to enlarge
Office, apartments and marketplace in the works by Mohawk MAX stop.
From The Gresham Outlook
Gresham City Hall's ambitious plans to reshape the heart of Rockwood are nearly finalized.
All told, public leaders and private developers will plunk down at least $40 million to create the three-building development located between Burnside Road and the "Mohawk" MAX light-rail station at Stark Street and Southeast 188th Avenue.
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As The Outlook previously reported, site designs call for commercial office space, residential apartments and an indoor/outdoor marketplace orbiting a central plaza. |
 Rockwood Town Center plaza. Click to enlarge |
 Rockwood Town Center 188th & E Burnside. Click to enlarge |
The project, branded as "Rockwood Rising," sits on 5.15 acres that formerly housed west Gresham's Fred Meyer. The city's Redevelopment Commission purchased the land for $8.1 million in 2006. |
The plans for the Rockwood Rising Redevelopment Project are nearing completion and are open to the public. Zane Sparling, of the Gresham Outlook, offers a breakdown of the design here.
