The nonprofit Latino Network’s vision for its first-ever all-encompassing home, La Plaza Esperanza, translated as “a place of hope,” looked to bring programming and people together at the east Portland site.
Whether it’s smooth or choppy waters ahead, five years of shifting conditions have made West Coast specialty contractors more adept at navigating whatever comes next.
Joe Schneider recalls when he and Dave Garske approached Vince Granato about a series of near-misses on the construction site of the $1.2-billion TCORE project, the centerpiece of the $2-billion PDX Next program to transform Portland International Airport.
Supported by a cross-laminated timber structural frame, this four-story building offers workspaces with a strong indoor-outdoor connection by including operable openings on all levels.