Ladd Tower is a 23-story residential building in
downtown
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Portland, Oregon
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, completed in early 2009. The construction of Ladd Tower necessitated that the
Ladd Carriage House
The Ladd Carriage House is a building in downtown Portland, Oregon, at Broadway and Columbia. It is one of the few surviving buildings forming part of the former grand estates which once stood in the downtown core. It is listed on the National Re ...
, directly adjacent the construction site, temporarily be moved from its foundation; it returned in October 2008. The building is managed by Holland Residential, which also has commercial space on the ground floor. The main residential tower also shares space on the first through third floors with an adjacent church.
The tower is
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
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-certified. The $80 million building stands tall.
The tower was originally slated to sell as condominiums. Only 60 of 200 units were presold. In 2007, Opus Northwest converted the project to rental apartments, returning deposits to approximately 60 buyers. The building was redesigned, with shorter ceilings, leaving the overall building height unchanged, but going from 21 to 23 floors.
The apartments were smaller, at 332 apartments, versus 189 condos in the original plan.
The original design of the tower put the building flush against the
South Park Blocks
The South Park Blocks form a city park in downtown Portland, Oregon. ''The Oregonian'' has called it Portland's "extended family room", as Pioneer Courthouse Square is known as Portland's "living room".
Twelve blocks in length, it is intersecte ...
. A 27-foot setback beginning at the fourth story garnered "unanimous approval from the
Portland Design Commission, a dramatic turnaround from icy receptions to two
earlier proposals", according to ''
The Oregonian
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''. A local developer called it a "low-ego building".
The building is named after early local politician and developer
William S. Ladd
William Sargent Ladd (October 10, 1826 – January 6, 1893) was an American politician and businessman in Oregon. He twice served as Portland, Oregon's mayor in the 1850s. A native of Vermont, he was a prominent figure in the early developme ...
.
See also
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Architecture in Portland, Oregon
Portland architecture includes a number of notable buildings, a wide range of styles, and a few notable pioneering architects.
The scale of many projects is relatively small, as a result of the relatively small size of downtown-Portland blocks (2 ...
References
External links
Opus Construction: Ladd TowerLadd Tower Construction Camera
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Residential skyscrapers in Portland, Oregon
Residential buildings completed in 2009
2009 establishments in Oregon
Southwest Portland, Oregon