City Council Rejects Appeal of Lloyd Center Redevelopment

The Portland City Council voted unanimously earlier today to reject an appeal of the redevelopment master plan for the Lloyd Center mall previously approved by the Design Review Commission. The vote came despite testimony from nearly one hundred witnesses wearing "Save Lloyd" t-shirts urging Councilors to stop the project at a June 24th public hearing.

In testimony urging the Council to reject the appeals, the Commercial Real Estate Public Affairs Collaborative (Portland Metro Chamber, Smart Growth Oregon, Oregon BOMA, and Commercial Real Estate Development Association) stated, "Advancing major development sends a positive signal. At a moment when the central city needs renewed confidence, allowing a thoroughly reviewed, community-shaped redevelopment to proceed tells the broader market that Portland is open for investment, that obsolete sites can be reimagined into housing and active mixed-use districts, and that the city is prepared to build its next chapter. The opposite outcome — a high-profile project stalled after unanimous professional approval — would send precisely the wrong message to the capital, lenders, and developers Portland is trying to attract."

The Revitalize Portland Coalition applauds this action by the City Council.