Fast-growing digital agency stakes its claim in Central Eastside

Fast-growing digital agency stakes its claim in Central Eastside

In six years, digital product agency Uncorked Studios has gone from residing in an accelerator to part-owner of a four-story building going up in the Central Eastside. “When we signed to take over half the third floor (in the current space), we joked that next time we would do a building together,” Marcelino Alverez said. “Sure enough, about three months after we expanded, they [Beam Development] said they might have a building.” Read More...

Photos: Work Progresses On Burnside Bridgehead Project

Photos: Work Progresses On Burnside Bridgehead Project

"The Block 75 mixed-use project at the Burnside Bridgehead, a joint development between Urban Development + Partners and Beam Development, continues to take shape. The ten-story mixed-use building  will feature ground-floor retail, creative office space on floors 2-4, and six stories of apartments on the upper floors. The concrete and steel frame building was topped out last month, and crews are busy installing the curtainwall on the building's..." Read more

Developers Knock On Wood with New High Rises

Developers Knock On Wood with New High Rises

"Developer Brad Malsin of Beam Development said this week he’s eyeballing a mixed-use wood building of up to 20 stories for the second phase of development of Block 75 at the Burnside Bridgehead. That on top of a timber frame building at 811 S.E. Stark that will offer close to 40,000 square feet of creative office over retail space." Read More...

Will Portland's Next Skyline Addition Be A 20-story Wooden Tower?

Will Portland's Next Skyline Addition Be A 20-story Wooden Tower?

"Brad Malsin, owner of Beam Development, said his firm is considering a cross-laminated timber (CLT) building for Phase 2 of Block 75 at the Burnside Bridgehead." "We'd love to shoot for close to 20 stories," he said. "We're debating some kind of mixed-use and we'll try to do some new angle on creative office."...Read More

Shleifer Furniture to shutter after 80 years, will clear way for Central Eastside hotel

Shleifer Furniture to shutter after 80 years, will clear way for Central Eastside hotel

“I’ve done my best to make sure the building, and our business, was a cornerstone of many of the things going on around here,” Shleifer said. “(Beam Development is) very active in, and supportive of, this area. They understand buildings of this generation, and they’ll do a fantastic job with historic renovations.” Read More...

The Burnside Bridgehead Takes Off At Last

The Burnside Bridgehead Takes Off At Last

"Beam Development took the wraps off its $17 million redevelopment of the former Convention Plaza, 120 N.E. Third Ave. Thursday night, signaling at long last that Portland’s dream of a vital economic zone at the east end of the Burnside Bridge is finally becoming reality." Read More...

Burnside Bridgehead On Verge Of First Project

Burnside Bridgehead On Verge Of First Project

"The Convention Plaza Building, at 123 N.E. Third Ave., is the subject of a Disposition and Development Agreement between the Portland Development Commission and Beam Development. The building would be the first project to move forward in the five-block redevelopment area in Portland’s central eastside." Read More...