South Waterfront Urban Development

DIna and other Radler White attorneys played a significant role representing the developers of the South Waterfront, Central District, a $2 billion, multi-phase, public/private project that is the largest urban redevelopment in the history of Portland, Oregon. The project encompasses approximately 33 acres of former “brownfield” land along the Willamette River just south of Downtown Portland. A complex public/private development agreement guided the project. The agreement provided for the construction of the first aerial tram built in the United States in decades; an extension of Portland’s vaunted streetcar line, a public park and riverfront greenway, multiple high-rise residential towers, and affordable housing. Dina’s work in the District for more than a decade involved not only a complex public/private partnership with more than $100 million of public funding, but an opportunity to work on all aspects of multiple vertical development projects.