Prices, Particulars Out on Civic Center Proposals

HILLSBORO, OR-The city’s selection committee will recommend next week which of three proposals it thinks the City Council should use to redevelop six Downtown acres into a new civic center. The recommendation will occur March 19. The council, of which two members are on the selection committee, is scheduled to make a final decision April 2.

All of the proposals had to include a new city hall, branch library, public plaza and mixed-use development. The cost of the proposals range form $30.7 million to $36.4 million, with Gerding/Edlen’s being at the low end and Specht’s being at the high end. Trammell Crow’s proposal came in at $31.2 million. In addition to the lead developers, each of the three teams also includes an architect, a construction company and a financier.

Gerding/Edlen Development’s team includes Portland-based Fletcher Farr Ayotte, Portland-based Hoffman Construction and Bank of America. Specht Development’s team includes LRS Architects of Portland, Baugh Construction of Seattle and Bank of America. Trammell Crow Co.’s team includes Group Mackenzie of Portland (with assistance from LMN Architects of Seattle), Howard S. Wright Construction of Seattle and in-house financing.