Item A: URA - Review of Responses to the 10th & Charnelton Request for Proposals

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ATTACHMENT B TK PARTNERS Summary of Proposal Development Team Developer: TK Partners, LLC (KemperCo, LLC and Innovative Construction Solutions, Inc.) Design Architect: Main Street Architects + Planners, Inc. Project Architect: MCM Architects PC Development Proposal Development Footprint: URA-owned parcels Residential: 106 units of ownership condominiums Retail: 3,575 sq.ft. Parking: 57 underground spaces, 28 embedded spaces Development Team Experience TK Partners (Thomas Kemper and Ronald Skov) have extensive experience in complex multi-unit housing development, including mixed-use, mixed-income rental and condominium ownership housing. They are currently developing a mixed-use, mixed-income housing project (North Main Village) on the former Safeway grocery store site in downtown Milwaukie, Oregon. The $17 million project includes retail, ownership housing, and affordable rental housing. TK Partners also developed Esther Short Commons, a $20 million national award winning mixed-use, mixed-income 106 unit housing project in Vancouver, WA; The Hawthorne, a mixed-use 16-unit condominium project in Portland; and Center Commons, a national award winning $30 million, 288-unit mixed-income housing project in Portland. TK Partners is also in pre-development for a 44-unit mixed-use housing development in downtown Bend, Oregon, and is in the process of developing The Pointe at Bridgeport, a $23 million, 50,000 square foot retail/office development in Tualatin, Oregon. Mainstreet Architects, design architect for the proposed project, specialize in urban planning and design. Doug Nelson, principal in charge of design of the proposed project, graduated from the University of Oregon School of Architecture. Ron Skov, TK Partner principal, also graduated from the University of Oregon School of Architecture. Project architects, MCM Architects, have experience in various forms of multi-family housing and resort development. Urban Design TK Partners has submitted a conceptual design for the proposed project. The design incorporates desirable urban design features including multi-story buildings close to the sidewalks, prominent entries facing public streets, ornamentation such as multiple windows, openings, entries, and overhangs, public space, and structured and embedded parking. Ground floor materials such as glass, stone and brick are proposed. Incorporation of public art is proposed. Use of high quality materials throughout the project will be critical to the overall success of the project design. Active Uses TK Partners is proposing dense ownership housing (120 units per acre). Ground floor housing units are th designed to activate the street. A 3,575 square foot retail use is proposed along 10 Avenue across from L:\CMO\2006 Council Agendas\M061016\S0610161-URASpecMeet.doc