Item B: Review of West Broadway Request for Qualifications Responses

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ATTACHMENTE Planning & Development Community Development City of Eugene 99 W. 10Ui Avenue Eugene, Oregon 97401 (541 ) 682-5443 (541) 682-5572 FAX www.eugene-or.gov Date: March 7, 2007 To: Eugene Redevelopn.1ent Ad'visory Committee - expanded From: Denl1yBraud, Senior DevelopmentA.nalyst (682-5536) Subject: West Broad.way Rf'\Q Responses 02.23.07 Meeting -Update i\t the February 23rdERA(; 111eeting, the committee provided direction to staff to further explore the KWG DeveloplTIel.1t Partners (KWG) and Beam Developn1ellt (Bea.m) respot.lses. Follo\\.tin.g the 111eeting, staff intervie\ved both developlnent teams to clarify the subl1litted responses and to gather information regarding the feasibi.lity' of their developm.ent concepts and experience with historic rehabilitatiol1, building reuse, retail development and recruitment. Specifically, staff explored th.e follo\ving 13 itet.ns. BE1\J\tl and K\\'G Items 1. Building cornmunity understanding anti support for the pr(~ject vision Beam and KWG expressed interest in and \villingness..to build relationships and COlllillU1lity support. Both developl11el1t teanlS have been involved with a .number of development projects that included community outreach.. As an exall1ple~ Beam alld Bruce Wood, from.K.WG, are involved in the Burnside Bridgehead project in Portland east of tl1eWillalnette River. The project h.asbeen COlltroversial~ highly publicized, and ilrvolves public participation. 2. Integration o.f~art & cultural con1111unit)-J into the prqject or as a sit.ieproject .Both teams spoke positively about th.e benefits of al1d need for an art and cultural presellce in the redevelop.ment area. Beam's focus is on local office tenants, which could include an a11 and cultural organization. KWG would consider engaging current property o\vners for potelltial integration of existing communit.y VentleS" In the Esther Short COmmOl.1S111ixed income Inixeduse project, Kemper integrated th.e \'an.couver VvTashington F'anl1ers Market The Farmers Market \vas part of 20,000 square feet of retail an.d included glass rollup garage doors to allow tIle Nlarket to expand into the street on the v./eekends~ 3. Working in tandenl vvith another develofJer Wh.en asked about the potetltial for the (~ity to .move forward vvith t\\-'o deve1.opmel1t teams, .KWG. replied that selecting multiple developers \vould be detrinlental to the synergy needed to revitalize tIle entire area and to attract the desired 111ix of uses. Althou.gh KWG would maintain interest in tIle project, the outcome \v(}uld be of a different and less ideal mix than that described in their RFQ response. With the addition of a second d.eveloPluent team to the area, th.c design, construction, al1d tenanting would be more cumbersome al1d ineflicient (take more til11e and cost more 1110ney). Beam indicated that, if llecessary, they could f111d a way to create a conlplil11entary experiellce with allother developer.