Item B: Review of West Broadway Request for Qualifications Responses

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The .Portland Developll1eIlt (~OlUll1issiol1 attempted to use t\\10 developluent teams on the Bridgehead project. Based on previo'us experiel1ce, both K\VG and Beanl had reservations about tIle effectiveness of InuJtiple developers in a single area. . City of Eugene staff also 1naintains that the coordination of two developIl1errt teanls, especially related to the legal agreements, vvould affect tinleliness and increase COll1plexity. 4. .Response.!f'C'founcil clecicles to (leltl another steJ) (clue lliligence or .R.FP) Neither development teanl is interested in prolonging tIle C.ol11petitiveprocess;both see an 1Jl1tllediate decision as a clean/clear outcol1le. The feedback il1dicates that a second phase of the selection process would not yield a higher quality of detail because the parties are 110t likely to spend additional resources on an ltnkno\Vl1 outcome that is outside of their control. Beam Specific ItenlS 5. Level qfinterest fl-'Centre Court / yJlashburne butltling cannot be salvagetl Beanl expressed confidence that the builditlgs could be renovated. 'Based on BeaIn's previous project fOClIS, staff anticipates that Beam's interest \voltld \vane if the buildings could. not be reused. 6. .Potential.for non-o.Dlce us(es Beam indicated a \viUingness to consider the addition of residential and/or live-work uses to the co'ncept included in their RFQ respOl1se. 7. Project vvithout the.fee-tleveloper scenario BeaIn confirmed that it is their preferred approacll to be a fee-developer but that~ overall, they "vant a mutually' beneficial approach (for BeaIn alld the City). 8. O1vnership~fthe buildings upon cornpletion Typically, Beam reta.ins ownership of their developments especially in instances where historic renovation is involved. Beam has retained all of its six historic rehabilita.t.iol1 properties in Portland. 9. Increased clensity.f'or the hole next to the (:entre Court Building (concept included a one story structure 1vitl1 7tlOO square.feet of'retail andsut:faceparking in back.) Beam Inay consider increasillg thedellsity in accordance with l11arket demand. and with the ain1 of engaging the street appropriately. The new buil.ding wotdd remaitl as a potentiallocatioI1 for all art/cultural connnul1ity ven'ue" KWG Specific Items 10, Reuse o.j"the yJlashburne Building KWG expressed a flexible approach to their submitted concept including a \villin.gness to preserve the Washburne Building, in accordance\vitll commul1ity interest and structural feasibility. 11. Re(.levelopment concept lvith a sll"zaller ",'cope -.,for example, a concept that inclu(les all (?f the proJ}erties in KrVG's response but that e~xcludes the fVashburne ,Buildingt Centre Court .Building, anti the e,x:isting hole K\\lG is interested in contributing to the redevelopment of West Broadway. They noted several drawbacks to limiting the l(WG footprint. A reduced area \\/ould diminish the econonlies of scale that allow for the lllagnitude and diversity of the l11i.X of uses detailed in the KWG response. The construction cost per square foot would increase, \vhich could, for example, increase the COlldo prices, decrease the nu.mber or percelltage of affordable u.nits, or decrease the total amount of housing. KWG also described litllitations froIn having multiple developers (see answer 3 above). 12. Market .potential.fbr a hotel, cinelna, anti grocer)' store KW(] reported that the lack of quality hotel options in downtown Eugene and tIle strong interest they have received from se-veral hoteliers, lead thelll to believe that the hotel concept is Olle of the strongest cOl1lponents.oftheirclevelopment concept. Gray and Associates has strong working relationsllips vlith cinema companies and would like to pursue an art cinema (independent fihn) or a 'dinner and a .movie' te'nan.t. These Citlenla concepts would not compete directly with the stadiunl