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Belmont Dairy | Portland, OR

Pioneering Neighborhood Scale Mixed-Use Development

• Completion Date 1996
• Budget $14M
• Scale 85 Apartments
  26,000 SF Retail
  62 Parking Spaces

Located just 1.5 miles from Downtown Portland and along a major public transit route, the Belmont Dairy exemplifies the potential for quality urban living in a high-density environment. The project involved the adaptive reuse of a 70-year old dairy in the core of the Sunnyside Neighborhood and Belmont Business District, and serves as a national model for mixed-income, mixed-use development. After sitting vacant for five years, the new owners transformed the Dairy into a community landmark offering 66 apartments for residents earning less than 60% of area median income, 19 market rate loft apartments, 26,000 square feet of retail space including a specialty grocer, and 62 shared parking spaces for residents and commercial patrons. Significant portions of the original dairy were salvaged and a green building program was implemented to reduce overall energy and water use. The development sparked a major revitalization of the surrounding neighborhood. The Belmont Dairy received numerous awards including a Governor’s Livability Award and Business for an Environmentally Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Innovation Award and remains a model project nationally.