South Waterfront
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The South Waterfront is a high-rise district under construction on former brownfield industrial land in the South Portland neighborhood south of downtown Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

, U.S. It is one of the largest urban redevelopment
New urbanism
New Urbanism is an urban design movement, which promotes walkable neighborhoods that contain a range of housing and job types. It arose in the United States in the early 1980s, and has gradually continued to reform many aspects of real estate development, urban planning, and municipal land-use...

 projects in the United States
United States
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. It is connected to downtown Portland by an extension of the Portland Streetcar
Portland Streetcar
The Portland Streetcar is a streetcar system in Portland, Oregon, that opened in 2001 and serves areas surrounding downtown Portland. It is currently a single line that is almost long and serves some 12,000 daily riders, but a second line is expected to open in 2012.As with the heavier-duty MAX...

, and to the Oregon Health and Sciences University campus atop Marquam Hill by the Portland Aerial Tram
Portland Aerial Tram
The Portland Aerial Tram is an aerial tramway in Portland, Oregon, carrying commuters between the city's South Waterfront district and the main Oregon Health & Science University campus, located in the Marquam Hill neighborhood. It is the second commuter aerial tramway in the United States...

, as well as roads to Interstate 5
Interstate 5
Interstate 5 is the main Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific Ocean coastline from Canada to Mexico . It serves some of the largest cities on the U.S...

 and Oregon Route 43.

The South Waterfront is part of the Portland Development Commission
Portland Development Commission
The Portland Development Commission is the urban renewal agency created by the city of Portland, Oregon. It promotes development, housing projects and economic development within the city's eleven urban renewal districts....

's North Macadam Urban Renewal District. The first phase of the South Waterfront is the $1.9 billion "River Blocks" development. Construction began in early 2004. The full build-out of the district envisions many residential (primarily condominiums) and medical research towers ranging in height from 6 stories to 35+ stories.

As of August 2010, nine towers have been completed in the district: the 16-story OHSU Center for Health & Healing
OHSU Center for Health & Healing
Oregon Health & Science University's Center for Health & Healing is a medical building in the South Waterfront district of Portand, Oregon. It is connected to the main OHSU campus by the Portland Aerial Tram.-History:...

, the twin condominium Meriwether Towers at 21 and 24 stories, the 31-story John Ross Tower
John Ross Tower
John Ross Tower is a condominium skyscraper in the South Waterfront neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. It stands at a height of , the first building in the district to reach the maximum height allowed for development and Portland's seventh-tallest building. It is also the largest residential...

 condominium, the 22-story Atwater Place condominium tower, the 31-story apartments The Ardea, the 22-story Riva on the Park, the 30-story Mirabella, and the Matisse.

The 30-story Mirabella Tower
Mirabella Tower
The Mirabella Tower is a high-rise building in the South Waterfront District in Portland, Oregon, United States. Construction began in 2008 on the tall residential tower. It joined both the John Ross Tower and 3720 Tower as the seventh tallest building in Portland when it was completed in 2010....

 is the district's first senior living community. A linear park running along the west bank of the Willamette River
Willamette River
The Willamette River is a major tributary of the Columbia River, accounting for 12 to 15 percent of the Columbia's flow. The Willamette's main stem is long, lying entirely in northwestern Oregon in the United States...

 is proposed. The district currently has its own park between the Riva on the Park and OHSU. Also under construction is the Gibbs Street Pedestrian Bridge
Gibbs Street Pedestrian Bridge
The Gibbs Street Pedestrian Bridge is a approximately pedestrian bridge under construction in Portland, Oregon, United States. It will connect the Lair Hill neighborhood with the South Waterfront area...

 to connect the South Waterfront District with Lair Hill over I-5, and the Caruthers Bridge
Caruthers Bridge
The Caruthers Bridge is the working name for a bridge currently under construction across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States. The bridge will carry MAX light rail, the Portland Streetcar, buses, bicycles, and pedestrians. Private cars and trucks will not be permitted on the...

, which will carry only pedestrian
Pedestrian
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s, bicyclists and public transit vehicles.

The district currently has two restaurants (Le Hana & Bambuza), a small market (Urbana Market), an Umpqua Bank and a handful of retail and service businesses.

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