Economy clobbers West Village

Developer Bruce Wood attended the October 6 Citizen Participation Organization 1 (CPO 1) meeting to let us know what’s going on with the former Teufel property on Barnes Road. Elaborate plans for an urban-style shopping district have been scrapped after retail tenants failed to materialize.

The center was originally planned to include an upscale grocery, an entertainment complex, shops and restaurants. Later proposed businesses, including Fred Meyers and a health club, have also declined to build in this location at this time.

While Wood still hopes for some retail to locate in the space, the current plan calls for primarily office buildings to serve the many doctors who want to have offices near the St. Vincent’s Medical Center.

We also asked Polygon VP Fred Gast about plans to build a boardwalk and donate land along Cedar Mill Creek at the falls to the Tualatin Hills Park District. He said that a Memorandum of Understanding was just signed, and design work would begin, with construction of the boardwalk to occur next summer. The boardwalk will cross the creek at Cedar Mill Falls, and continue along the margin of the JQA Young House property.

Polygon is donating the land and building the trail in lieu of System Development Charges for the Timberland housing development. We all look forward to having our beautiful little waterfall accessible to viewing.

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