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Cedar Mill Place (southwest corner of Murray & Cornell)

The north elevation of the new Walgreens, from their July 2013 development application

As we reported in June, work is underway to install a fire-suppression sprinkler system in the west end of the building to accommodate the three restaurants and two bars that will move in.

WanQ has been waiting for several years to re-open their popular Chinese restaurant after they moved out of the building in the Safeway lot. The bar has been operating in a space at the rear of the west-end building, having taken over from the old Rococo business. The restaurant will open in a space just east of the Cedar Mill Liquor Store.

Thai Lily and Mazatlan are now moved out of the eastern end to make way for the construction of the new Walgreens drugstore. They will split up the space that was formerly occupied by a variety of restaurants at the western side of the east building. It’s unlikely that will happen until sometime this fall.

The manager of the Walgreens store currently in the Milltowner Center says he’s been told to expect to move sometime between February and May of next year. I couldn’t get any comment from either Walgreens’ corporate office or from Seven Hills Properties, the San Francisco-based developer.

The County Staff Report for the remodel states: “The current proposal will remodel the building on Tax Lot 200 for use by a pharmacy with a drive-through. Exterior building renovations will include realigning the north façade, construction of a main entry in the northeast corner of the building, and refinishing with brick, stucco and metal canopies. Construction is also proposed to include a new drive-in/drive-up service window on the west façade.

It’s not clear how the drive-through will affect WanQ’s bar, whose entrance is located on the other side of that “western façade.” Some requirements are included in the Staff Report about “striping, elevation changes, speed bumps, a different paving material, or other similar method” to clearly identify pedestrian areas.

New Dental Building on Cornell

The new building is shown as it will look next to the existing building housing the Urgent Care and other businesses.

The old wood-frame building at the corner of Cornell Road and Joy was demolished last month. It is being replaced by a masonry structure with space for dental offices and retail. Local dentist Samuel Chen and his wife (Integrity Dental) are the owners. According to the developer, Scott Emmett of Emmett Phair Construction, “Completion is expected in six months. Retail lease space is still available.”

Sunset Station and Barnes Road (Peterkort) Planned Unit Development (PUD)

The entire area of the proposed PUD is outlined in pink.

Sometime this fall, Peterkort Co. will present a Draft Transportation Impact Analysis to the Beaverton Planning Commission for this 250-acre commercial and residential development complex. The company presented its preliminary plan to the public at a meeting in April. The area will be built out in phases, and separate developers will probably build the various segments separately.

At least two issues have residents concerned.

Beaverton’s zoning, which was developed specifically to apply to the area (Station Community-Sunset—SC-S), allows each segment of the PUD to address traffic impacts separately. As each section begins to develop, the developer will be responsible for adding traffic capacity that its development will require. This could mean that the roads around the area, particularly Cedar Hills Boulevard and Barnes Road, could be torn up for ten years as the various parts of the center come on line. A better idea would be to find a way for the Peterkort Co. to build all the needed infrastructure up front, but it’s unclear where the funding could be obtained.

The other concern is the “big-box” development at the SW corner of Barnes & Cedar Hills. Members of the group that fought the Walmart proposal at that location in 2005 have done some research, and believe that Walmart is the only company who could afford to build a store there. They are encouraging Cedar Mill residents to attend the Planning Commission Public Hearing to make their concerns heard.

The meeting was originally scheduled for September 25 but has tentatively been rescheduled to October 30. See beavertonoregon.gov/index.aspx?nid=1108 for more information.

Timberland

With most of the residential sections of the Timberland development complete, work was expected to begin on the shopping center last month. Gramor Development principle Matt Grady says, “Our team submitted construction plans to the City of Beaverton for review and approval on July 2. At this point, we are just responding back to comments made on those plans, and it appears that we may have all the appropriate permits approved to break ground near the end of September. Site work will take place first, followed by building construction that will commence in October. Our target tenant opening date will be roughly a year from now.”

The center will be anchored by Eugene-based grocery Market of Choice. Gramor has pre-leased space
to Ava Roasteria, the Beaverton-based coffee and pastry shop; Zucari Home & Garden, B’Tan Sun Studio and La Belle Nail Salon.

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