Steam plant
EUGENE, OREGON
DETAILS
Mixed-use Retial/Office Space
Public-Private Partnership
Historical Preservation
DETAILS
Mixed-use Retial/Office Space
Public-Private Partnership
Historical Preservation
Located prominently along the banks of the Willamette River, and anchored at the southern end of the Downtown Riverfront site, the Steam Plant is an iconic representation of Eugene's community history and is ripe with possibility for the future. The oldest standing structure on the Downtown Riverfront property, the Steam Plant has the potential to connect Eugene's future to its past. As part of the Downtown Riverfront redevelopment, the EWEB Riverfront Master Plan emphasizes the community's wish to reveal the “layers of history” embedded in the site to create this special, historically significant place. Its unique position as an icon of Eugene’s industrial past and location within 50 feet of the top of the riverbank calls for the plant to be preserved and repurposed as an important historical landmark at the east end of the Downtown Riverfront property.
The City is currently in negotiations with a development team led by deChase Miksis for the redevelopment of the Steam Plant. The team proposes to save and adaptively re-use the Steam Plant, transforming it into a vibrant mixed-use center that maximizes public participation and enjoyment. The ground floor would look out to the river, drawing the public in for art, music, food, and drink. The upper levels of the building would include office spaces that would provide the fiscal foundation to make the redevelopment feasible.
Draft renderings show cultural space featuring historic boiler #1 and the eye-catching red turbine generators. The building would maintain its existing footprint, add cross-laminated timber internally and rise vertically to five stories to maximize views of the river.
The City is currently in negotiations with a development team led by deChase Miksis for the redevelopment of the Steam Plant. The team proposes to save and adaptively re-use the Steam Plant, transforming it into a vibrant mixed-use center that maximizes public participation and enjoyment. The ground floor would look out to the river, drawing the public in for art, music, food, and drink. The upper levels of the building would include office spaces that would provide the fiscal foundation to make the redevelopment feasible.
Draft renderings show cultural space featuring historic boiler #1 and the eye-catching red turbine generators. The building would maintain its existing footprint, add cross-laminated timber internally and rise vertically to five stories to maximize views of the river.