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One Pacific Square, also known as the Northwest Natural Gas Building, is a high-rise building located at 220 Northwest 2nd Avenue in Portland, Oregon, United States.[1] Construction was completed in 1983.[2] According to Bart King’s An Architectural Guidebook to Portland, it has been nicknamed the “R2D2 Building”.[3]

History

Planning for the structure began in 1974, with construction beginning in July 1981, with plans for completion in December 1982 for the $23-million project.[4] It had received a height variance for the neighborhood, as it was to be 14-stories and 188-foot (57 m) tall.[5] The building was designed by architect Richard A. Campbell,[6] developed by Hayden Corp.,[7] and built by general contractor H.A. Andersen (now Andersen Construction Co).[8] It was to be part of a four-building complex of similar towers, one to be 20 stories, one at 27 stories, and the tallest at 28 stories.[9] A dedication ceremony was held on April 8, 1982 for the building, at which time a time capsule was buried.[10] It topped out in June 1982.[11] One Pacific opened on April 1, 1983,[12] with an opening ceremony on July 11, 1983, and at that time NW Natural leased approximately 55 percent of the building.[13]

One Pacific was sold in 1997 for $33 million to Equity Office Properties Trust, and then sold for $48 million to Ashforth-Pacific Inc. in August 2006.[14][15] The building attained Energy Star certification in 2007.[16] Menlo Equities purchased the property in 2015 for $48.5 million.[17] In 2017, NW Natural announced plans to move out when the company’s lease expires in 2020,[18][19] after using the building as its headquarters for 30 years.[20] NW Natural then moved in 2020 to 250 Taylor in Downtown.[21] Owner Menlo sold the tower for $52.1 million in 2018.[17]

Details

The eight-sided tower is crystal-shaped, with the upper floors at a 45-degree angle.[9] Standing 13-stories, it occupies the entire block bounded by Davis, Everett, First, and Second in Northwest Portland.[9] The building contains 230,000 square feet (21,000 m2) of space inside a glass envelope.[9]

References

  1. ^ Hammill, Luke (December 23, 2015). “Portland’s most expensive building sales of 2015, a record-breaking year”. The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  2. ^ “One Pacific Square”. Emporis. Archived from the original on May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  3. ^ Stout, Heidi J. (May 26, 2002). “Feral cats in the junk pile at Gotham Building”. Portland Business Journal. Archived from the original on June 18, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  4. ^ Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), July 18, 1981: 37. Work begins on gas company headquarters.
  5. ^ Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), November 21, 1980: 50. Old Town project shows signs of life.
  6. ^ Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), May 1, 1986: 83.
  7. ^ Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), December 19, 1986: 1.
  8. ^ Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), December 6, 1987: 55.
  9. ^ a b c d Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), September 25, 1983: 33. Alan R. Hayakawa. One Pacific Square: Form planned to outlast passing fashions
  10. ^ Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), April 9, 1982: 23. Office tower dedicated in Old Town.
  11. ^ Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), June 15, 1982: 65. RISING SKYLINE.
  12. ^ Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), August 30, 1983: 96. G.E. Mortgage signs large office lease.
  13. ^ Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), July 12, 1983: 79. Up, up and away.
  14. ^ STEVE MAYES. “INVESTORS WILL SELL SIX BUILDINGS NEAR PIONEER COURTHOUSE SQUARE.” Oregonian, The (Portland, OR), April 23, 1998: E01.
  15. ^ RIVERA, DYLAN. “Ashforth-Pacific purchases NW Natural’s home base.” Oregonian, The (Portland, OR), August 24, 2006: D01. NewsBank: America’s News – Historical and Current.
  16. ^ Kensok, Tim. “Energy-saving opportunities in green buildings: all buildings-even high–performing ones–have room for efficiency improvements.” Heating/Piping/Air Conditioning Engineering, vol. 81, no. 9, Sept. 2009, pp. 26+.
  17. ^ a b Bach, Jonathan (May 22, 2026). “Could this Portland office tower become a data center? Silicon Valley acquisition signals new era”. The Oregonian/OregonLive. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
  18. ^ Redden, Jim (March 21, 2017). “NW Natural to move out of Old Town headquarters”. Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  19. ^ Redden, Jim (October 13, 2017). “NW Natural to move downtown”. Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  20. ^ Gallivan, Joseph; Redden, Jim (February 16, 2017). “NW Natural explores move from Old Town”. Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  21. ^ “A big deal for Old Town Chinatown.” Daily Journal of Commerce [Portland, OR], 15 May 2020. Gale Business: Insights.