hollywoodHUB

Previously the site of the Hollywood Transit Center, hollywoodHUB will bring affordable housing and revitalize the area in Portland’s Hollywood District into a hub for transit, equity, and community.

Project Details

Location

Portland, OR

Clients

TriMet & BRIDGE Housing

Year Completed

Anticipated 2026

Project Size

227,840 sq. ft.
224 units

Certification

Targeting Earth Advantage

Sustainability

The project incorporates native landscaping and large canopy trees to address the heat island effect and provide for pollinators. It prioritizes daylight and proper ventilation to improve indoor air quality, features high-performance windows, increased roof insulation, high-efficiency air conditioning in every unit, low VOC finishes, and stormwater will be 100% infiltrated on site to achieve Earth Advantage certification.

Land Recognition

We have a responsibility to not only acknowledge but also elevate Native communities and their needs. This project sits in the area currently known as Portland, which encompasses the traditional village sites of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla, and many other tribes who made their homes along the Columbia River.

Educating ourselves is an important action. We encourage you to explore the stories of these communities through Native-led resources like David G. Lewis, PhD’s The Quartux Journal and Leading with Tradition.

Awards

2024 Portland Design Commission Design Excellence Award

An Equitable Community

A 12-story, 224-unit transit-oriented development, hollywoodHUB will be a mixed-use, mixed-income building that embraces the site and its history. Developed by BRIDGE Housing and TriMet, the project will deliver a modern, community-sensitive building with on-site services provided by Hacienda Community Development Corporation. To provide much-needed options for families historically priced out of NE Portland, 60% of the homes at hollywoodHUB are two- and three-bedroom units. The building will be geared towards families earning 30-60% of the Area Median Income (AMI), and will be affirmatively marketed to BIPOC families.

Honoring History

Holst’s design builds on the site’s character, local identity, and the community’s aspirations for the area by creating a truly inclusive transit-oriented development.

Strengthening Neighborhood Connections

The development delivers on the promise to revitalize the underutilized Hollywood transit Station with affordable housing, improved accessibility for pedestrians and bikes, and quality public placemaking strategies. Organized around a central resident courtyard, the site design reinforces the new public linkage connecting Halsey Ave to the Hollywood Max station and the Laurelhurst neighborhood. The building massing is sculpted to enhance pedestrian movement through the site by maintaining clear visual sightlines and providing weather protection, while also reinforcing the Halsey Avenue street face and defining outdoor space for residents that is removed from the heavy flow of transit users.

Plentiful Amenities

Amenities include community rooms, an indoor play area, a teen lounge, resident services, and bike parking. Outside, the central courtyard and adjacent paseo (built by TriMet) will serve the building’s residents and function as an amenity for the greater community.