News Release
November 2, 2016
For immediate release
Contact Cheryl Kuck, 503-823-7898, cheryl.kuck@portlandoregon.gov

Bureau of Environmental Services resumes sale of Terminal 1 property
The Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) announced today that it will resume the
sale of Terminal 1, its 14.5 acres of prime industrial land located in the Northwest
Industrial District.
By a 5-0 vote, City Council approved Commissioner Nick Fish’s Resolution to resume
the sale and rescind the prior action directing BES to lease Terminal 1 as a mass
homeless shelter.
Colliers International will serve as the property’s commercial broker and is expected to
list the property on November 3, 2016, with a call for bids by November 18, 2016.
Terminal 1, located on Northwest Front Avenue, is a large paved lot with a 96,000square-foot warehouse and a 3.6-acre dock. “Terminal 1 is identified in the city’s
Comprehensive Plan as prime industrial land,” said Commissioner Fish, “and is a key
part of Portland’s jobs forecast and economic development strategy for the next 20
years.”
BES purchased Terminal 1 in 2004 as part of the Big Pipe combined sewer overflow
project and used it as a staging area for the billion-dollar construction project designed
to divert stormwater runoff from the Willamette and Columbia rivers. With that project
completed, BES no longer needs the property.
In 2014, at Commissioner Fish’s request, City Council declared Terminal 1 “surplus,”
triggering a process to sell the property. This summer BES received seven bids ranging
from $6 million to $10 million before City Council canceled the sale process and
directed BES to lease it to the Portland Housing Bureau.
Continued

 Following Commissioner Dan Saltzman’s decision to end the Housing Bureau’s
negotiations with BES, City Council today gave BES the authority to resume the sale.
“The sale of this prime industrial property will add family-wage jobs to our
community, and strengthen our tax base,” said Commissioner Fish, “helping us pay for
the services and housing necessary to address the crisis of homelessness.”
For more information about the Terminal 1 property, visit
www.portlandoregon.gov/bes/article/514449.
The Bureau of Environmental Services provides city residents with programs to protect water
quality and public health, including wastewater collection and treatment, sewer construction
and maintenance, stormwater management, and stream and watershed restoration.
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