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Burnside Rocket

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Learn about this four-story building that includes 16,500 square feet of commercial and office space with outdoor terraces on each level.

E Burnside St. & NE 11th Ave., Portland, Ore.
located in the central city

The Burnside Rocket is a new mixed-use building located at the corner of East Burnside Street and Northeast 11th Avenue in Portland, Oregon. Formerly a vacant lot, the 3,800 square foot site is adjacent to an indoor rock climbing gym and three frequent service bus lines. The four-story building includes 16,500 square feet of commercial and office space, with outdoor terraces on each level. Building uses include a ground-floor pub, two floors of creative office space, a top floor restaurant and a rooftop garden.

The Burnside Rocket takes a whole building approach to energy efficiency by integrating several green building measures including a Durisol wall forming system, hollow core slabs, ground source heat pumps, operable windows, operable window shades as an art exhibit, and an "edible roof" garden supplies fresh produce for the top floor restaurant. It is also the first office building built outside of the downtown core without parking.

Burnside Rocket video

Project highlights

LEED Platinum certification, U.S. Green Building Council (application pending)

Tools used

Metro Transit-Oriented Development Program, transit-oriented development easement

For more information on the Metro transit-oriented development easement and other tools, see the Community Investment Toolkit. To get a copy, call Susan Patterson Sale at 503-797-1735.

Need assistance?

Megan Gibb
megan.gibb@oregonmetro.gov
503-797-1753

Files and related materials

Files that are downloadable from this page

• The Oregonian: Rocket man plans blast on Burnside 9.0M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published January 27, 2006
• Oregon Business: Going greener 874K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published April 1, 2007