PAE Living Building

LOCATION
Portland, OR

TYPE
Commercial office and retail

YEAR COMPLETED
2021

SIZE
58,700 sq. ft.; 5 stories; 40-stall bike storage

SUSTAINABILITY
Living Building Challenge (LBC), net zero energy, water and waste

NOTABLE
First Living Building certified project in Portland. Largest commercial Living Building in Oregon.

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Set to be the first Living Building Challenge (LBC) certified project in Portland, Oregon, and the largest commercial Living Building in the world, the 58,700 sq. ft., five-story structure is located in Southwest Portland’s Old Town Historic District neighborhood. Expected to open in September 2021, it also is the first developer Living Building and is designed to survive a magnitude-7.5 quake with barely a scratch. 

The building's first floor will include retail, 40-stall bike storage, showers, restrooms, lockers, and a fitness center for building occupants use. The second floor will feature Class A Commercial Office space, while floors three through five will house the corporate headquarters for PAE Consulting Engineers Inc. Representing a critical step forward in ensuring the quality of the future environment in the City of Portland and meeting the city’s goal of 100 percent renewable energy by 2050, the PAE Living Building serves as a replicable model for future market-rate urban Living Buildings and an example of what’s possible to achieve with energy performance in an urban environment.