Rebar, a San Francisco based design firm has been asked by Zidell Maritime to develop an interim use program for thirty acres of waterfront property here in Portland, Oregon. They have asked me to take on the job of project manager. Of course it's impractical to try and develop a site this size all at once so we needed a starting point. Zidell has asked us to design and build a food cart pod next to the lower landing of the OHSU aerial tram. The address is 3201 SW Moody Ave. The site is a little less than one acre and currently is graded with rock behind a five foot eco-block retaining wall along Moody Ave. It has a large electrical service panel on an H frame on the n/w corner and is fenced with chain link. I've seen the initial design plans and an waiting for the construction documents to come down from Rebar.
I've asked two people to join me in managing this project. Matthew McCune is a licensed architect and general contractor with a background in design/build construction. Tim Miller will be handling legal affairs and accounting. Tim's value and experience is simply stated on his business card as "bringing structure to creative people".
This food cart pod will be set up to serve a population of about fifty thousand people. The South Waterfront neighborhood currently consists of several high rise residential and office towers and is connected by aerial tram to Oregon Health and Science University. The area is under served by the local food service industry and is expected to be enthusiastically welcomed by both populations. In order to serve a population of this size we are installing a forty foot high-cube container that will provide additional refrigerated space to the individual carts which are normally supplied by off-site commissary kitchens. The container will also carry large scale graphics to advertise it's presence to the neighborhood.
