Comprising seven buildings, including two existing structures, the development creates 237 new apartments, ranging from social housing to luxury residences.
Previously home to the Gendarmerie, the transformed Caserne Exelmans brings affordable dwellings and emergency shelter for the unhoused to the tony 16th arrondissement.
Wrapped in corrugated aluminum-zinc alloy cladding, the 16-unit complex at 7480 N. Delaware Street was initially envisioned as a mass-timber and brick project.
The 94-unit mid-rise gives priority to residents with ties to the historically Black Lower Albina neighborhood, which was shattered by midcentury urban renewal projects.