Downtown Rockwood Redevelopment
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Tenant Opportunities
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Project Background
Explore the Rockwood Market Hall.
Rockwood Market Hall
Local, fresh and authentic food options from both micro-restaurants and micro-groceries, as well as handmade artisanal goods from micro-retail spaces.
Space is still available. If you would like to bring your business to the Market Hall, fill out the tenant questionnaire.
Commissary kitchen
The Market Hall also features a 1,042-square-foot commissary kitchen. It is available for rent by the hour or on a monthly basis. Learn more about the commissary kitchen and rental prices.
Community plaza
At the heart of the Downtown Rockwood project, the community plaza serves as the new living room for the Rockwood community. Featuring sprawling seating, playgrounds and a splash pad, the plaza can be a host site for public art, festivals, farmers markets and more.
Job training and entrepreneurship
Learn more about available services in the Lumen Business Center.
- Mt. Hood Community College’s Small Business Development Center supports entrepreneurs in creating, growing and running a successful business. Offering one-on-one advising and training workshops.
- WorkSource Oregon helps “people find jobs and businesses find talent.” Offering job search assistance, job creation, hiring support, retention and advancement.
- Oregon Tradeswomen, across the street from the Downtown Rockwood Plaza, offers training, career education, and leadership development for women and Black, Indigenous and other people of color to join the skilled trades.
Housing
The AVIVA Apartments will offer the best of integrated and
vibrant living in the heart of Downtown Rockwood.
Studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, 3-bedroom floor plans, amenities, and
on-site retail will be available to those interested in being residents of the
newest community in Gresham.
Construction started in 2022 and is expected to be finished in early 2024. Sign up to receive AVIVA updates.
Rockwood has the youngest median age, greatest diversity and
highest concentration of immigrants of any town center in the metro area.
Whether your business dream is to operate a weekend pop-up shop or open the
doors to your brick and mortar store, we have a space for you.
Read more about Downtown Rockwood tenant
opportunities and contact us about your business idea.
Downtown Rockwood’s mission
is to bring neighborhood revitalization without displacement, empowering
residents to build prosperity for themselves and their families.
Urban renewal gets six more years
In May, Gresham voters approved extending the Rockwood-West Gresham Urban Renewal District until 2029.
This gives the City more time to spend approximately $37 million over the next six years on new projects. This includes transportation upgrades; parks and recreation; more housing options; more job opportunities; and small business support.
Transforming the
catalyst site
In 2005, the Gresham Redevelopment Commission
purchased the land at the former Rockwood Fred Meyer site, 18611 SE Stark St.
Since 2014, Urban Renewal
staff have met with community members in schools, churches, libraries, coffee
shops and other gathering places to engage the neighborhood on this project.
These community
conversations directly informed the project’s design and identified the
services and amenities that Rockwood residents desired most.
With the recent opening of
The Lumen Building in 2020, and the anticipated opening of both the Rockwood Market
Hall and the community plaza in 2022, Downtown Rockwood is ready to serve the
Rockwood community.
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