Tag: T-Mobile

Construction, New Business, Property Sale, Top 2025, View of Montavilla

Another Gateway Mall Property for Sale

The owners of the six-tenant strip Mall along SE 96th Avenue are seeking a buyer for their Mall 205 adjacent property. Called Prime 205, the single-story bar-shaped structure at 1026 SE 96th Avenue recently secured Carrington College as a new anchor business occupying 64 percent of the building with a ten-year lease. Past owners of the 1971-era strip mall renovated it in 2008. The building currently houses T-Mobile, GolfTec, Fixoid, and L&M Hair Company, with one vacant storefront.

Exterior view of a single-story retail building housing T-Mobile and other storefronts, featuring large glass windows and a brick facade.

The Prime 205 property is located in the Mall 205 superblock, adjacent to the Target store. Mall 205 sold to new owners in 2022, and other retail complexes in the area have endeavored to realign with changing shopping behaviors. The Prime 205 listing follows news that the owners of Gateway Shopping Center intend to sell that large property several blocks north of this location. An unbuilt adjacent lot to the south of the property at SE 96th Avenue and Access Drive is also for sale separately.

Aerial view of a commercial area at SE 96th Ave and Access Dr, featuring multiple large buildings, parking lots, and surrounding roads.
Overhead image of Prime205 from Portland Maps with MV News illustrations

The retail building is located steps away from a TriMet MAX Green line station and offers 94 parking spaces. This area is in flux as new chain restaurants open in the vicinity, but shopping activity remains inconsistent. The unbuilt parcel could represent a development opportunity for urban housing with light ground-floor commercial uses. This parcel is part of a rezoning effort to build density in the Gateway District. Housing in this area would place residents within walking distance of grocery stores, retail establishments, medical services, and public transportation. Properties like Prime 205 can remain on the market for several years, and a buyer will likely want to retain lease tenants, so people will not see any significant change at this site in the coming years. However, owners listing this property could be an indication that they perceive renewed interest from buyers in the Gateway area, and any sale brings an opportunity for future site improvements.

Update: Changed link to SE 96th Ave & Access Dr info after host site took down original page.

Article and photos by

Jacob Loeb

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Construction, Infrastructure

Cellphone Tower Upgrade Second Attempt

The T-Mobile Cellphone Tower, located on the Public Storage property at 1621 NE 71st Ave, will receive an upgrade. Work proposed in permit application 20-194224 will encompass some of the work proposed in February of this year.

Permit 20-120469 issued to towers managed Crown Castle on March 4th. However, the online records for the old permit are no longer accessible. Now, 20-194224 seems to be the replacement permit for the project.

In this next iteration of the upgrades, workers will replace three antennas and three remote radio units. Remove three Remote Radio Units and three Tower Mounted Amplifier radios. One FXFC radio will relocate from the ground to the tower. Six lines will be replaced by one cable with pendant and j-box.

In the ground level equipment room, they will replace a small cabinet in the existing H-frame. Workers will install two new cabinets replacing the three existing ones and upgrade support equipment in those cabinets.

Hopefully, this second attempt at upgrades will be successful. These work delays seem to have been put to constructive use, reengineering the project to make even more meaningful upgrades.

Construction, Infrastructure

Cellphone Tower Upgrade

Although not the most exciting addition to the neighborhood, infrastructure can be just as impactful as a new building. The Cellphone tower located on the Public Storage property at 1621 NE 71ST Ave is getting a $15,000 upgrade. The towers are managed by Crown Castle and service national and regional wireless carriers. The full text of the application is below.

Application Number 20-120469 – Personal wireless service facility – application #3 – Tower: Replace (3) antennas and (1) fiber line. Remove (3) additional antennas, (6) radios, (3) amplifiers, (1) covp, and (6) COA. Relocate (1) ground mounted radio on to the tower. Ground: update equipment in existing support cabinets.