Salazar Architect Inc.

We're thrilled to learn that Las Adelitas has won a 2024 AIA Oregon Merit Award! Las Adelitas uses design strategies that foster communal resilience, including energy performance measures to handle Portland’s future climate, and a plaza and event spaces for people to congregate as the neighborhood evolves. Since opening in 2022, Las Adelitas has been a place of rebirth. Offering affordable rent and a variety of on-site services, the development seeks to combat the effects of neighborhood displacement while strengthening a vibrant community. Thanks to AIA Oregon for recognizing this work, and thanks to all of our partners in this development, especially Hacienda Community Development Corp. (CDC) and LMC Construction

Las Adelitas was recently featured in Affordable Housing Finance magazine. Thanks for highlighting the transformational impact of this development in the Cully community! https://lnkd.in/gNShDK2Q

🏳️🌈 Happy Pride!! 🏳️🌈 We're pleased to share that two Portland landmarks have been added to the National Register of Historic Places for LGBTQ+ historical significance. Congratulations to Kristen Minor for her work researching these sites and leading the nominations for Erv Lind Field and the Crystal Hotel– the second and third LGBTQ+ landmarks in Oregon, joining the first of Darcelle XV, also written by Kristen. We are honored to work with her on this grant-funded project to identify historically significant LGBTQ+ sites in the Portland region, adding to our collective history that values the stories, struggles, and spirits of diverse communities. https://lnkd.in/dQJVYZkz

We're excited to announce that Las Adelitas has been selected as a finalist for Urban Land Institute's Terwilliger Center Award for Innovation in Attainable Housing! We're so proud of Las Adelitas's impact in the Cully neighborhood, which proves again that community is the true foundation of any affordable housing. Thanks to Hacienda Community Development Corp. (CDC) for their enduring partnership in this work. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gD6eHaUJ

Our team had a great site visit to Altura last week! We're excited for this development to open in the next few months-- construction looks great! Thanks, Colas Construction and BRIDGE Housing Corporation!

We were in Talent, Oregon, last week to celebrate the progress made so far in rebuilding the community of Talent Mobile Estates through a groundbreaking ceremony. Congratulations to CASA of Oregon, Coalición Fortaleza, and all the partners and funders who are making it happen! We're inspired to see this community come together as Jackson County’s first resident-owned cooperative manufactured home park– an inspiring outcome after devastating wildfires that reflects the strength and resilience of this community.

What an honor to celebrate the opening of Mutual Housing on the Boulevard with our friends!

It was an honor to speak about our work in southern Oregon with CASA of Oregon and Coalición Fortaleza at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition - NCRC #justeconomy Conference! We shared how #communityengagement shaped the development of Talent Mobile Estates and Summit Gardens as they rebuilt after the Almeda wildfire and how important it is to work with partners like Coalición Fortaleza and CASA of Oregon, who are truly uplifting their communities. Thanks for having us!

We’re pleased to announce that two of our major developments in Sacramento, Cornerstone, and Mutual on the Boulevard, have completed construction, allowing more than 200 households to move into the apartments and enjoy the safety and stability of a home. These spaces had a vibrancy, energy, and sense of community that was apparent even in the short time we spent there. The residents we met felt safe and proud of where they lived. We especially want to acknowledge the work that Mutual Housing California is doing to foster community and provide support to residents. Making the transition from homelessness to home is a difficult one to navigate, and we heard from several residents how Mutual has helped them. We’re honored to have designed the buildings that serve as a foundation for this impactful change. Building images © Lara Swimmer/Esto https://lnkd.in/eRPNDhdp

Las Flores looking gorgeous! ✨