Redmond is moving forward with a mixed housing development on the northeast side of town, following recent City Council decisions to approve the contracts to start construction. The Northpoint Vista project, a 40-acre site, is situated between NE Maple Ave. and NE Kingwood Avenue and is slated to offer over 400 housing units at a range of price points.
On May 6, the City awarded a $4,262,715 contract to Taylor Northwest LLC for infrastructure improvements in the project area. Over the last several years, the City of Redmond has received several grants for road, water and sewer infrastructure in Northpoint Vista. According to Steve Ashworth, deputy city manager, infrastructure work will start in late June.
On May 13, the City Council selected Pahlisch Homes to help develop a portion of Northpoint Vista, creating market-rate housing units.
After planning this development for about seven years, according to Steve Ashworth, deputy city manager, the City of Redmond is ready to move ahead with construction.
“A lot of work is done behind the scenes. Now we’re at the point where we’re going to actually start seeing all the fruits of that labor starting to come to life,” Ashworth told the Source.
The City of Redmond plans to develop this area into a complete community with mixed-income housing. House Bill 4079 and HB 2336 allowed the City of Redmond to plan for the development of affordable and market-rate housing on lands brought inside the city’s urban growth boundary without going through the standard UGB expansion process, which can typically take years to complete.
In the Northpoint Vista project, 30% of homes will be affordable housing, not exceeding 80% of the Area Median Income. The remaining 70% of homes will be a mix of affordable, workforce and market-rate housing, according to City documents outlining the development.
The City also plans to add commercial services within the neighborhood, offering residents a complete community, with large parks, trails and other amenities.
“We’ve got a central core park – a 3-acre park that will be owned by the city of Redmond, in the middle of this. We have a trail system network that we’re working on between the [Deschutes] County and the City… We want to see this as a really vibrant neighborhood,” said Ashworth.
The project will be phased in, allowing different sections of the 40-acre lot to be developed over time.
Pahlisch Homes will develop about 10-12 acres of the northern section of the property, building market-rate and entry-level homes in partnership with master developers of the project, Edlen & Co and deChase Miksis.
According to Ashworth, Pahlisch Homes is hoping to break ground in the summer of 2026.
For the affordable housing portion of the neighborhood, the City is partnering with Rooted Homes, a local affordable housing developer, and Housing Works, a housing authority providing affordable housing and rental assistance for Central Oregonians. Just last week, Ashworth said, the City received a grant from the state that will help fund the creation of 14 affordable-ownership homes in spring of 2026.
According to Ashworth, the goal is to have at least the affordable units and market rate units built by 2030.
“It’s a project that’s been long coming, and a lot of work has gone into it,” said Ashworth. “We’re actually getting to the point where we see housing units in our sites. It’s not so far down that it’s hard to see them.”
This article appears in Source Weekly May 22, 2025.
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