New 6-Story Housing Development Coming to West Bend

Developer, PCP Voyager, recently applied for a modification to an already approved plan for an apartment complex at 1081 SW Mt. Bachelor Drive north of the Reed Market roundabout.

The modifications bring changes to the shape and design of the complex, reduces the number of units by two, adds sauna and steam buildings and increases the number of on-site parking spaces from 312 to 352. The site for the potential build is a vacant 4.87 acre lot with a considerable amount of trees.

“I don’t think they would be going through this process if they weren’t serious and really ready to go,” Senior Planner for the City of Bend Heidi Kennedy told the Source.

According to Kennedy, submitting the application to modify the plan cost PCPV, the developer, over $14,000.

Although Kennedy says she hasn’t heard of concerns from community members or from neighboring property owners, notice was given through mail and posting signage around the area.

The property for the apartment complex will border SW Mount Bachelor Dr., SW Century Dr. and SW Reed Market Rd.

The closest neighboring properties include a city-approved development that hasn’t begun construction on the northeast side, “Bend-Village” which is currently under construction, a medical building, a senior living community, the Village at Southern Crossing, Best Western Hotel and the Athletic Club of Bend.

The proposed building design shows the building will primarily face SW Century Drive and SW Reed Market Road. Access to the building would come from those minor arterial roads that have been known to have more traffic than other local streets.

The construction would continue to allow direct connection onto Haul Road Bike Trail which currently runs through part of the property.

Although Haul Road Bike Trail has been established on the part of the property for over 20 years PCPV applicants stated that the trail doesn’t fully run where it is legally meant to.

Builders will ensure the public continues to have access to the road and additionally, upgrading and possibly widening sidewalks where needed.

The proposed building’s parking lot will face Mt. Bachelor Drive and be “buffered” or covered with landscaping and terrain. It will be built on the ground floor underneath apartment units.

The building design is described as “fitting into the existing development aesthetic” and will blend into the “Central Oregon composition.”

Sāj Architecture, the company designing the building, describes the design as inspired by the site’s natural features like the boulder outcrop and native trees. Sāj Architecture was also the designer for The Current apartment complex located on SW Emkay Dr.

The Source attempted and were unable to make contact with Tim Connelly, developer with PCPV about when the project was expected to break ground.

“The ball is in their court,” Kennedy says. “It depends on their schedule, if they are lined up with their building permits and their contractors.”