Liberty Centre

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Liberty Centre
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The building in 2011
Liberty Centre
Interactive map of Liberty Centre
General information
StatusCompleted
LocationLloyd District, 650 NE Holladay Street, Portland, OR, Portland, Oregon, United States
Coordinates 45°31′44″N122°39′33″W / 45.5289°N 122.6591°W / 45.5289; -122.6591
Opened1997
Technical details
Size285,000 square feet (26,500 m2)
Floor count17

Liberty Centre, also known as One Liberty Centre, is a skyscraper located at 633 Northeast Liberty Place in Portland, Oregon's Lloyd District, in the United States. [1] The 17-story tower was developed with Liberty Northwest Insurance Corporation, part of Liberty Mutual, creating the namesake for the building. [2]

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History

Plans for the project were announced in 1996, with construction beginning in the spring of that year. [3] The design was approved by the city in March of that year. [4] The Ashforth Company developed the tower and adjacent parking structure with Liberty Northwest Insurance Corporation as part owner. [5] [2] Tenants in the 1990s included Liberty Mutual, Nacco Materials Handling Group Inc., and what was then KinderCare when it relocated its headquarters to Portland. [6] Knowledge Universe acquired KinderCare in 2005 and moved its headquarters to the KinderCare space at Liberty Centre later that year. [7]

Knowledge Universe renewed its lease in the building in 2014. [8] There was a murder inside the building in October 2016 as part of a murder-suicide. [9] Liberty Mutual left the building in 2022 where it had leased 97,000 square feet (9,000 m2). [2] [10] Due to the collapse of value in the commercial real estate market caused by work from home transitions caused by the COVID 19 pandemic, the bank took possession of the tower in 2025, which then put the building up for sale. [11]

Details

Liberty Centre has 285,000 square feet (26,500 m2) over 17-stories. [5] GBD Architects designed the tower, with Glumac as the engineers. [12] The lobby includes a large painting by Sol LeWitt, and the building has a MAX light rail stop on the same block. [13]

References

  1. ↑ "Liberty Centre, Portland". Emporis. Archived from the original on 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  2. 1 2 3 Peel, Sophie (15 September 2022). "Liberty Mutual Insurance to End Lease in Lloyd District Building That Bears Its Name and Move to Lake Oswego". Willamette Week. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  3. ↑ Mayes, Steve (January 17, 1996). "INSURER PLANS NEW LLOYD-AREA OFFICES". The Oregonian.
  4. ↑ Christ, Janet (March 8, 1996). "GREAT LIBERTY CENTRE DESIGN WON'T SAVE OLD GINGKO". The Oregonian. p. C02.
  5. 1 2 "Liberty Centre". ashforth.com. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  6. ↑ Ota, Alan (August 30, 1997). "NACCO MATERIALS WILL MOVE OPERATIONS". The Oregonian. p. D01.
  7. ↑ Hunsberger, Brent (January 12, 2005). "KNOWLEDGE LEARNING WILL SETTLE IN PORTLAND - THE OWNER OF KINDERCARE WILL KEEP HUNDREDS OF ADMINISTRATIVE JOBS IN THE LLOYD DISTRICT, AND IT EVENTUALLY WILL ADD 50 TO 100 JOBS". The Oregonian. p. C01.
  8. ↑ Pyrah, Alli (2014-06-30). "How 2 brokers helped Portland retain a major Lloyd District employer". Portland Business Journal. Archived from the original on 2015-03-21. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  9. ↑ "Man killed Lake Oswego woman in office then killed himself, detectives say". kgw.com. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  10. ↑ Bach, Jonathan (September 15, 2022). "Liberty Mutual leaving Lloyd District for far smaller suburban office". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  11. ↑ Edwards, Sara (February 12, 2025). "Lloyd District's Liberty Centre listed for sale after return to lender". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  12. ↑ "Liberty Centre: Case Study" (PDF). U.S. Green Building Council. September 20, 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  13. ↑ Gragg, Randy (December 28, 1997). "BUILDING 1997". The Oregonian. p. D01.


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