Downtown Community Ass'n v. City of Portland

The City of Portland and General American Theaters, Inc. (GAT) 1 petition for review of LUBA’s reversal of the city’s approval of two applications submitted by GAT in connection with the proposed construction of a 22-story building known as the Broadway Theater Project. The first application was for design approval. The second was for a conditional use permit to allow the construction of an eight-level parking garage in the building. The principal issues in this case center on the city’s approval of the second application.

GAT intends to construct the building in two phases. The parking garage…