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The Hillsboro Civic Center is a government-built, mixed-use development in downtown Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. The development includes the city hall for the county seat of Washington County, located west of Portland, Oregon. Covering , the Civic Center has a total of over in the complex. The total of six stories for the main structure makes the building the tallest in the city, tied with Tuality Community Hospital. In addition to government offices, the Civic Center includes retail space, public plazas, and residential housing. The complex was built to centralize city government functions under one roof. Design of the complex began in 2002, with construction beginning in 2003. After completion in 2005, the building was awarded the LEED Gold certification for sustainability, the second city hall in the United States to earn that distinction. Environmentally friendly technologies used include occupancy sensors, ventilation that monitors carbon dioxide levels to determine when to activate, high performance exterior glass to reduce heat loss, and solar panels to generate electricity. ==History== Plans for the complex began as part of the city’s 2020 comprehensive plan. Development plans from six teams of developers and architects were submitted to the city in October 2001.〔Anderson. David R. "Big ideas for Hillsboro", ''The Oregonian'', October 29, 2001.〕 These plans included designs for public plazas, a library branch, residential units, retail space, and a new city hall.〔 Formal design proposals were submitted in early 2002.〔Anderson, David R. "Imagining downtown", ''The Oregonian'', March 7, 2002.〕 The project was designed to consolidate city government and to anchor redevelopment of the downtown core that would reinvigorate downtown.〔Basalyga, Stephanie. Good as Gold. ''Daily Journal of Commerce Magazine'', July 2005.〕 This included the plan to turn the area into an a zone with 18 hours of activity each day, instead of businesses closing at 5:00 pm when the city and county governments closed.〔Fields, K.J. "Center of Attention", ''Daily Journal of Commerce Magazine'', November 2003.〕 Additionally, conference space was planned to accommodate use by both city and county governments, and by private groups.〔 In April 2002, Specht Properties was selected as the developer of the project〔Anderson, David R. "Specht gains contract for Hillsboro Civic Center", ''The Oregonian'', April 3, 2002.〕 after scoring higher with the council appointed committee formed to rate each of three developer's proposals, with Gerding/Edlen Development and Trammell Crow Company losing out to Specht.〔Anderson, David R. "Council, contractor pose Civic Center questions", ''The Oregonian'', March 21, 2002.〕 Construction on the complex began in June 2003 when an old grain store at the site was demolished to make room for the center.〔("Demolition to kick off work on Hillsboro Civic Center", ) ''Portland Business Journal'', June 5, 2003.〕 A total of eight buildings were torn down to make room the complex as part of a redevelopment of a brownfield site.〔 Plans also called for retail space, housing units, and a library branch.〔 Though the library section was built, a library branch did not open at the site.〔Bermudez, Esmeralda. "Coffee chain’s baristas will fire up espresso machine in Civic Center", ''The Oregonian'', June 28, 2005.〕 LRS Architects designed the complex with Skanska USA serving as the general contractor.〔"Civic Center LEED Rated", ''Northwest Construction'', January 1, 2006.〕 The structural engineering was done by KPFF Consulting Engineers, services engineering was completed by Interface Engineering, and civil engineering for the project was handled by WRG Design.〔 The building was finished in January 2005 with city officials and employees moving into the buildings by the end of March.〔Bermudez, Esmeralda. Civic Center near finish line. ''The Oregonian'', December 17, 2004.〕 A public grand opening was held on July 16, 2005, to officially open the center.〔Boone, Jerry F. "Hillsboro's Civic Center is built for civic life", ''The Oregonian'', July 13, 2005.〕 Total cost of the public portion of the project was $34 million,〔"Specht Properties Wilsonville city officials have", ''The Oregonian'', February 24, 2005.〕 with construction totaling $23.5 million.〔 Prior to completion the city leased space in several downtown buildings, including the county's Public Services Building where Hillsboro also held city council meetings.〔 Later in 2005 a coffee shop was added as a tenant in part of the retail space, and in 2007 the restaurant space in the building was leased to NW Hayden Enterprises for a restaurant scheduled to open in 2008.〔Suh, Elizabeth. "Sewer overflows anger residents", ''The Oregonian'', December 6, 2007.〕 In April 2009, the plaza was renamed as the Tom Hughes Civic Center Plaza in honor of former mayor Tom Hughes who was mayor when the building was constructed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hillsboro Civic Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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