A NEW CREATIVE COMMUNITY
Welcome to Milepost 5!
Milepost 5 is located at 900 NE 81st Avenue, Portland, OR. The campus is on NE 82nd Avenue and Oregon, 3 blocks north of NE Glisan and 3 blocks south of I-84.
Please call 503-729-3223 or email to live@milepostfive.com for an appointment to view the building at your convenience.
Community
Milepost 5 provides affordable and sustainable live/work spaces for artists of all disciplines in a supportive and interactive, community setting. The comprehensive, campus facilities provide the rare opportunity for artists and creatives either to rent or own studio/live space.
Milepost 5’s mission is to provide a long-term artistic and economic sanctuary to support and sustain working artists and their art. Milepost 5 is dedicated to building and enhancing the arts community on its campus, in the City of Portland, and throughout the Northwest region by serving as a hub of activity and connectivity.
At Milepost 5, artists will shape this organic endeavor by owning or renting space in which to live, work and create. By teaming non-profit and for profit developers, Milepost 5 offers a new model in sustainability, where artists and creatives will always have a home. This unique community will serve residents and tenants of Milepost 5, as well as the arts community at large by providing programming space for performance, visual arts, lectures, workshops, meeting spaces, and living and studio space.
Campus
Milepost 5 sits on a two acre campus located in the Montavilla neighborhood of Portland, Oregon on the site of the former Baptist Manor Retirement Home. The Lofts, is a re-worked 1969 modernist building housing 54 live/work condominiums (completed April of 2008). The Studios is a compound of historic brick buildings that includes up to 103 live/work affordable rental studios, gallery space, performance venue, and space for restaurant and commercial use (completed in 2009).
The comprehensive grounds and facilities of Milepost 5 are specifically designed to provide practical and multi-functional space within a creative atmosphere for artists to produce and exhibit work. Community gathering spaces exist throughout the site to foster spontaneous and organized interaction amongst artists. The grounds include a community garden, an outdoor courtyard and sculpture garden. Space for outdoor festivals, gatherings, and exhibitions.
The Studios
The Studios include plans for more than 100 live/work, affordable rental spaces in a historic building. The visioning for the first floor Commons consists of commercial gallery space for residents to show and sell their work, a non-profit gallery for site specific work, and event space for music, performance art, film, lectures and educational programming. Space is also being developed to accommodate a café and restaurant, small boutiques, retail and arts based non-profits. The Studios building will also be home to a community workshop for light woodworking, metal working and ceramics.
The Lofts
The Lofts are home to 54 Live/work owner occupied condominiums developed for artists and creatives. The Lofts offer a unique opportunity for artists to invest directly into the Milepost 5 community. Owning a space in the Lofts means never having to worry about rising rents while building equity. Milepost 5 understands the unique financial situations of working artists and is committed to developing creative solutions to make financing possible.
Our thanks to all the great people who have put their time and effort into Milepost 5
