The Port of Portland approved a lease for the University of Oregon’s acoustic research laboratory planned at the Mass Timber and Housing Innovation Campus at Terminal 2.

The Oregon Acoustic Research Laboratory is the research and development anchor tenant planned for the campus, where the Port is transforming a former marine terminal into a manufacturing hub. The new lab is expected to undergo design and permitting in 2025, followed by construction in 2026, with building completion in 2027.

The University of Oregon’s Oregon Acoustic Research Laboratory will be a state-of-the-art facility for conducting acoustics tests on mass-timber floor-ceiling assemblies. The Oregon Mass Timber Coalition in 2022 received a $41.4 million grant to develop a comprehensive strategy for expanding the use of mass timber in the housing market. The grant included $10 million for the Port toward campus infrastructure development, and $14.6 million toward the development of UO’s acoustics research lab.