After 25 years and three failed redevelopment attempts, Centennial Mills wins approval for transformation. The catch? The developer’s ties to ICE are drawing fierce opposition.

For a quarter-century, the hulking, graffiti-scarred shell of Centennial Mills has stood as Northwest Portland’s most prominent monument to development paralysis. The four-acre waterfront site, with its iconic water tower overlooking the Willamette River, has outlasted three failed redevelopment deals, survived demolition proposals, and become a cautionary tale in Portland’s real estate circles.

That stalemate appears to have ended. On Thursday, the Portland Design Commission unanimously approved developer Stuart Lindquist’s plan to transform the derelict grain mill into three mid-rise, mixed-use buildings with 27

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