Wilsonville’s transit‑adjacent housing project wins Oregon APA implementation award; 121‑unit development to open early 2026

Wilsonville on Oct. 6 announced that the city’s transit‑adjacent affordable housing development has received the 2025 Building Tomorrow Today award from the Oregon chapter of the American Planning Association.

The project — presented at the meeting as the Veil project — sits beside the West Station transit hub and will contain about 121 residential units, a high proportion of two‑ and three‑bedroom apartments, 20 permanent supportive‑housing units funded through Metro’s supportive‑housing service program, and a mix of ground‑floor uses that city staff say are designed to activate the site for transit riders and the broader community.

Why it matters: The project demonstrates an application of the city’s Equitable Housing Strategic Plan, pairing affordable housing with transit access. City staff said rapid coordination among multiple funders and partners — including state legislative funding, Metro and the Housing Authority of Clackamas County — enabled a short timeline from concept to construction.

Funding and partners cited at the meeting

- A 2022 state appropriation of $1.9 million (reported by staff as secured through a state legislator) helped make ground‑floor public amenities more feasible. - The Housing Authority of Clackamas County participated in Metro affordable‑housing bond funding rounds and helped…