In April of 2007, Viewpoint moved into the newly renovated RiverEast Center along the banks of the Willamette River in downtown Portland, Oregon.

At more than 90,000 square feet, RiverEast Center provides Viewpoint with room to continue to deliver the highest levels of customer support and product development innovations as we grow. The space includes two state-of-the-art training rooms, dedicated remote-training rooms, a cutting-edge A/V system for video conferencing, and numerous meeting rooms. 

The RiverEast Center is expected to achieve Gold LEED Certification.

Some of the key green features of the building include:

Green Street: The street running along side the RiverEast Center has been turned into a public plaza, featuring Portland’s first example of shared facilities for treating public and private storm water.  Rain water from the roof and pavement travels through artistic downspouts, storm water basins with native plantings and recycled building concrete, and is naturally filtered before reaching the river.

Energy Efficiency: The entire south side of the building is a dynamic solar wall which uses a system of glass panels, baffles and shelves to alternatively capture and divert solar heat throughout the seasons. The solar wall, wide use of natural light, reflective white roof, special window glazing, energy efficient fixtures, and buying 100% green power reduces energy consumption to 51% less than code requires.

Reclaiming and Recycling: The project received funding from the Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC) for a series of sculptures in the plaza, using large concrete slabs, cut out for windows and doors.  The slabs reveal the impressions of old growth timber, used as forms for pouring the Art Deco structure.  Over 95% of the concrete waste has been reclaimed for other purposes. Interior designers used sustainably harvested bamboo paneling and re-used much of the building’s existing doors and windows.

RiverEast Center, formerly the Holman Transfer Building, was built originally in 1951 and served to transport products for Quaker Oats, Coca Cola and C&H Sugar for many years.