OUR WHY
Otak is about people.
Our values don’t end or begin in the workplace.
We value the places we live, work, and play, and the people who make these places a community. We work in teams that share our values, and working together with clients, partners, and colleagues, we create places that enrich our lives and the lives of future generations. We live these values every day through our work, charitable activities, and how we spend our time with family and friends.
We are realizing communities and places that once could only be imagined.
Our values form the basis for the projects we plan, design, and manage – from public building and civic spaces, to natural systems of wetlands, rivers and woodlands, to national parks and neighborhood playgrounds, to privately funded buildings that define our public spaces. In all of our work, our core values guide us to deliver more than just projects; we create communities and places that will preserve the environment and benefit people for many years to come.
Why we come to work.
We strive for excellence in everything we do. We build lasting relationships with the people we work with – from clients, to partners and colleagues. We pursue growth through learning and doing. We do work that enriches the communities where we live, work, and play. We deliver great projects. We come to work every day to enjoy and engage in that journey.
We are Otak.
PRESERVATION
ENRICH LIVES
OTAK IS ABOUT PEOPLE
LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY
COMMUNITY
EXCELLENCE
PROJECTS CHARITABLE
LIVE OUR VALUES
LASTING RELATIONSHIPS
CIVIC SPACES
FUTURE GENERATIONS
SUSTAINABILITY
FAMILY
DESIGN
LEARNING NATURAL SYSTEMS
PURSUE GROWTH
ECO-FRIENDLY WORKING TOGETHER TOGETHER
PARTNERS CREATE TEAMS PLAN, DESIGN, AND MANAGE
DELIVER GREAT GROWTH GROWTH
ARCHITECTURE
Otak’s award-winning architecture team works hand-in-hand with clients to create their vision and support their communities. We offer design services in multifamily housing, industrial, civic, recreational, and mixed-use structures.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Otak’s landscape architects use the character of the land to define the opportunities and constraints of development. This ensures that the natural landscape blends with manmade structures - and vice versa.
PLANNING
Otak’s planning practice focuses on two fundamental objectives: creating livable communities and setting the stage for feasible implementation. Services range from neighborhood design to regional policy analysis.
VISITOR USE MANAGEMENT
Otak has specialized expertise in visitor use management and user capabilities for federal lands recreation areas. We work nationwide on projects for federal land managers and have become a trusted partner to these clients.
PROJECT CONTROLS
Otak’s recent acquisition of Tarr Whitman Group (TWG), an advanced project controls firm, enables us to unveil a new practice area to better serve our clients and aid them in making informed, data-driven decisions at all stages of a project’s lifecycle.
PM/CM & OWNER’S REPRESENTATIVE
Otak’s construction management and inspection services team provides clients with the tools to keep their projects on track. From design development through project closeout, we work as part of the project team.
SURVEY & MAPPING
By relaying the relationship between locations, conditions, and uses of the land, our team ensures success. Otak is a pioneer in electronic data accumulation and its translation into formats for many applications.
WATER & NATURAL RESOURCES
As available land diminishes, Otak’s water and natural resources staff documents environmental conditions and fully satisfies reporting criteria for compliance requirements at the local, state, and federal levels.
Otak ensures that our local infrastructure supports the homes in which we live, the water and utility systems that keep our cities running, and the transit systems that ease congestion.
CIVIL ENGINEERING TRANSPORTATION
Otak’s structural and bridge designers offer the expertise necessary to accommodate our often-aging road systems while being mindful of cost, safety, and how each structure fits within its environment.
MIXED-USE
As communities have embraced the “new urbanism” in residential and commercial integration, Otak has created vibrant, inclusive neighborhoods through progressive design and responsible growth. Our professionals can guide projects through complex regulatory requirements and engage stakeholders and the general public to meet the goals of our clients and the community. We have designed and built a number of mixed-use projects in both urban and suburban environments, activating a street-level engagement for public transit and pedestrians to reduce carbon emissions and support the aspirations of a modern-day village square.
Hotel Indigo & Tower
Vancouver, WA
SIZE: 185,000 sf; 40 luxury condominium units, 138 Key Indigo Hotel with full conference space
CLIENT: Kirkland Development
AWARD: 2023 DJC Oregon Top Project; 2nd place - Hospitality
HOTEL INDIGO & KIRKLAND TOWER, MIXED-USE
Portland, OR
SIZE: 185,000 sf; 275 hospitality rooms
CLIENT: Parq on 12th, LLC
Hyatt Tower
SIZE: Retail/Office 125,000 sf; Residential 400,000 sf; 219 units
Vancouver, WA
CLIENT: Kirkland Development Renaissance Boardwalk*
*Project rendering featured on cover
Beaverton, OR
SIZE: 27,700 sf of leasable retail area; 89 rooms
CLIENT: Kirkland Development
Even by IHG
Vancouver Center
Vancouver, WA
SIZE: 212,095 sf
Seattle, WA
SIZE: 8,300 sf of micro retail; two-story restaurant & bar; 180-200 apartments with a mix of studios, & 1- & 2-bedroom units
CLIENT: Jasmine Maynard, LLC
Jasmine Tower
Happy Valley, OR
SIZE: Master Plan - 2.1 million sf, Phase I - 800,000 sf
CLIENT: Eagle Landing Resources
Eagle Landing
BLDGS 1 & 2
Retail: 23,430 sf
Hotel: 6 Levels & 8 Levels, 231 Condos
Parking: 2 Levels + Surface, 384 Stalls
168 Standard
216 Stacked
BLDG 3
Retail: 10,250 sf
Office: 3 Levels, 50,000 sf
Residential: 5 Levels, 69 Condos
Parking: 2 Levels, 294 Standard Stalls
PHASE ONE TOTALS
Retail: 70,000 sf
Hotel: 125 Rooms
Residential: 300 Condos
BLDG 4
Retail: 23,170 sf
Hotel: 5 Levels, 125 Rooms
Residential: 2 Levels, 200 Apts
Parking: 2 Levels, 410 Stalls
128 Standard
282 Standard
BLDG 5
Retail: 13,150 sf
Residential: 200 Apartments
Office: 50,000 sf
Total Parking: 1,080
Standard: 590
Stacked: 496
Ledges at Columbia Palisades
Vancouver, WA
SIZE: 90 Apartment units / 51 Condominium units, 164,500 sf
CLIENT: Kirkland Development
Bremerton Harborside Condominiums
Bremerton, WA
SIZE: 105 residential condominiums
CLIENT : Kitsap County
The Byway at Wood Village Wood Village, OR
SIZE: 135,000 sf + 8,400 sf of leasable retail space; includes a 184-unit multifamily mixed-use development
CLIENT: Williams & Dame Development
Tai an Retail Village
Tai an, China
SIZE: 320,000 sf CLIENT: Lushang Development Company Ltd.
SIZE: 78,790 sf; 51 units; 64,000 sf grocery store
Seattle, WA
CLIENT: Milliken Development Corp.
Tribeca
Cascadian Condominiums
Portland, OR
SIZE: 67,300 sf (Phase I)
CLIENT: Enterprise Development
SIZE: 6.43 million sf
CLIENT: Lushang Development Company Ltd.
Phoenix Town
Linyi City, China
SIZE: 78,000 sf
CLIENT: Gramor
Lakeview Village Lake Oswego, OR
Quinton Mixed-Use*
Bellevue, WA
*Design Architect
SIZE: 870,000 sf
CLIENT: Millikan/Vulcan
Center Commons
Portland, OR
SIZE: 314 units
CLIENT: Lennar
AWARD: AIA + HUD Award, Excellence in Affordable Housing Design
Residences on Farmer Tempe, AZ
SIZE: 31 units, 32,337 sf
CLIENT: Phoenix Ballpark Residences, LLC
Tempe Transportation Center
Tempe, AZ
SIZE: 40,000 sf
CLIENT: Tempe Transportation Department
Phoenix Ballpark
Phoenix, AZ
SIZE: 276 units, 714,311 sf
CLIENT: Phoenix Ballpark Residences, LLC
OREGON
Portland HQ
808 SW Third Ave. Suite 800
Portland, OR 97204 (503) 287-6825
WASHINGTON
Redmond Office 11241 Willows Rd. NE Suite 200 Redmond, WA 98052 (425) 822-4446
COLORADO
Denver Office 1444 Wazee St. Suite 100
Salem Office 3400 State St. Suite G730 Salem, OR 97301 Bend Office 1001 SW Disk Dr. Suite 205 Bend, OR 97702
Everett Office 2828 Colby Ave. Suite 401 Everett, WA 98201 (425) 493-5221
Vancouver Office 805 Broadway St. Suite 130 Vancouver, WA 98660 (360) 737-9613
Denver, CO 80202 (303) 444-2073 Louisville Office 371 Centennial Pkwy. Suite 210 Louisville, CO 80027 (303) 444-2073
