Brad Malsin

For twelve years, Dr. Bradley Malsin was a practicing visual rehabilitation specialist. He anchored a large vision specialty practice with four partners, six associates and myriad staff and technicians in mid-town Manhattan. He taught, lectured and conducted research in pioneering techniques in restoration and rehabilitation of complex visual loss both in the United States and abroad often times in the capacity of humanitarian medical relief work.

It was in New York, that Bradley became involved in several groundbreaking projects both rehabilitation and new construction in nature. He was one of the owners and primary development partners in The Bindery Condominium, a 48-unit duplex live-work transformation of a vacant warehouse on Pearl Street in lower southeast Manhattan. He also participated in a 68 unit, eight story, new build cooperative project at West 80th in the upper west side of Manhattan. He was also involved in a 60-unit, mixed-use new condominium project at West 11th Street and Westside Highway St. in Manhattan. He was further involved with many smaller rehabilitation and new construction projects throughout Manhattan. Bradley’s experience in New York shaped his philosophy that there is inherent value in adapting older buildings and transforming them into something viable for the future.

He relocated to Portland, Oregon in 1992 and established a real estate construction, development and management company. He began his business working on a plethora of 1-4 unit plex projects that he restored and attained admittance onto the National Historic Registry. Utilizing the urban visionary skills acquired in New York, he soon put them to work in Portland. He acquired The Historic Fairmount Hotel in 1999, which is the last remaining building in its original position at the gate of the 1904 Lewis & Clark Exposition. After complete rehabilitation, the end result yielded 80 units of affordable housing in northwest Portland and another admittance onto the National Historic Registry.

In 2002 he turned his investment and development attention to industrial adaptation. Bradley undertook a groundbreaking project in the Central Eastside Industrial Sanctuary. This group of buildings are better known as the Eastbank Commerce Center andWater Avenue Commerce Center and boast retail, design and light production facilities, showrooms and office flex space. Both buildings were admitted onto the National Historic Registry and granted Landmark status in July of 2004. This previously vacant warehouse yielded 82 units of flex workspace spanning 142,000 square feet and now proudly serves as the home for over 275 new jobs.

In 2005 Bradley began his largest project to date; the 172,000 square foot B&O Warehouse located in the Central Eastside Industrial Sanctuary. Renamed the Olympic Mills Commerce Center, this 8 story high-rise was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.