TD MUD restarting housing development in Lone Pine

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Developers are aiming to construct 78 units of housing on this 3.36 acre lot on Lone Pine Blvd. Plans call for 60 apartments and 18 townhouses.

By Tom Peterson

The Dalles, Ore., May 14, 2025 — There appears to be new life in a 78-unit housing project in the Lone Pine subdivision near The Dalles Bridge.

With the total houses for sale in The Dalles at around 100 currently and coming off record lows after the pandemic, additional housing could well bring some relief for those seeking to purchase or rent in The Dalles.

If not on price, at least in availability.

Plans for 60 apartments and 18 townhouses in the Lone Pine subdivision would definitely add to the low housing stocks.

Developers, who already received approval to begin construction at the start of 2024, are now asking to change the boundaries on three of their properties signaling they are working toward getting the project re-started.

The Dalles MUD LLC is asking for approval to re-plat three parcels to better align with existing conditions for the development of apartments and townhouses just west of the McDonald’s near The Dalles Bridge.

Cascadia Development, which owns and operates multiple senior living facilities in Washington, purchased the property for the development from Lone Pine Land & Cattle LLC, which is managed by Chris Schanno on March 15, 2023.

Justin Younker and Doug Ellison are the principals of Cascadia Development, and they formed a new LLC called The Dalles MUD - an acronym for Mixed Use Development - to develop the property in Lone Pine.

Doug Ellison and Justin Younker of Cascadia Development of Yakima. The two have created The Dalles MUD, LLC to purchase property and construct housing and commercial buildings in the Lone Pine subdivision in The Dalles.

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“We’re still super excited about the development,” Justin Younker, a partner in the development, said in November 2023, while discussing the site plan submission to the City. “We think it is the right time and right location and there are a lot of amenities surrounding it - health care, lodging, a winery, and soon, a Starbucks. And it’s right off the interstate.”

The development as last planned would put six different buildings on the property. Three would be dedicated to rental apartments with 20 units in each. The other three buildings would contain 6 townhomes each.

All buildings would be three stories.

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CCCNews first reported on the development in Lone Pine in March 2023.

The complex is also anticipated to have a clubhouse, with a meeting room, mail and package delivery and possibly a fitness room.