The Port of Hood River is expecting it to take about six months to complete an infrastructure needs study for Lot 1 on the Waterfront. Port Executive Director Michael McElwee says one of the challenges will be the public nature of the location, which will require serving light industrial uses but also with broad sidewalks and the ability to be transformed into a location for events. He also notes the land is zoned light industrial, so it is more difficult to pay off the debt from infrastructure development because of lower rent revenues than from commercial or retail properties.