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Photos: Old Town buildings converted to multifamily housing

By: Sam Tenney//October 13, 2014//

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Photos: Old Town buildings converted to multifamily housing

Photos: Old Town buildings converted to multifamily housing

Sam Tenney//October 13, 2014//

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颅A pair of historic Old Town/Chinatown buildings are undergoing a major overhaul to become a mixed-income housing development. The Erickson Building on Northwest 2nd Avenue and the on Northwest 3rd Avenue abut at the center, and are being connected to form a 62-unit apartment building.

The project’s developer, Inc., purchased the buildings from the earlier this year and hired two firms to design the remodel. is working on the Erickson Building, while is handling design work for the Fritz. The project’s general contractor is Inc., and Djoseland Construction Services is subcontracted for supervision, framing and finish work.

Work on the Fritz Building is scheduled for completion this December, and the Erickson is slated to wrap in May 2015.

NWR Construction employee Chad Case chips out old pieces of masonry in preparation for reframing a window.
NWR Construction employee Chad Case chips out old pieces of masonry in preparation for reframing a window.
A large light well on the Erickson Building, as well as three smaller ones on the Fritz Building, have been punched down to the ground floor. Concrete shear walls are being poured in the wells to provide seismic support, and the resulting atrium areas will provide residents with outdoor space and bring light into interior units.
A large light well on the Erickson Building, as well as three smaller ones on the Fritz Building, have been punched down to the ground floor. Concrete shear walls are being poured in the wells to provide seismic support, and the resulting atrium areas will provide residents with outdoor space and bring light into interior units.
Light wells are being installed to provide daylight for interior units and allow for installation of concrete shear walls, which will seismically stabilize the unreinforced masonry buildings.
Light wells are being installed to provide daylight for interior units and allow for installation of concrete shear walls, which will seismically stabilize the unreinforced masonry buildings.
Ethan Soelberg, a welder with Madden Fabrication, builds a skylight frame atop the Fritz building.
Ethan Soelberg, a welder with Madden Fabrication, builds a skylight frame atop the Fritz building.

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Skylight-covered light wells are extended down to the ground floor to create atrium spaces that provide interior units with natural illumination.
Skylight-covered light wells are extended down to the ground floor to create atrium spaces that provide interior units with natural illumination.

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Robbie Guillory, a welder with Madden Fabrication, works on a skylight frame atop the Fritz Building.
Robbie Guillory, a welder with Madden Fabrication, works on a skylight frame atop the Fritz Building.
One of four light wells is being built along the wall in which the buildings abut. A first-floor corridor will connect the structures.
One of four light wells is being built along the wall in which the buildings abut. A first-floor corridor will connect the structures.
The Erickson Building on Northwest 2nd Avenue was once the home of Erickson's Saloon, which had a 684-foot bar, card rooms, and a brothel.
The Erickson Building on Northwest 2nd Avenue was once the home of Erickson’s Saloon, which had a 684-foot bar, card rooms, and a brothel.
The three-story Fritz Building on Northwest 3rd Avenue will be connected to the adjacent Erickson Building via a ground-floor walkway.
The three-story Fritz Building on Northwest 3rd Avenue will be connected to the adjacent Erickson Building via a ground-floor walkway.

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