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A Southeast Portland property destroyed by fire could have new tenants by the end of 2015.

Vancouver, Wash.-based Killian Pacific will construct a 60,000-square-foot industrial office building at the site of the former Rexel/Taylor Electric Supply Co. at Southeast Third Ave. and Clay St.

Kelly Thelen of Mackenzie on Dec. 1 submitted a building permit application to the Portland Bureau of Development Services.

Noel Johnson, vice president at Killian Pacific, said they’d like to start construction just after the first of the year and deliver by Dec. 2015.

鈥淲e’ve been calling it Clay Creative, but some people are calling it 240 Clay and that’s fine too,鈥� Johnson said. 鈥淚t’s really a creative-class office building built for an intelligence-based economy.鈥�

The supply company building was destroyed by a late-night fire in 2006, but some of the original concrete walls survived erect. Johnson said the new construction will retain about half of the remaining walls.

鈥淭hose walls have a cool history with all the graffiti on them,鈥� Johnson said. 鈥淲e’re saving them because that site has become kind of an urban art park.鈥�

Clay Creative will take up less than half of the full block site, Johnson said. The rest of the ground-level space will be surface parking. The plans also call for parking that will 鈥渢uck under鈥� the new building, Johnson said.

Each floor plate is 16,000 square feet, according to Adam Tyler, project manager with Killian Pacific. The plans allow for each floor to be partitioned into office spaces as small as 900 square feet, allowing for an array of possible tenants.

Plans call for a five-story, timber-framed structure resembling a warehouse from the early 20^th century. The interior will feature concrete floors, open floor plans, high ceilings and exposed timber beams.

鈥淭he structure is truly like a 100-year-old warehouse with big, giant windows,鈥� Johnson said. 鈥淲e’ve also included raised floors, as opposed to having exposed Internet, electrical and ducting.鈥�

The floors at Clay Creative are designed to hide the building’s infrastructure, keeping the look clean while also allowing for maximum flexibility, Johnson explained.

鈥淟et’s say you like a warmer work space. You can just pick up and move your work station to an area near one of the heating ducts,鈥� he said. 鈥淎nd when you want to change work station locations you don’t have to call an electrician.鈥�

Johnson said the below-floor wiring will be accessible via lifting floor panels, allowing tenants to configure their office space in a way that works best for their needs.

The open floor plan encourages communal work and collaboration, Johnson said. The building will also feature a kitchen on the rooftop level, as well as a meeting space and a deck lounge with views of downtown.

In June, Killian Pacific entered into a contract to purchase the lot due west of the Rexel/Taylor Electrical Supply Co. site. Johnson said they haven’t figured out what to do with that site, as they’re focusing their efforts on Clay Creative; a development getting under way in Vancouver, Wash.; and the Goat Blocks development in Southeast Portland.