County breaks ground on $93 million health building

By: Sam Tenney//December 15, 2016//

County breaks ground on $93 million health building

Sam Tenney//December 15, 2016//

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A groundbreaking was held Wednesday for the Multnomah County Health Department‘s new headquarters building in Old Town-Chinatown. The Gladys McCoy Building, which has been a decade in the making, will provide a much-needed upgrade from the department’s current downtown facility. The nine-story, 157,000-square-foot building will be erected on the eastern half of a block bounded by Northwest Broadway and Sixth Avenue, and Northwest Hoyt and Irving Streets, adjacent to the Bud Clark Commons.

The ZGF Architects-designed building was approved by the Portland Design Commission last month, and construction manager-general contractor JE Dunn will begin work on the $93 million project next month.聽 Shiels Obletz Johnsen is serving as the owner’s representative for the county.

Approximately 500 previously scattered county employees will work in the building, which will house a pharmacy, three specialty clinics, administrative offices and work areas. Substantial completion is slated for October of 2018, and final completion is expected to follow that December.

Eneti McCoy, left, looks at a model of the building as her mother, Burdie McCoy, snaps a photo. Like the health department's current facility, the new building will be named for former county chair Gladys McCoy, Burdie's grandmother and Eneti's great-grandmother. (Sam Tenney/91视频) — Eneti McCoy, left, looks at a model of the building as her mother, Burdie McCoy, snaps a photo. Like the health department’s current facility, the new building will be named for former county chair Gladys McCoy, Burdie’s grandmother and Eneti’s great-grandmother. (Sam Tenney/91视频)

Helen Ying, third from left, chair of the Old Town/Chinatown Community Association, speaks about the group's support of the project. The association supported Portland City Council's decision to double the maximum allowable height of the building from 75 feet to 150 feet. — Helen Ying, third from left, chair of the Old Town/Chinatown Community Association, speaks about the group’s support of the project. The association supported Portland City Council’s decision to double the maximum allowable height of the building from 75 feet to 150 feet.

Officials toss ceremonial dirt for the project, which is scheduled to begin construction in early January.

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