Design advice is sought to discuss renovations to the façade of the Meier & Frank Building at 621 S.W. Fifth Ave. Changes would include new retail entries on Southwest Fifth and Sixth avenues and updates to the façade on Southwest Alder Street. The project would include tenant improvements from the basement to the fifth floor. The applicant is Leslie Cliffe of Bora Architects, and the owner is Six Twenty One SW Fifth Avenue Building Condominium Owners’ Association of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Separate requests for design advice and a pre-application conference were submitted for two new five-over-one market-rate apartment buildings on Northwest Naito Parkway lot near the Broadway Bridge’s west end. The Portland Development Commission last year approved the sale of the lot to Arizona-based The Wolff Company. An early assistance request was filed last December for a seven-to-18-story apartment building constructed of cross-laminated timber at the site. The applicant is Cynthia Schuster of LRS Architects, and the owner is the PDC.
Early assistance is pending for the renovation of a three-building complex at 11245 S.E. 122nd Ave. from leased commercial office space to county-owned office space for multiple divisions for the Department of Community Justice. The renovation would include the expansion of lobby and circulation space. The applicant is Paul Boundy of LRS Architects, and the owner is Multnomah County.
Early assistance is pending for a proposal to build a 9,000-square-foot single-story building shell at 7601 S.E. Division St. for use as a dialysis clinic. The project would include reconfiguring existing parking, adding a driveway and modifying an existing driveway. The applicant is Mike Shea of Soderstrom Architects, and the owner is Dig 76th Division LLC.
Early assistance is sought for a new truck terminal with two buildings, 18 parking spaces, 54 tractor storage spaces, and 119 trailer storage spaces, on a 15.78-acre lot on Northeast 13th Avenue near Fazio Way. The applicant is Thomas Alberini of Apex Real Estate Partners, and the owner is Vander Pol Investments #3 LLC of Auburn, Wash.
Early assistance is requested for two new three-story self-storage buildings with associated parking, utilities, and landscape at 3717 N.E. Columbia Blvd. At least one of two existing buildings at the site will be demolished. The applicant is Jake Walker of Austin, Texas-based Leon Capital Group, and the owner is Portland Lodge No. 142 BPOE.
Early assistance is pending for a new 59-unit affordable housing building at 6324 N.E. 42nd Ave. The applicant is Jennifer Hoffman of Carleton Hart Architecture, and the owner is CDP Developers LLC of Newport Beach, California.
Early assistance is sought for a four-story, 89-unit apartment project at 1707 S.E. Tenino St; a building permit for the project is under review, but the applicant would like to add an affordable housing aspect to forgo the parking requirement. The applicant is David Mullens of Urban Development Group, and the owner is UDG 17th & Tenino LLC. The applicant is also seeking to do the same with a four-story, 54-unit building at 5965 S.E. Milwaukie Ave, for which a building permit is also under review; the owner for that project is UDG Yukon LLC.
Early assistance is pending for a project to convert an existing office building at 3046 N.E. Glisan St., originally a single-family residence, into a residential dwelling with four units. The applicant is John Flynn of Resolve Architecture and Planning, and the owner is Carol Smith.
A pre-application conference is sought for a conditional use master plan for the Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant campus at 5003 N. Columbia Blvd. The applicant is Muriel Gueissaz-Teufel of the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services, and the owner is the city of Portland.
A Type II design review is pending for restoration of a building at 333 S.W. Park Ave, including a new storefront and addition of a 1,000-square-foot penthouse. The applicant is Doug Skidmore of Beebe Skidmore Architects, and the owner is 333 S.W. Park LLC.
A Type II historic resource review is sought for Beam Development and Urban Development + Partners’ proposed renovation of the historic Hotel Chamberlain building at 509 S.E. Grand Ave. The proposed development will consist of 57 hotel units to be integrated with a 14-story mixed-use building to be built on lots to the west and southwest. A connection between the two hotel areas will be provided through a shared courtyard located mid-block off of Southeast Stark Street. The applicant is Kristen Pickett of Works Progress Architecture, and the owner is Hotel Chamberlain LLC.