Design advice is sought for a new seven-story residential/commercial building at 815 W. Burnside St., a property currently occupied by a Firestone auto service center. The half-block property was purchased in December by a limited liability company registered to Lennar Multifamily Communities, a division of Miami-based homebuilder Lennar Corp. The proposed building would have 144 apartments (a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units), ground-floor amenity space, a rooftop deck, commercial space and one level of below-grade parking. The applicants are Isaac Johnson and Bronson Graff of Ankrom Moisan Architects, and the owner is LMC Burnside Holdings LLC of Seattle.
Early assistance is pending for a proposal to vacate a section of Southwest Ninth Avenue between Gibbs Street and Veterans Hospital Road. The applicant is Mike Coyle of Faster Permits, and the owner is Yoshida Real Estate Holdings XVIII LLC. The section of Ninth Avenue abuts a property at 836 S.W. Gibbs St.; a Type II adjustment procedure was sought for that site in November for development of two buildings: a 61-room hotel and a 15-unit apartment building. The adjustment sought was to maximum building height for the hotel building.
Early assistance is sought for a proposal to develop two lots at 1250 N.E. 160th Ave. and 1320 N.E. 160th Ave. into a six-lot subdivision. Existing homes on the properties would be retained as part of the proposed subdivision, and existing accessory structures may be converted into accessory dwelling units. The applicant is Steve Miller of Emerio Design, and the owner is Valerie Nipper.
Early assistance is sought for a proposal to partition a property at 14410 S.E. Bush St. into four lots for single-family residential development. An existing house would remain, while a garage would be removed to provide an access tract. The applicant is Ilya Doroshenko, and the owners are Doroshenko and Anna Grinko.
Early assistance is sought for a multifamily development consisting of nine three-story townhouses at 6040 N.E. 42nd Ave. The applicant is Guy Bryant of GPB Construction Inc., and the owner is GPB Development LLC, which is registered to Bryant.
Early assistance is sought for a six-unit multifamily development at 2514 N.E. Flanders St. Units would be accessed via a private driveway, and four of the units would have garages. The applicant is proposing to use density bonus options to increase maximum allowed density from five units to six units. The applicant is Yoni Schwartz of Los Angeles-based YJS Management Co., and the owner is Everett Custom Homes Inc.
Early assistance is requested for a new one-story office/manufacturing building on an unimproved lot on the 17400 block of Southeast Kendall Court. The applicant is Dustin Johnson of CIDA Inc., and the owner is Stephen Frisbie.
Early assistance is sought for construction of a two-story building with four two-bedroom apartment units at 11707 S.E. Ash St. The applicant is Mike Griffith of Griffith Construction and Remodeling, and the owner is John Welbes.
Early assistance is requested for construction of a new four-story apartment building with 76 units and a 21-stall surface parking lot at 14507 E. Burnside St. The applicant is Shem Harding of DECA Architecture, and the owner is Shirley Lambeth.
Early assistance is requested regarding the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services’ Large-Scale Sewer Rehabilitation Program. Existing sanitary and combined sewers across southwest Portland will be rehabbed over the next eight to 10 years. The applicant is Daniel Boatman of BES.
Early assistance is sought for partial demolition of an existing Burger King restaurant at 12044 S.E. Division St. and development of a new drive-thru pad. The 3,929-square-foot building would be reduced to 3,082 square feet, and the site would gain new and reconfigured parking and landscaping. The applicant is Mike Towle of DOWL LLC, and the owner is San Diego-based ROIC Oregon LLC.
Early assistance is requested for the re-cladding of two buildings at a Parr Lumber store at 6250 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The applicant is Erica Thompson of Ankrom Moisan Architects, and the owner is Parr Lumber Co.
A pre-application conference is sought to determine the feasibility of developing a 4.41-acre property on the 8400 block of Northwest Copeland Street into a seven-lot residential subdivision with approximately four open-space tracts. The applicant is Jon Reimann of JPR Consulting, and the owners are John and Marise Morrow of Salem.
A Type II adjustment procedure is pending for a three-story apartment building being constructed at 5511 N.E. 17th Ave. The adjustment sought is to allow encroachment into five feet of landscaping buffer at the north lot line; the finish floor was poured at nine inches above finished floor elevation, and now a ramp will be required to make the site ADA accessible. The applicant is Samantha Thornton of CIDA, and the owner is 17th Group LLC of Lake Oswego, which is managed by David and Benjamin McInnis.
A Type II historic resource review is sought for three design alterations for the repair and renovation of a building at 2281 N.W. Glisan St. that was damaged in an October 2016 gas explosion. The revisions requested are removal of the west terrace, change of the west facade cladding, and changes to rooftop mechanical systems. The applicant is Bjorn Nelson of Allied Works Architecture, and the owner is Downstairs LLC, which is managed by Robert Sacks.