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• Early assistance is sought for the proposed vacation of a portion of Northeast Sixth Avenue between Northeast Irving Street and Northeast Oregon Street to increase the development potential of an adjacent full-block parcel at 720 N.E. Grand Ave., currently a Land Rover dealership. The applicant is Jeffrey Shoemaker of DOWL, and the owner is Rasmussen Properties Limited Partnership.

• Early assistance is requested for the remodeling of an existing ARCO AM/PM at 7509 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The project would include demolition of a fuel canopy, construction of a new fuel canopy and various site improvements. The applicant is Charles Mosely of Kent, Washington-based Barghausen Consulting Engineers Inc., and the owner is BP West Coast Products LLC of Houston.

• Early assistance is sought for a new covered outdoor structure to be used for seating for a Lardo restaurant at 1218 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd. A roof deck and new landscaping are also proposed. The applicant is Laurie Simpson of Connect Architecture, and the owners are Sidney and Karen Cooper of Oregon City.

• Early assistance is requested for the demolition of an existing four-plex at 3707 S.E. 92^nd and the redevelopment of the site with affordable multifamily housing, likely a low-rise apartment building with approximately 18 units. The applicant is Anthony Effinger of Oryx Industries LLC, and the owners are Nicholas Klein and Oryx Industries LLC.

• Early assistance is sought for a 14,300-square-foot pre-fabricated steel warehouse building at 6915 N./N.E. 46^th The applicant is Victoria Shavloviskiy of Northwest Pacific Construction, and the owner is Arowana Properties LLC.

• Early assistance is pending for an addition of a four-story co-housing and co-living building next to an existing house at 1235 N. Prescott St. The applicants are Doug Skidmore and Pooja Dalal of Beebe Skidmore Architects; the owners are Owen Gabbert, Matthew Lehman, and Brian Fanning.

• Early assistance is pending for the renovation of the five-story, 80-unit Fountain Place apartment building at 935 S.W. Salmon. The scope of work includes seismic renovation of the 104-year-old unreinforced masonry structure, a roof replacement, masonry repairs, window refurbishment, elevator upgrade, and a basement community room. The applicant is Rocco Debrodt of owner Home Forward.

• A pre-application conference is pending to discuss the creation of 31 lots to be developed with attached housing at 5736 S.E. 17^th, a 1.20-acre parcel that is currently occupied by a church. The applicant is Cody Johnecheck of Ken Randall Homes LLC, and the owner is Tenth Church of Christ Scientist Portland Ore.

• A Type II design review is sought for improvements to the quarter-block Richmond Building at 600 S.W. Fifth Ave. Scope of work includes adapting ground-floor retail space for multiple tenants, replacing an existing storefront with thermally broken windows, a potential new storefront entrance at the building’s east elevation, adapting the second floor for an office tenant, addition of a new office tenant entrance lobby at the southeast corner of the building, replacing all wood windows with aluminum storefront windows, and painting of glazed terra cotta cladding. The applicant is Ellen Krusi of Waterleaf Architecture, and the owner is 620 Building Annex LLC. Krusi is also the applicant for a Type Ix historic resource review for improvements to the adjacent 620 Building (formerly known as the Failing Building, and also owned by 620 Building Annex LLC) at 620 S.W. Fifth Ave. The scope of work proposed includes an exterior renovation to adapt the building for ground-floor retail and second-floor office use, replacement of second-floor transom spandrel glass and louvers with clear glazing, restoration of historic pivoting window sashes above the main building entrance, and removal of an abandoned exterior steel flue stack located in a light well.

• A Type II design review is sought for the demolition of a steel tower and abandoned equipment of the roof of an AT&T building at 819 S.W. Oak St. The applicant is Betty Jane Thomas of Seattle-based Salas O’Brien, and the owner is AT&T Communications of the Pacific Northwest Inc. of Bedminster, New Jersey.

• A Type III land division review is sought for the subdivision of a former Little League field on the 13300 block of East Burnside Street. The subdivision would consist of 32 lots to be developed with attached housing, a new section of Northeast 134^th Place, private alleys, and a public pedestrian connection along the north boundary of the site. The applicant is Sarah Radelet of Strata Land Use Planning, and the owner is Parkside Little League Inc.

Source: Portland Bureau of Development Services