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An upcoming adaptive reuse project will convert a former machine shop slightly north of the Pearl District into a creative office space with nods to the building’s industrial past.

The building encompasses nearly a full block on a parcel bounded by Northwest 17th and 18th avenues and Savier and Thurman streets, and for decades was occupied by a machine shop that now operates in Canby. Sturgeon Development Partners purchased the building in 2017 and will name it the Premier Gear & Machine Works building after its former longtime occupant.

A core and shell improvement to the building 鈥� actually multiple structures that have been added over the course of the past 100 years 鈥� is slated to begin this month. Lorentz Bruun Construction is the general contractor for the LRS Architects-designed project.

The renovation will update the space to highlight the building’s industrial past, including old-growth timber beams, sawtooth skylights and crane equipment. Existing crane rails will remain in place throughout the building, two of which will be repurposed to support a bridge connecting two areas of an added second level.

鈥淭here’s all kinds of amazing machinery and equipment in there that we are cleaning and repurposing, and it will be part of the building structure,鈥� said Vanessa Sturgeon of Sturgeon Development Partners.

The new second level will add approximately 28,000 square feet to the existing 39,000-square-foot structure. The mezzanine level will open to the ground floor and be built with heavy timber and tongue-and-groove decking. The building’s second floor will feature a 555-square-foot covered outdoor terrace.

The building will undergo a full structural upgrade that will include new CMU shear walls, steel buckling restrained brace frames, new roof diaphragms and out-of-plane anchorage between the walls and floor and roof diaphragm. The project will also include new openings in existing concrete wall panels, added skylights, entries, and new windows, installation of an elevator, restrooms, and bicycle storage.

The core and shell work is expected to last through late fall. The final 65,000-square-foot space will be dividable, but Sturgeon isn’t ruling out just one lease.

鈥淚t would be great if we were able to get one tenant for the entire building,鈥� she said. 鈥淩ight now we’re marketing it to any tenant that is interested in the space.鈥�