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March 25-31, 2019

• Design advice is pending for a Central City Master Plan for the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry property in Southeast Portland. OMSI hopes to have the plan approved by the end of this year. The applicant is Allison Rouse of ZGF Architects, and the owners are OMSI, TriMet and Portland General Electric.

• Design advice is sought for a seven-story mixed-use building with 218 residential units and ground-floor retail at 1634 S.W. Alder St. The would be built on a half-block site that currently has a surface parking lot and a two-story commercial building, and is being developed by Atlanta-based Wood Partners. The applicant is Kurt Schultz of SERA Architects, and the owner is Willamette Waterfront LP.

• Early assistance is pending for the installation of a 160-square-foot utility bungalow on a right-of-way adjacent to the east light rail ramp of the Steel Bridge. The applicant is Joe Recker of TriMet, and the owner is the city of Portland.

• Early assistance is sought for the modernization of Benson Polytechnic High School, at 546 N.E. 12^th Ave. The project would include a new 100,000-square-foot building and a potential parking structure on the site of a current 1.5-acre parking lot, as well as ADA access improvements to the adjacent Buckman Field Park. The applicant is Jen Sohm of owner Portland Public Schools.

• Early assistance is sought for a 92,385-square-foot building at the southeast corner of Southeast Second Avenue and Ash Street, currently a surface parking lot. The building would contain 60,000 square feet of industrial office space, 5,000 square feet of traditional office space, ground-floor retail and structured parking. It would consist of five levels of Type IV-C heavy timber construction over a ground-floor concrete level and daylit basement. The property was purchased last November by Second & Ash Operations LLC, which is registered to the San Diego address of private equity firm LLJ Ventures. The applicant is Agustin Enriquez of GBD Architects.

• Early assistance is sought for park improvements to the Columbia Children’s Arboretum at 10040 N.E. Sixth Drive, including modified hard surface trail, new ADA access and parking, a new shelter, park furnishings, trail experience locations, native plantings, and right of way improvements. The applicant is Tim Brooks of Winterbrook Planning, and the owner is the city of Portland.

• Early assistance is sought for the reconfiguration of cuing lanes for a Dutch Bros. Coffee drive-through at 430 N.E. Lloyd Blvd. The project would add an extra lane and would include the removal of a small landscaping island. The applicant is M. Dustin Henion of Jason D. Gnich Architecture, and the owner is Rich’s/Angel LLC.

• Early assistance is sought for a six-lot subdivision with a new private street at 3139 S.E. 138^th Ave. The applicant is Awin Tran, and the owners are Danh Than Ho and Phuong Vuong Ho.

• Early assistance is sought for two new apartment buildings on adjacent parcels on the 2900 block of Southeast Division Street. A three-story, 19-unit building would be erected at 2923 S.E. Division St., currently a residential building with commercial use, and a four-story building with 18 or 19 units would be built at 2933 S.E. Division St., currently a duplex building. The applicant is Mike Perso of William Kaven Architecture, and the owners are James and Ashley Kern.

• Early assistance is sought for a five-lot subdivision at 1135 S.E. Grant St. A single-family home at the site would be replaced with attached houses. The applicant is Kevin Partain of Urban Visions, and the owner is Karen Harding.

• Early assistance is sought for use of the Custom Blocks by Cura Cannabis Solutions for research and development, end sales, e-commerce, graphics and management teams. The facility will be used to sell exclusively to business and industrial customers, and would not be used for manufacturing, production or processing. The applicant is Lauren Golden jones of Capstone Partners, and the owner is Premium Property – CSNS LLC.

• Early assistance is sought for the conversion of a section of a church parking lot on the 3200 block of Southwest Sunset Boulevard to an affordable housing multi-plex. The owner may potentially sell about a half-acre portion of the lot with the condition that the purchaser agrees to build affordable housing. The applicant is John Calhoun of owner St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.

• Early assistance is sought for a project that would include the renovation of a 112-year-old office building at 1006 S.E. Grand Ave. and the construction of a new multifamily building on portion of the site currently used as a parking lot. A land division is likely, with shared access to parking via existing curb cuts on Southeast Grand Avenue. The applicant is Carrie Strickland of Works Progress Architecture, and the owner is Arcoa Partners LLC, which is managed by Jeff Mincheff.

• Early assistance is sought for improvements to the Gladys McCoy Building at 408 S.W. Fifth Ave. The building is the former headquarters of the Multnomah County Health Department, which is relocating to a new facility in Old Town Chinatown. It was sold last year to Urban Renaissance Group and Gaw Capital USA. Improvements are to include a core and shell renovation and ground-floor storefront replacement. The applicant is Eric Philps of SERA Architects, and the owner is 408 5TH Ave Portland Propco LLC.

• A pre-application conference is sought for the two-phase construction of a hydrogen fueling station on an unimproved industrial parcel at the northwest corner of Northeast 47^th Avenue and Columbia Boulevard. The first phase of the project would be a temporary station, which would be evaluated to determine needs for a second permanent phase. The applicants are Ben Steckler and Jason Lewis of Pasadena, California-based Fiedler Group, and the owners are Thmain LLC and Northeast 47th LLC, both of which are registered to Boni Halton of Lake Oswego.

• A Type II adjustment procedure is sought for the construction of a 55-by-96-foot prefabricated steel canopy structure to provide a covered play area at Laurelhurst School, at 840 N.E. 41^st Ave. The applicant, Adam Roth of KPFF Consulting Engineers, is requesting an adjustment to setbacks. The owner is Portland Public Schools.

• A Type II design review is sought for the replacement of a generator at a senior housing facility at 9750 N.E. Glisan St. The applicant is Josh Plager of MCA Architects, and the owner is Glisan Ventures LLC.

• A Type II design review is sought for improvements to the Southpark Square Apartments at 1525 S.W. Park Ave. Planned improvements include upgrades to the ninth-floor pool deck of Tower A, and adition of a new glass and steel entry canopy above a courtyard-facing entry of Tower B. The applicant is Jay Young of Dominek Architecture, and the owner is TR Southpark Square Corp. of Carlsbad, California.

• A Type II greenway procedure is sought for the replacement of fender pile systems in the Willamette River at a heavy industrial site at 2600 N. River St. All work would be performed in or over the river and would be conducted from barges; no ground disturbance or vegetation removal will occur. The applicant is Skip Haak of PBS Engineering & Environmental, and the owner is Ash Grove Cement Co. of Overland Park, Kansas.

• A Type III historic preservation incentive review is pending for incentives for nonresidential uses of the the Alberta Abbey, a former church at 126 N.E. Alberta St. The applicant is Jessica Engeman of Venerable Group LLC, and the owner is Alberta Abbey LLC.

Source: Portland Bureau of Development Services