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The Eastside Timbers youth soccer club is seeking to build a new 43,500-square-foot futsal center in Gresham’s Rockwood neighborhood.

As described in a project information form filed Wednesday with the Gresham Urban Design and Planning Department, the new facility would be constructed on a 10.35-acre site on Southeast 174th Avenue, slightly south of Powell Boulevard. This is the same property upon which general contractor P&C Construction completed the Eastside Timbers & Thorns Sports Complex under a design-build contract in April 2018.

According to public documents, the new building would be the second phase of development of that complex and have 43,500 square feet of space dominated by three new futsal courts. The building would also have office and tenant space, a retail shop, a concession area, team meeting space and a gymnasium. A mezzanine level would overlook the futsal courts.

Soderstrom Architects is the applicant and designer for the new facility, while P&C Construction is set to serve as the general contractor.

鈥淚t’s going to have three futsal courts, and then it will have TI space for a restaurant and physical therapy,鈥� said Dan Van Calcar, a Soderstrom Architects principal. 鈥淚t will also have a clinic and concessions; it’s going to have a strong connection with the (three existing) soccer fields outside.鈥�

Ryan Kelley, project manager for P&C Construction, said many changes have already been made to the phase two project 鈥� and more are likely.

鈥淭his started off as an athletic field, and that was completed,鈥� he said. 鈥淎nd we’ve been back and forth on multiple revisions on the phase 2 futsal courts. We wanted to utilize (cross-laminated timber), but costs of the structure were not where the client needed it to be, so we’re exploring a metal structure right now.鈥�

Project valuation is estimated at $5 million to $6 million, Kelley said. Ground is expected to be broken in March 2020.

鈥淲e actually put this project on hold for about a year,鈥� he said. 鈥淣ot only have things developed slowly behind the scenes, we’re picking this up and figuring out where we’re at now.鈥�

A number of procedural hurdles must be cleared before development may take place. These include design review, a modification of a future street plan and a conditional plan map amendment to allow a commercial building to be built on property zoned for industrial use. The street plan modification will require a comprehensive traffic study of both 174th Avenue and its intersection with Southeast Powell Boulevard.