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Sept. 16-22, 2019

• A design advice hearing is pending for the Benson Polytechnic High School modernization project, which last month received one before the Historic Landmarks Commission. The applicant is Jen Sohm of owner Portland Public Schools. Bassetti Architects is the project architect.

• Early assistance is sought for removal of existing commercial buildings at 5920 E. Burnside St. and construction of two new apartment buildings. The four-story buildings would contain 62 total units and include inclusionary housing. The applicant is Gene Bolante of Studio 3 Architecture, and the owner is Texland Properties Corp. of Dallas, Texas.

• Early assistance is sought for construction of a 7,000-square-foot salt shed on an Oregon Department of Transportation site at 5934 N.E. 105th Ave. Currently, the site is used as a stockpile site for highway and inclement weather materials and supplies. The applicant is Michael Schweizer of ODOT.

• Early assistance is sought for the renovation of the Bushong & Co. building at 333 S.W. Park Ave. for use as a behavioral health resource center. Multnomah County in April purchased the 4.5-story, 24,000-square-foot property and in July issued a request for qualifications for the project, estimated to cost between $12 million and $15 million. The applicant is Corey Morris of Carleton Hart Architecture.

• Early assistance is sought for a hillside cut for a truck turnaround on Oregon Health & Science University’s Marquam Hill campus at 545 S.W. Campus Drive. The applicants are James Aarhus and Zohra Beganasse of Skanska USA Building, and the owner is the Oregon State Board of Higher Education.

• Early assistance is sought for construction of a two-building, 12-unit multifamily development at 5024 N.E. Fremont St. An existing single-family dwelling would be demolished. The applicant is Daniel Silvey of DBS Group LLC, and the owners are Rick and Blair Peterson.

• Early assistance is sought for two four-story apartment buildings on two adjacent sites on North Williams Avenue, including one at 4047 N. Williams Ave. The buildings will be developed under separate ownership and share a common courtyard. One building will contain 17 units, and the other will contain 13 units and ground-floor retail space. The applicant is Michael Perso of William Kaven Architecture, and the owners are Christopher and Laura Frick.

• Early assistance is sought for a new 20,000-square-foot building and associated modifications to on-site circulation at the former Marshall High School site at 3905 S.E. 91st Ave. The applicant is Jen Sohm of owner Portland Public Schools.

• Early assistance and Type II design review procedures are sought for exterior and interior alterations for a change of occupancy/use of a retail building at 1016 W. Burnside St., currently occupied by The Vitamin Shoppe. The project would include a new storefront, exterior finishes, sign beans, canopy and patio. The applicant is Zac Horton of Faster Permits, and the owner is Tobias Investment Co.

• Early assistance is sought for a new 12-unit apartment building at 8042 N. Willamette Blvd. Currently, the property contains a single-family structure. The applicant is Gene Bolante of Studio 3 Architecture, and the owner is Town Developments Inc.

• Early assistance is sought for construction of a three-story, 19-unit building with ground-floor retail space at 8005 S.E. 13th Ave. Currently, the property contains a 122-year-old single-family structure with commercial use. The applicant is Michael Perso of William Kaven Architecture, and the owners are the Margery Waite Trust and the Gary Waite Trust.

• A pre-application conference is sought for an addition to the existing service shop of Toyota of Portland at 55 N.E. Broadway. The addition would consist of structured parking and auto inventory storage over ground-floor shop space. The applicant is Lance Mueller of Seattle-based Lance Mueller & Associates Architecture, and the owner is OB Portland Properties II LLC.

• A pre-application conference is sought for demolition of Portland General Electric’s Stephens Substation building at 1900 S.E. Water Ave. as part of the decommissioning process. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and demolition will require the approval of the Historic Landmarks Commission and City Council. The applicant is Jennifer Santhouse of PGE.

• A pre-application conference is pending to discuss construction of a new 80,000-square-foot building for a wood flooring and tile retail store at 11919 N. Jantzen Drive. An existing building at the site, formerly occupied by a Safeway grocery store, would be demolished. The applicants are Jennifer Berg and Parker Lange of Lakewood, Colorado-based Centerpoint Integrated Solutions, and the owner is Safeway Inc. of Walnut Creek, California.

• A pre-application conference is pending to discuss demolition of a three-story building at 340 N.W. Glisan St. The 110-year-old building, a contributing structure in the New Chinatown/Japantown Historic District, formerly housed the Blanchet House of Hospitality before it moved to a new building on the block in 2012. The applicant is Gary Golla of SERA Architects, and the owner is 340 NW Glisan LLC, of which the sole member is Blanchet House of Hospitality.

• A pre-application conference is pending to discuss a mixed-use building with ground-floor retail space at 1137 N.W. 23rd Ave. The five-story building would include 70 apartments on the four upper levels, ground-floor retail space, and below-grade parking for 48 vehicles. Currently, the site holds a 9,928-square-foot retail building, which owner CE John Properties 71 LLC purchased earlier this year for $6.575 million. The applicant is Richard Dobrot of GBD Architects.

• A Type II adjustment procedure is pending for adjustments to parking lot perimeter landscape standards, required bicycle parking, and parking lot interior landscape standards. These are in connection with a tenant improvement for a new online retailer fulfillment center tenant at 5043 N.W. Front Ave. The applicants are Mike Coyle of Faster Permits and Doug Livingston of Merriam, Washington-based BRR Architecture, and the owner is LIT Finance III LLC of Dallas, Texas.

Source: Portland Bureau of Development Services