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The modernization of Benson Polytechnic plans to renovate and seismically improve the century-old historic buildings. New construction on the project will also add a commercial kitchen, a two-story addition to the north and south CTE and classroom wings and rebuild the library. Overall, the project features 230,000 square feet of historically significant renovation and 135,000 square feet of new construction.

Plans were issued for Alamo Manhattan Block 41, a new mixed-use high rise, on Portland’s South Waterfront. The building will rise 23-stories and have four levels of above-grade parking with one below-grade level. It’ll hold 340 residential dwelling units. The permit covers associated site work for the four-block construction site that includes Block 42.

Across from Fremont Place, building permits were issued for Holden of Pearl, an independent senior living community. The planned 18-story structure holds 140 units and has one below-grade level of parking for 143-stalls. The height of the tower consists of a 13-story building over a four-story podium.

A permit was issued for Pop Block’s newest development – Splash Apartments. The eight-story, 219-unit development in the Kerns neighborhood sits on the same parcel of the prominent, 59-year-old bowstring-truss Pavilion Building. Plans call for the apartment structure to have two wings in a perpendicular layout, connected via seven sky bridges. There will be 13,000 square feet of retail space and approximately 200 parking spaces on the ground level. The site will also gain a woonerf (a Dutch-style multimodal street) extension of Northeast Pacific Street.

In August, commercial building permits were issued for the highly anticipated Alamo Manhattan Blocks, also known as “Willamette Blocks.” Block 42, this sister site to Block 41, will stand six stories high and accommodate 232 apartment units with two levels of below-grade parking. In addition, the mixed-use development will have commercial retail spaces on the ground floor.