Alex Jensen//July 25, 2022//
| $970,000 Address: Oregon Rail Heritage Center, at 2250 S.E. Water Ave. Applicant: Karen Karlsson of KLK Consulting Owner: City of Portland Contractor: Omega Morgan Cranes Work includes piling design for the center’s railcar turntable installation. |
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$27,000,000 Address: University of Portland, at 5000 N. Willamette Blvd. Applicant: Randall Heeb of Opsis Architecture Owner: University of Portland Contractor: James Aarhus (Skanska USA Building) Plans call for a building renovation and addition to create the Shiley-Marcos Center. The existing three-story structure will become a four-story, 43,796-square-foot building. |
| $1,383,638 Address: 751 N.E. Columbia Blvd. Applicant: Charles Hoover of AI International of Louisville, Kentucky Owner: Portland Columbia Industrial Owner LLC Contractor: AI International The work involves installation of material handling equipment for an existing tenant. |
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$511,385 Address: 1900 S.E. Water Ave. Applicant: Katelyn Michelson of Portland General Electric Owner: PGE Contractor: Northwest Demolition and Dismantling Work would include demolition of a two-story substation building with no basement. |
| $5,000,000 Address: Chavez Community Commons, at 1810 S.E. Cesar E. Chavez Blvd. Applicant: Mike Coyle of Faster Permits Owner: Z F Develop LLC Contractor: Social Economic Environmental Development LLC Plans call for construction of a three-story, 40-unit apartment building with a basement and ground-floor commercial spaces. There would also be tenant support spaces and associated site work. |
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$2,600,000 Address: 1125 N.W. Couch St. Contractor: Kevin Merriman Jr. (Abbott Construction of Seattle) Plans call for minor demolition and construction of new walls on the sixth floor to create an arrival area, storage rooms, enclaves, meeting rooms, lockers, bathrooms, a mothers’ room, a catering pantry, open office areas, and more. Work will also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical. |
| $1,400,000 Address: 3600 N. Interstate Ave. Contractor: Balfour Beatty Construction LLC Plans call for demolition of existing walls and construction of new ones on the first floor to create bathrooms, a medical prep room, nurse stations and infusion areas. Work will also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical. |
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$1,700,000 Address: Northwest Children’s Theater, at 1000 S.W. Broadway Contractor: Brian Sabom (Turner Construction) Plans call for a tenant improvement involving the basement and mezzanine. In the basement, existing walls would be demolished and new ones constructed to create a performance area, a maker space, bathrooms, a custodial room, a concessions area, a lobby area, a dressing room, rehearsal spaces, storage rooms and an office. The existing theater and performance areas would be remodeled as well. The mezzanine would gain new platforms for technical use only. Work would also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical. |
Source: Portland Bureau of Development Services. Please note that BDS has changed how it publishes permit information, which includes the applicant and the project owner for commercial building permits – but not facility permits.