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The project team preparing to deliver a new two-story, 24,582-square-foot preschool/elementary school building in Tigard has received a conditional use permit for construction.

Plans for call for construction of the new building, demolition of an existing elementary school building and an adjacent preschool building, relocation of two portable buildings, and site improvements. Hearings officer Joe Turner approved the permit application during a land use hearing on April 10.

St. Anthony Catholic School, a private institution, serves children from preschool through eighth grade. The new building will occupy 2.7 acres of the 6.5-acre property at 9905 S.W. McKenzie St. that has a church, a community center, and school-related infrastructure.

GBD Architects designed the building, and AlphaCon Inc. will serve as general contractor. The project team also includes Otak (civil engineering), KPFF Consulting Engineers (structural engineering), and Shapiro Didway (landscape design).

The new elementary school will be a wood-framed building with a focal entry point. It will include administrative spaces, two preschool classrooms connecting to an outdoor play area, two classrooms per grade level for K-5, and a covered, outdoor play area.

The building will be near the existing middle school, which will allow creation of defined spaces for drivers to drop off and pick up students, GBD Architects associate principal Dustin White said. Other site improvements will include reconfiguration of an existing surface parking lot and landscaping. Also, benches are proposed along the right of way.

The portable buildings will receive enhancements so that they blend with the new school’s classrooms.

The total project cost is $11.15 million for the new school. St. Anthony Catholic School has raised $10.53 million so far.

The existing preschool and elementary school buildings will be occupied with classes in session during construction of the new building. They will be demolished after construction is complete.

AlphaCon Inc. is scheduled to break ground at the end of September and expected to finish work in 15 months.

鈥淭he new building will house our preschool through fifth grade and upon completion we will remodel our current middle school,鈥� Andy Nichols, executive director of St. Anthony Catholic Community, stated in an email.

The remodel will include repainting the existing middle school building. That project is estimated to cost $2 million.

St. Anthony Catholic School also plans to add a new art building at the northern portion of the site, where the portable buildings will be relocated for now.