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The design for a 15-story apartment building in the Lloyd District received the Portland Design Commission鈥檚 unanimous approval on Thursday.

Skyview on 7th will be located at 701 and 777 N.E. Seventh Ave. Currently, the property is occupied by an office building and a vacant lot.

The half-block site lies at the southern edge of the Lloyd District. The Oregon Square superblocks lie to the northeast. The Green Loop will run along the site on either Seventh Avenue (the site鈥檚 east frontage) or Irving Stret (the site鈥檚 south frontage).

Plans call for 14 stories of apartments 鈥� 240 total units 鈥� above ground-floor amenities. A community room, amenity deck and eco-roof are planned at the top level.

Mackenzie designed the project for Master Development LLC. Turner Construction is the general contractor. The project is valued at $72 million.

Three levels of below-grade parking are included. Commissioners expressed support for a request by the project team to reduce the width of 91 parking spaces (55 percent of them) by approximately 9 inches to accommodate structural columns.

The project team responded to commissioners鈥� previous comments made during the first design review hearing in February by providing additional balconies (39 inset and 184 Juliet) on all elevations, adding design details for surrounding landscape features and seating in the northeast corner, adding information regarding the flexibility and accessibility of the ground floor, and submitting a proposal for an art/water feature.

The commissioners unanimously supported the additional balconies. Juliet balconies were proposed for the east and west elevations and inset balconies for the north and south elevations.

鈥淚 appreciate that they really listened to previous commissioner comments and made the adjustments in a way that remains cohesive,鈥� Commissioner Jessica Molinar said of the balconies. 鈥淭he design remains cohesive.鈥�

Commissioner Zari Santner expressed appreciation that the balconies were design elements that will allow people to enjoy views.

At the time of the February hearing, the public art/water feature had not been defined, Bureau of Development Services staffer Art Graves said during Thursday鈥檚 hearing. The project team hired an artist, Tyler Shrake, to produce the artwork.

The proposed six-panel, etched-glass, nature-space installation will be approximately 45 feet long and 10 feet high and be located mid-block on the building鈥檚 east elevation. The six panels will be separated by 3-foot-wide, water-themed art/privacy glazing. The artwork includes a 鈥渓andscape image representative of the Oregon experience regarding a strong connection to nature and the environment,鈥� the staff report states.

A condition was attached to project approval: 鈥淭he etched glass artwork 鈥� shall be maintained in perpetuity with the current development,鈥� the staff report states. Removal or alterations are not allowed without a design review. Alternatively, a public art piece could be installed in its place with approval by the Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC).

Another design addition is a canopy over the art/water feature. The canopy will have the same details as others in the development, Mackenzie architect Thomas Peck said. The canopy will provide shelter for pedestrians and people viewing the artwork.