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The Con-way Master Plan is looking to gain a 194,274-square-foot 6- to 7-story residential building in Portland’s Slabtown neighborhood after receiving design advice from the Portland Design Commission on Thursday.

This was the first design advice request for the project. The site is in the Northwest Plan District and Con-way Master Plan area, bordered by NW Raleigh and Savier, and Northwest 20th Avenue. In total, the master plan includes 12 buildings, three of which are under construction: Freewell, Slabtown Square and Slabtown Savier.

The proposal on Block 292 East, designed by SERA Architects for owner Preg NW Portland LLC of San Mateo, California, would have approximately 166 units.

鈥淭his is our 10th block in the neighborhood,鈥� Cairn Pacific Principal James Santana said.

It will be Cairn Pacific’s seventh block with partner Prometheus Real Estate Group.

The U-shaped building will have a courtyard that opens toward the pedestrian accessway. Half of the pedestrian way has been built out already; the rest will be built out with this project.

Katherine Sheie, landscape architect at Lango Hansen Landscape Architects, said that with the other blocks, the design pushed the idea of movement and activity. With Block 292 East, the goal was to make it feel more residential and garden-like.

鈥淭he really important part that differentiates this block 鈥� 292E 鈥� from other blocks is the courtyard opening to the pedway,鈥� Sheie said.

Saltwood South, Freewell and Saltwood North all have primary openings to the south, while Block 292 East has a primary access directly from the courtyard. The design includes a meandering design with paths crisscrossing. The landscape team plans to put a signature tree at the intersection of the courtyard and pedestrian accessway.

Its lobby will be in the southwest corner of the site, facing south on to NW Raleigh Street.

The building features a large amount of red brick. It is the primary cladding for the building’s five-story massing and wraps to all four sides of the building.

The design includes a penthouse and gable roof. The gabled two-story townhouses will be on levels 6 and 7 and will be set back from the building’s edge. The material being considered for the penthouse level is currently a wood-looking siding product called Knotwood or other material such as metal siding.

鈥淭he other thing we’re able to do is we’re able to carve out mechanical wells inside those gabled roofs so we’re able to hide mechanical equipment,鈥� SERA Architects Principal Kurt Schultz said.

The bottom five stories would be made primarily of red brick, with a glassy lobby and two glazed live/work units on two corners of the ground floor. The ground floor would include some residential units on one side of the building, accessed by stairs and raised stoops.

Below-grade parking will have about 128 parking spots and be accessed from NW Savier Street on the north side of the site.

A modification is requested to add a height increase of 19 feet from the allowed 67 feet to a building height of 86 feet. An alternate design meets the 67-foot height limit. Without the two-level gabled penthouse element, the building would meet the 67-foot height limit.

Options discussed for the roof included the gable roof, a flat roof or a lower-pitch roof. The lower-pitch roof would be the same height as the gable roof but would be consistent on all sides of the building.

Several commissioners were in favor of the height modification, assuming there would be modifications to the ground floor activation and public realm. The building has three street frontages and one pedestrian accessway frontage. Commissioners also encouraged the design team to explore the idea of planters in front of the ground floor residential unit stoop entrances.

The project is valued at $60 million, according to the Bureau of Development Services.