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A weekly list of highlights from commercial land use review activity in Portland by the Bureau of Development Services in the prior week.

Early assistance – application
Address: 1815 N. Columbia Blvd.
Applicant: Marc Griffin of ORANGEWALLstudios Architecture + Planning
Owner: MDRI Properties LLC

The proposal calls for demolition of a wood-framed warehouse and break room as well as a house trailer, construction of a prefabricated metal warehouse and break room and office building as well as a two-story concrete masonry unit house. Work would also involve paving over an existing gravel drive.

Pre-application conference – application
Address: Northwest Saltzman Road (within the 97229 zip code)
Applicant: Rebecca Shell of AECOM
Owner: city of Portland 

The proposal calls for repairs of anomalies along the Kinder Morgan Line Section 14 pipeline in Forest Park. The work would involve soil excavation and could involve replacement of full pipeline segments.

Type 2 procedure (design review) – pending 
Address: 301 S.E. Morrison St.
Applicants: William Neburka and Amanda Eller of Evident Architecture Office
Owner: Walt & Pam Pelett 2016 Trust

Plans call for an interior renovation of the existing Le Bistro Montage restaurant, bar and support spaces on the ground floor and basement levels of an existing three-story, unreinforced masonry building.

Type 2 procedure (transportation impact analysis) – pending 
Address: 7705 S.E. Division St.
Applicant: Leslie Cliffe of Bora Architecture & Interiors
Owner: Portland Community College 

The proposal calls for construction of a four-story, 110,000-square-foot building with 124 apartments ranging from studios to three-bedroom units. All units would be for people earning 60 percent of the area median income or less. A 30-space parking lot would be provided on-site.

Early assistance – pending 
Address: 3850 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Applicants: Zac Horton of Design by Faster Permits
Owners: MLK Failing 4 LLC and MLK Failing 1 LLC 

The updated proposal calls for consolidation of properties into a single tax lot to allow construction of seven duplexes and a five-unit apartment building. The duplexes would be constructed under the residential building code and the building would be constructed under the commercial building code.

Source: Portland Bureau of Development Services

See also:

• $6.5 million tenant improvement in Portland building permits | Dec. 11, 2023