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A weekly list of the most notable commercial building and facility permits issued and received in Portland by the Bureau of Development Services in the prior week.

Building Permits Issued:

$550,000Ìý
Address: Multnomah Safe Rest Village, at 2731 S.W. Multnomah Blvd.
Applicant: Luis Lopez-Ortiz of Fulcrum Construction & Building Services
Owner: city of Portland
Contractor: Israel Rodriguez (Fulcrum Construction & Building Services)

Plans call for expanding the capacity of the temporary outdoor shelter, upgrading sleeping pods, changing the layout, relocating the kitchen connections, installing new kitchen connections and bathroom connections, and performing associated site utility work. All development and alterations will be temporary.

$614,000Ìý
Address: Lewis & Clark College, at 615 S. Palatine Hill Road
Applicant: Mike Coyle of Faster Permits
Owner: Lewis & Clark College
Contractor: Tom Mitchell (Walsh Construction)

Plans call for replacing a bathhouse roof, removing remnant beams, reinforcing garden retaining walls, and removing remaining arbor columns.

$6,850,000Ìý
Address: 10505 N. Portland Road
Applicant: Sermin Yesilada of Sosyal Architecture and Community Development LLC
Owner: city of Portland
Contractor: Israel Rodriguez (Fulcrum Construction & Building Services)

Plans call for construction of a temporary outdoor shelter and parking. The work will involve grading, paving, and installing new water and electric utilities. It will also involve construction of a new septic storage tank system, new temporary sleeping pods, restrooms/​showers, laundry/​storage/​meeting/​office space food prep areas, and new fencing. All development and alterations will be temporary.

$717,974Ìý
Address: 633 S.E. Clay St.
Applicant: Kyron Christman of Faster Permits
Owner: Bronko LLC
Contractor: Admiral Properties LLC

Plans call for a shell improvement and partial removal of the concrete slab. The work will involve removing doors and windows for a new storefront, constructing new restrooms and an accessible lift, installing a new interior door and new skylights, constructing new parapets and roofing membrane, and updating stud walls.

Building Permit Intakes:

UNDER REVIEW
$1,000,000Ìý
Address: Phillips 66 Portland Terminal, at 5528 N.W. Doane Ave.
Applicant: John Deppa of Alpha Engineers & Constructors
Owner: Phillips 66 Company of Houston
Contractor: HME Construction of Vancouver, Washington

Plans call for replacing the wooden pier head with a new steel pier head.

UNDER REVIEW
$745,755Ìý
Address: 6 S.W. Third Ave. 
Applicant: John Wright of Wright Architecture
Owner: Pink Pink Inc. of Edgewood, Washington
Contractor: Five Star Builders of Banks

Plans call for improving the theater by constructing a new mezzanine and a new restroom, modifying the stage, building a new bar, and repairing the existing restroom.

Facility Permits Issued:

$987,760Ìý
Address: PacWest Center, at 1211 S.W. Fifth Ave. 
Applicant: Dan Kretchmer of Gensler
Owner: TR PacWest LLC of Chicago
Contractor: Abbott Construction LLC of Seattle

A tenant improvement will involve demolition of walls and construction of new ones to create offices, a wellness room, a copy room, open office areas, a conference room, a network equipment room, and a storage room. Also, plans call for remodeling a training room, offices, a team room, a pantry, a break room, a storage room, and the elevator lobby. The work will involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

$1,407,794Ìý
Address: 506 S.W. Mill St. 
Applicant: Chris Hammond of Otak
Owner: Oregon State Board of Higher Education
Contractor: ABC Roofing, a Tecta America Company, LLC

A tenant improvement at Portland State University’s Urban Center Building will involve reroofing all roof levels. Also, the work will involve finishes, plumbing and electrical.

$500,000Ìý
Address: Jackson Middle School, at 10625 S.W. 35th Ave. 
Applicant: Nicholas Sukkau of Portland Public Schools
Owner: School District No. 1
Contractor: Williams Scotsman Inc. of Baltimore

Plans call for installing temporary trailers on the property to serve as classrooms for displaced Robert Gray Middle School students while their school receives repairs from storm damage. Crews will install five temporary trailers and two bathroom trailers with​ decks, ramps with guardrails, and stairs with handrails. The work will involve finishes, plumbing and electrical.

$611,000Ìý
Address: Markham Elementary School, at 10531 S.W. Capitol Highway
Applicant: Nicholas Sukkau of Portland Public Schools
Owner: School District No. 1
Contractor: Ben Huffman (In Line Commercial Construction)

ADA upgrades will include construction of new stairs with​ handrails and ramps with guardrails. Interior work will involve demolition of walls and construction of new ones to create doorways and ramps with handrails. Also, plans call for remodeling the work room, classrooms, and a restroom. The work will also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes and electrical.

$3,300,000Ìý
Address: 1225 N.E. Second Ave.
Applicant: Paul Borowick of PKA Architects
Owner: Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center 
Contractor: Total Mechanical Inc. of Camas, Washington

The work on the lower level and first floor will involve minor demolition and installation of housekeeping pads with equipment anchorage. The work will also involve flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical. A separate $2,250,000 alteration permit was also issued. The work on the lower level and first floor will involve ductwork, hot water boilers, an expansion tank, heat exchangers, pumps, steam boilers, an air separator, unit heaters, piping and electrical.

Facility Permit Intakes:

UNDER REVIEW
$4,000,000Ìý
Address: Gretchen Kafoury Commons Apartments, at 1240 S.W. Columbia St. 
Applicant: Kevin Saxton of KASA Architects
Owner: Home Forward 
Contractor: Tom Mitchell (Walsh Construction)

Plans call for remodeling all floors by replacing the roof, a walking pad and all building windows and doors as well as waterproofing the entire exterior and the rooftop landing column. Interior walls would be demolished and the sprinkler room, entry lobby and apartments would be remodeled. The work would also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

UNDER REVIEW
$645,150Ìý
Address: 5331 S. Macadam Ave.
Applicant: Ammone Bembry of MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions
Owner: WL-SKB Water Tower Owner LLC 
Contractor: MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions

A tenant improvement would involve installing ductwork, grilles, diffusers, water source heat pumps, a rooftop energy recovery ventilator, piping and electrical.

UNDER REVIEW
$2,000,000Ìý
Address: Robert Gray Middle School, at 5505 S.W. 23rd Ave.
Applicant: Nicholas Sukkau of Portland Public Schools
Owner: School District No. 1 
Contractor: Belfor USA Group Inc. of Birmingham, Michigan

Repairs of storm damage on the lower level would involve replacing a portion of the roof, and repairing the common corridor, classrooms, bathrooms, and band room walls. The work would also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

Source: Portland Bureau of Development Services

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