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

Type 1 procedure (design review) – pending    ÌýÌý
Address: 4310 S. Macadam Ave.
Applicant: Andrew Smith of Hennebery Eddy Architects 
Owner: 4310 Building LLC

The proposal is for the creation of a secondary vehicle egress in a four-story building. The work would consist of construction of a new vehicle egress door, paved driveway and associated infrastructure. The intent of this work is to enhance occupants’ safety by providing secondary egress from the ground-floor parking garage in an emergency. The proposed drive is adjacent to the Oregon Department of Transportation right of way to reach the adjacent property, which has common ownership with the subject property.

Early assistance – application
Address: 3311 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Applicant: Jamie Fisher of Cascadia Development Partners LLC of Vancouver, Washington
Owner: J & A Investment LLC

Plans call for changing the use of approximately 15,500 square feet of the 17,569-square-foot building to day care. The use of the remaining space would remain as is. A portion of the parking lot’s western edge would be converted to a pervious playground area. The proposal calls for minor exterior modifications – additions of windows and doors.

Type 1 procedure (historic resource review) – pending 
Address: 1120 N.E. Schuyler St.
Applicant: Gina Blomberg of Vancouver Sign Co. of Vancouver, Washington
Owner: Association of Unit Owners of Irvington Place Condos

The proposal calls for installing one sign and channel letters on the raceway. They would be mounted to the existing canopy. The sign would be LED illuminated and connect to an existing circuit.

Type 1 procedure (historic design tier A) – applicationÌýÌý
Address: 1120 N.E. Schuyler St.
Applicant: Gina Blomberg of Vancouver Sign Co. of Vancouver, Washington
Owner: Association of Unit Owners of Irvington Place Condos

The proposal calls for installing one sign and channel letters on the raceway. They would be mounted to the existing canopy. The sign would be LED illuminated and connect to an existing circuit.

Early assistance – pending   
Address: 403 N.W. Fifth Ave.
Applicant: Jonah Gamblin of Design Research Office
Owner: Oregon Casket LLC

The project team is proposing adaptive reuse of the five-story, approximately 25,000-square-foot Oregon Casket Building. A renovation would create 34 residential units, including two live-work units on the ground floor, and one retail unit. The exterior scope of work would be limited to rehabilitation of existing windows and doors, reconstruction of the storefront along Fifth Avenue, and addition of screening for rooftop mechanical equipment and elevator overrun. The existing stormwater conveyance and disposal would be preserved. The existing utility vault is under the sidewalk along Flanders Street and access to the vault is preserved.

ÌýÌýSource: Portland Permitting & Development 

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