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

Building Permits Issued:

$900,000     
Address: 550 S.W. 12th Ave. 
Applicant: Taylor Pasic of GBD Architects 
Owner: West Alder LLC
Contractor: Shelton Davis (Lease Crutcher Lewis)

A tenant improvement for an existing tenant will involve interior modifications to levels 2 and 3. Work will include removing interior walls and finishes and constructing new walls and finishes to create open offices, conference rooms, a reception area, and a cafe and a dining area. Restrooms and showers will not change

$750,000  
Address: 10211 N. Lombard St.
Applicant: Nathan Arnold of Faster Permits  
Owner: Nok Property LLC of Kansas City, Missouri
Contractor: J2 Building Consultants

An added-value revision expands the scope of work to replace walkways, including the framing and guardrails, and replace landings. Original doors will be reinstalled.

$1,480,680  
Address: 9950 S.E. Stark St.
Applicant: not listed 
Owner: not listed
Contractor: Chad Elliott of Rich Duncan Construction of Salem

A tenant improvement will suit a new restaurant tenant. The addition will be on the building’s north side. Demolition and reconstruction will include a new entry vestibule, restrooms, a play area, dining space, and a kitchen. A significant area of the roof will be rebuilt and raised. The work will include a seismic upgrade due to extensive demolition of the existing lateral system. Exterior work will involve the sidewalk, accessible parking, ramps, and paving.

$5,057,091Ìý
Address: 1075 N.W. Northrup St.
Applicant: not listed 
Owner: not listed
Contractor: Jim Cleghorn (I&E Construction of Wilsonville)

The VRF mechanical system will be replaced. A new cooling tower and pump room will be added to the roof.

$3,000,000
Address: Sequoia Square, at 247 S.E. 160th Ave.
Applicant: not listed 
Owner: not listed
Contractor: Baldwin General Contracting of Albany

Six separate $500,000 alteration permits were issued for Sequoia Square. Plans call for replacing siding, windows, decking, roofing and doors.

$657,878Ìý
Address: 2722 N.E. Holland St.
Applicant: not listed 
Owner: not listed
Contractor: River City Environmental

Plans call for construction of a new metal building for equipment storage. The work will create an office, a break room, a restroom, a mezzanine, and associated site work.

$2,527,369Ìý
Address: 110 S.E. Taylor St.
Applicant: not listed 
Owner: not listed
Contractor: Sandy Mills of Deform NW LLC

A second story will be added. The project will involve creating retail space, a restaurant, a cafe, and office space as well as performing seismic upgrades and associated site work.

Building Permit Intakes:

UNDER REVIEW
$4,200,000  
Address: 1912 S.E. 117th Ave.
Applicant: Nathan Arnold of Faster Permits
Owner: School District No. 40 
Contractor: out to bid

Plans call for updating the entry vestibule and classrooms, replacing windows and parts of the roof, and performing a seismic retrofit.

UNDER REVIEW
$875,000Ìý
Address: An Amazon fulfillment center, at 515 N. Schmeer Road
Applicant: Karen Zaccaro of Stantec of Los Angeles 
Owner: Prologis of Denver 
Contractor: Bergman KPRS LLC of Brea, California

A tenant improvement would involve building out pharmacy space within the warehouse. Plans include removing one parking stall and installing a generator on the parking lot.

Facility Permits Issued:

$1,335,000   
Address: OHSU’s Mackenzie Hall, at 3266 S.W. Research Drive
Applicant: John Mieras of Dynalectric 
Owner: Oregon State Medical Department
Contractor: not listed

The entire building’s fire alarm system will be replaced. The work will involve 477 smoke detectors, 120 strobes, 121 sprinklers/​strobes, seven heat detectors, 23 pull stations, three auxiliary panels, and five duct detectors.

$946,014    
Address: 1100 S.W. Sixth Ave. 
Applicant: David Trapp of Hughes Electrical Contractors of Hillsboro 
Owner: Standard Insurance Co.
Contractor: not listed

Plans call for modernization of the fire alarm system on floors 6-16 of Standard Plaza. This will involve 59 smoke detectors, four heat detectors, 115 strobes, one pull station, 11 auxiliary panels, and 159 speaker strobes.

$710,000  
Address: 13705 N.E. Airport Way
Applicant: Breeze Griffin of Anderson Dabrowski Architects 
Owner: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest
Contractor: Total Mechanical Inc. of Camas, Washington

Work on the rooftop will involve air handling units, a heat pump, and exhaust fans. The interior work will involve a unit heater, terminal units, a condensate pump, an exhaust hood, ductwork, diffusers, grilles and electrical.

$2,135,000Ìý
Address: 13705 N.E. Airport Way
Applicant: Breeze Griffin of Anderson Dabrowski Architects 
Owner: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest
Contractor: Steve Paschal (Balfour Beatty Construction of Dallas, Texas)

Exterior work will involve installing loading dock roll-up doors, a dock leveler, and a rooftop metal screen wall. Interior work will involve demolishing walls and adding new ones to create a shipping department area, workstation alcoves, a server room, supervisor alcoves, a finishing department area, a frame/​lens inventory area, a sandblaster/​dust collector room, a compressor room, a surfacing department area, a storage area, an outsourcing area, an optical shop, an electrical room, an AR room, hallways, a caged storage area, and an open work area. The administrative area, offices and housekeeping pads will be remodeled. It will also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

$929,010Ìý
Address: 10280 N.E. Cascades Parkway
Applicant: Edward Gavin of Sevan Multi-Site Solutions of Downers Grove, Illinois
Owner: Port of Portland
Contractor: Sevan Multi-Site Solutions

Walls will be demolished, and new ones will be constructed on two floors to create restrooms at IKEA. The upper level will include a shower room. The work will involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

$609,000  
Address: 900 S.W. Washington St. 
Applicant: Jennifer Cobb of ASD | SKY of Atlanta
Owner: BDC/Washington Street LLC
Contractor: Adan Vazquez (Swinerton Builders of Concord, California)

A tenant improvement will involve minor demolition and construction of new walls to create offices, open office areas, a print alcove, an office services room, a network room, a wellness room, a break room, conference rooms, a reception area, closets, a library, an open collaboration area, and a phone room. The work will involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

Facility Permit Intakes:

UNDER REVIEW
$558,078Ìý
Address: 737 S.E. 106th Ave.
Applicant: Sherry Aliberti of Ink:Built Architecture 
Owner: city of Portland 
Contractor: out to bid

Plans call for reroofing the entire Portland Police Bureau building. New guardrails, roof ladders with a cage and ballasted guardrails would be installed. The work would also involve finishes and plumbing.

UNDER REVIEW
$2,756,568  
Address: 14912 N.E. Airport Way
Applicant: Sherry Aliberti of Ink:Built Architecture
Owner: city of Portland
Contractor: out to bid

Plans call for reroofing the Portland Police Bureau Training Center. The work would involve new insulation, waterproofing, parapet coping, a roof ladder, guardrails, skylights and finishes.

UNDER REVIEW
$1,500,000Ìý
Address: 2730 S. Moody Ave. 
Applicant: Marisa Tanigawa of PKA Architects
Owner: Oregon Health & Science University 
Contractor: Hoffman Construction

A tenant improvement for the OHSU School of Dentistry would involve demolishing walls and building new ones to create a storage room and a lab room. The work would involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

UNDER REVIEW
$1,265,385  
Address: 5030 N. Greeley Ave. 
Applicant: Chris Grosse of LEVER Architecture
Owner: Adidas Village Corp. 
Contractor: out to bid

A tenant improvement on the ground floor through the third floor would involve installing ductwork, grilles, diffusers, terminal units, piping and electrical.

UNDER REVIEW
$6,608,591  
Address: 5030 N. Greeley Ave. 
Applicant: Chris Grosse of LEVER Architecture
Owner: Adidas Village Corp. 
Contractor: Truebeck Construction of San Mateo, California

A tenant improvement on the ground floor through the third floor would involve demolishing walls and building new ones. The ground floor would gain an entry area, visitor engagement space, visitor cafe/​lounge/​dining areas, an auditorium, a pantry area, an AV room, a flex space room, a storage room, and a lactation room. The first floor would gain workrooms, a storage room, and a fitting room. The second floor would gain workrooms, storage rooms, a kitchenette, a fitting room, and meeting rooms. The third floor would gain workrooms, a lounge area, storage rooms, a fitting room, and meeting rooms. The work would involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

Source: Portland Permitting & Development 

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