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

Early assistance – application              
Address: 3816 N.E. Garfield Ave.
Applicant: Amy Cripps of Scott Edwards Architecture
Owner: Self Enhancement Inc.

Plans call for construction of a six-story, 59-unit building with wood framing above a concrete podium. The housing units – a mix of studios and apartments with one, two or three bedrooms – would be for people earning no more than 60 percent of the area median income. There would be a ground-floor community room, shared outdoor space, a combination of shared and in-unit laundry spaces, and support office space.

Early assistance – application
Address: 119 S.E. 28th Ave.
Applicant: Eric Wenzel of Scott Edwards Architecture
Owner: Bitar Bros LLC

Plans call for accommodating 10 food carts and providing seating areas along with a restroom/trash enclosure outbuilding with a roof deck.

Approval  – application
Address: 6723 S.E. Gladstone St.
Applicant: Garrett Sandberg of Dez Development LLC of Clackamas
Owner: Dez Development

An approved cottage cluster development would be split into seven lots to accommodate development of middle housing.

Type 2 procedure (design review)  – pending
Address: 5025 N.E. Eighth Ave.
Applicant: Rosanne Lynch of Scott Edwards Architecture
Owner: Avenue Plaza Affordable Housing

Plans call for construction of a five-story, 78-unit building with approximately 79,425 gross square feet. All units – four studios, 39 one-bedroom apartments, and 35 two-bedroom apartments – would be affordable housing. The building would serve as Sabin CDC’s main office, including resident services and community manager offices. The ground floor would also have a community room for residents as well as a service-learning center for Sabin CDC staff and volunteers. Central laundry rooms, bike storage and a shared outdoor area would also be amenities. Stormwater would be conveyed to a private dry well and infiltrated on-site.

Early assistance  – application
Address: 10209 S.E. Division St.
Applicant: Josh Peak of Harka Architecture
Owner: Cheung Division LLC of Happy Valley

A previous permit for the work was approved in 2019 but then expired. No changes to the building are proposed.

Early assistance – application
Address: 1943 S.E. Sixth Ave.
Applicant: Todd Silbernagel of Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette
Owner: Goodwill Industries

Plans call for adding new office space to Goodwill’s headquarters building and constructing structured parking.

Type 3 procedure (conditional use)  – pending
Address: 3880 S.E. Brooklyn St.
Applicant: Diana Scoggins of Metropolitan Youth Symphony
Owner: Evangelical Lutheran St Paul Church of East Portland

The Metropolitan Youth Symphony (MYS) plans to buy and occupy the building owned by St. Paul Lutheran Church. MYS seeks to change the building’s use to community service so that it can use the space for rehearsals, classes, summer workshops, performances, and administrative offices.

Source: Portland Permitting & Development 

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