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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:

$600,000    
Address: 4160 N.E. Halsey St. 
Applicant: Sidney Zabell of Walsh Construction 
Owner: TriMet
Contractor: O’Neill/Walsh Community Builders

Plans for hollywoodHUB call for post-tensioning reinforcement.

$5,479,089Ìý
Address: OHSU’s Lamfrom Biomedical Research Building, at 3215 S.W. Pavilion Loop
Applicant: Carl Tully of NBBJ 
Owner: Oregon Health & Science University
Contractor: Hoffman Construction

Plans call for connecting a new utilidor with a redundant steam line to the building, replacing failed vault 18, and performing associated site work.

$4,200,000Ìý
Address: Mill Park Elementary School, at 1912 S.E. 117th Ave. 
Applicant: Nathan Arnold of Faster Permits 
Owner: David Douglas School District
Contractor: Par-Tech Construction

Plans call for updating the entry vestibule and classrooms, replacing windows, reroofing select portions, and performing a seismic retrofit.

Building Permit Intakes:

UNDER REVIEW
$886,000Ìý
Address: 6135 N.E. 80th Ave.
Applicant: Kim Jackson of LRS Architects 
Owner: McLellan Estate Co. of Redwood City, California 
Contractor: Sandy Mills (Deform NW)

A tenant improvement for a new tenant would involve removing interior partitions and fixtures as well as adding new ones.

UNDER REVIEW
$13,909,885     
Address: 5015 N.E. Eighth Ave. 
Applicant: Rosanne Lynch of Scott Edwards Architecture 
Owner: Avenue Plaza Affordable Housing 
Contractor: LMC Construction

Plans call for construction of a five-story, 78-unit apartment building with ground-floor supportive services, a courtyard and associated site work.

UNDER REVIEW
$1,070,000      
Address: North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (within the 97217 zip code)
Applicant: Ralph Henderson of Mackenzie 
Owner: Old Dominion Freight Line of Thomasville, North Carolina 
Contractor: Calvin Mertz (Furst Construction Company of Salt Lake City)

Plans call for adding perimeter security fencing, a gate, lighting, and landscaping.

UNDER REVIEW
$8,300,000       
Address: Rose Schnitzer Tower, at 1430 S.W. 12th Ave. 
Applicant: Charles Kidwell of Leeb Architects 
Owner: Cedar Sinai Park-Clay Tower Apartments Limited Partnership 
Contractor: R&H Construction

Plans call for various accessibility and building code upgrades in apartment units and common spaces, as well as landscaping improvements.

Facility Permits Issued:

$2,000,000    
Address: 2035 N.W. Front Ave. 
Applicant: Maurice Reid of Gensler 
Owners: Field Office Property LLC of Dallas, Texas and Field Office Property Owner of New York
Contractor: Shelton Davis (Lease Crutcher Lewis)

A tenant improvement for suite 600 will involve demolishing walls and adding new ones to create conference rooms, storage rooms, a staging area, a coworking area, a pantry, focus rooms, a wellness room, a restroom, a copy room, offices, a streaming room, collaboration areas, and open office areas. The work will also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

$650,000Ìý
Address: 4380 S. Macadam Ave. 
Applicant: Samantha Marcovich of IA Interior Architects of Denver
Owner: 2021-FL4 River Forum LLC of Minneapolis
Contractor: Chris Holbrook Construction of Vancouver, Washington

A tenant improvement for suites 220 and 250 will involve demolishing walls and adding new ones to create a reception area, a server room, offices, conference rooms, storage rooms, a wellness room, a break area, phone rooms, huddle rooms, a production room, and open office areas. The work will also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

$3,000,000
Address: 900 S.W. Fifth Ave. 
Applicant: Taylor Pasic of GBD Architects
Owner: Standard Insurance Company
Contractor: Kevin Kelly (Fortis Construction)

A tenant improvement for suite 2700 will involve demolishing walls and adding new ones to create a reception area, huddle rooms, a coffee/​coat room, bathrooms, conference rooms, offices, a file storage room, a copy/print room, a collaboration room, a wellness room, an accounting room, storage rooms, a server room, a mail/​copy room, and a breakroom. The work will also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

$668,000
Address: Portland International Airport, at 7000 N.E. Airport Way
Applicant: Liz Bray of Hennebery Eddy Architects
Owner: Port of Portland
Contractor: Arctic Sheet Metal

A tenant improvement is planned for Alaska Airlines (enplaning, deplaning and mezzanine levels). The work will involve installing ductwork, grilles, diffusers, condensing units, a fan, coils, terminal units, exhaust fans, a fireplace exhaust fan, piping and electrical.

$9,300,000
Address: Portland International Airport, at 7000 N.E. Airport Way
Applicant: Liz Bray of Hennebery Eddy Architects
Owner: Port of Portland
Contractor: Kevin Kelly (Fortis Construction)

A tenant improvement is planned for Alaska Airlines (enplaning, deplaning and mezzanine levels). The work will involve demolishing walls and adding new ones. The enplaning level will gain a telecom room, a lobby area, a commercial kitchen, a walk-in cooler, and a dry storage room. The deplaning level will gain storage rooms, offices, and a break room. The mezzanine level will gain bathrooms, storage rooms, a bistro area, lounge areas, a bar area, a connecting stair with glass railings, and dumbwaiters. The work will also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

$1,150,000
Address: 1401 N.E. 68th Ave. 
Applicant: Martin Feavel of Multnomah County Facilities Department
Owner: Multnomah County
Contractor: RJS Construction of Yakima, Washington

Plans call for upgrading security in the Multnomah County Juvenile Justice Center’s foyer on the first floor. The work will involve demolishing walls and adding new ones to create a reception room and an office as well as remodeling the lobby. The work will also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes and electrical.

Facility Permit Intakes:

UNDER REVIEW
$500,000  
Address: 1120 S.W. Third Ave. 
Applicant: Ben Patterson of EC Electric 
Owner: Multnomah County
Contractor: not listed

Plans call for updating electrical systems on all floors of the Multnomah County Justice Center. Fiber-reinforced polymer would be used for shear wall structural reinforcement.

Source: Portland Permitting & Development 

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