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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:

$542,000  
Address: 4160 N.E. Halsey St. 
Applicant: David Sylvain of Walsh Construction
Owner: TriMet
Contractor: O’Neill/Walsh Community Builders

Plans call for construction of metal stairs and ships ladders for the HollywoodHUB development.

$1,500,000Ìý
Address: 801 S.W. 10th Ave. 
Applicant: Tereza Wiest of Hennebery Eddy Architects 
Owner: Multnomah County Library District 
Contractor: James E. Anderson (Cedar Mill Construction of Tualatin)

Plans call for rehabilitation of the existing balustrade at the perimeter of the Multnomah County Central Library, as well as site landscaping, drainage, and security improvements at street frontage.

$800,000     
Address: David Douglas High School, at 1001 S.E. 135th Ave. 
Applicant: Nathan Arnold of Faster Permits
Owner: David Douglas School District
Contractor: not listed

Plans call for upgrading the lighting and sound system in the performing arts center.

$737,617   
Address: 8532 S.E. 17th Ave. 
Applicant: Gabriel Whitlatch of Liminal Shift
Owner: Plambeck Page Properties LLC
Contractor: Liminal Shift

A tenant improvement for a new tenant will involve adding to the office on the second floor, removing a cigar shop, and reducing the size of a coffee shop for a yoga studio. There will be new partition walls, a locker room, and a recessed entry.

UNDER INSPECTION
$1,100,000  
Address: 3340 N.W. St. Helens Road
Applicant: Ralph Turnbaugh of TM Rippey Consulting Engineers of Tigard
Owner: MMI-Capstone St Helens Road LLC
Contractor: Perlo Construction of Tualatin

Plans call for replacing asphalt interior paving with a concrete slab on grade and repairing metal frameworks.

UNDER INSPECTION
$746,020   
Address: 4152 N.E. Hancock St. 
Applicant: Phi Huynh of Ignisio Studios of Tustin, California
Owner: Hollywood Market Square LLC of West Linn
Contractor: Planet Construction of Lake Charles, Louisiana

Improvements are planned to suit a new fitness and health club tenant. The work will involve remodeling the ground floor to create a training area, reception space, an office, tanning rooms, restrooms, and locker rooms.

$2,896,725Ìý
Address: Portland Art Museum, at 1219 S.W. Park Ave. 
Applicant: not listed
Owner: not listed
Contractor: Nate Gundrum (Mortenson of Minneapolis)

Plans call for construction of a glazed, aluminum curtain wall.

Building Permit Intakes:

UNDER REVIEW
$1,842,675Ìý
Address: Oregon Zoo, at 4001 S.W. Canyon Road
Applicant: Nada Maani of Opsis Architecture
Owner: Metro
Contractor: Kevin Kelly (Fortis Construction)

Plans call for a new exterior deck and roof overhang along the east side of the existing Cascade Crest building.

UNDER REVIEW
$1,250,000  
Address: Pittock Block, at 921 S.W. Washington St. 
Applicant: Kyle Womack of Hennebery Eddy Architects 
Owner: 1547 CRS-Pittock Block LLC of Matawan, New Jersey
Contractor: Whiting-Turner Contracting Company of Baltimore

Plans call for demolishing the rooftop of the penthouse and roof framing infill to install rooftop mechanical equipment and accompanying structural support.

Facility Permits Issued:

$731,000   
Address: Kohler Pavilion in the OHSU Hospital, at 808 S.W. Campus Drive
Applicant: Thomas Cowan of OHSU 
Owner: Oregon State Board of Higher Education 
Contractor: Kevin Kelly (Fortis Construction)

A remodel of operating room 22, on the sixth floor, will involve minor demolition and installation of equipment. The work will also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, medical gas, plumbing and electrical.

$504,000    
Address: 7 S.E. Stark St. 
Applicant: Taylor Pasic of GBD Architects
Owner: 87 Stark Street LLC
Contractor: Steve Close (Pacific Crest Structures of Durham)

Landlord work for suites 950 and 970 in Seven Southeast Stark will involve demolishing walls and adding new ones to create break rooms, an entry area, a storage room, conference rooms, offices, open office areas, a copy/print room, server rooms, phone rooms, and a coat closet. The work will also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

Facility Permit Intakes:

UNDER REVIEW
$800,000Ìý
Address: Pacwest Center, at 1211 S.W. Fifth Ave. 
Applicant: Conor Schloff of Lincoln Property Company
Owner: TR Pacwest LLC of Chicago
Contractor: not listed

A generator replacement on level P1 would involve minor demolition and construction of walls to create a generator room, a leveling pad, a new fuel tank, and a remote fueling station. The work would also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, piping, plumbing and electrical.

UNDER REVIEW
$650,000Ìý
Address: Wells Fargo Center, at 1300 S.W. Fifth Ave. 
Applicant: Becky Kong of Interior Architects of San Francisco 
Owner: SOF-XI WFP Owner LLC of Greenwich, Connecticut
Contractor: out to bid

A tenant improvement on the 37th and 38th floors would involve demolishing walls and adding new ones. The 37th floor would gain a new entry suite and a hallway remodel. The 38th floor would gain a conference room, a hub room, a game room, an IT help kiosk, and focus pods as well as a remodel of the hub and the open office area. The work would also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

Source: Portland Permitting & Development 

See also:

• Office building conversion in Portland land use review intakes | Aug. 11, 2025