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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: 8333 NE Russell St.
Applicant: Lorraine Guthrie of Lorraine Guthrie Architect
Owner: Port Athletic LLC of Vancouver, Washington

The applicant is proposing a new approximately 44,000-square-foot athletic facility.

Type 1 procedure (design review) – pending
Address: 1310 SE Martin Luther King Blvd.
Applicant: Brian Murtagh of Studio Coop Architecture
Owner: Club Wong LLC of West Linn

The applicant is requesting approval of two new street-level fire exit doors: one located on the north side of the building, the other on the south side. The total square footage being affected is 160 square feet (107 square feet on the north elevation and 53 square feet on the south elevation).

Early assistance – pending
Address: 11415 N. Force Ave.
Applicant: John Deyo of the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services
Owner: city of Portland

The proposal is for replacement of the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services’ Force Avenue Pump Station. The project includes decommissioning the existing pump station. The existing site is proposed to be demolished and restored with varied native plant species. The installation of a new pump station with the extension of utilities would be at 10799 N. Expo Road.

Type 2 procedure (historic resource review) – pending
Address: 2209 NW Everett St.
Applicant: Stephen Heckman of Evolution Architecture
Owner: Manhattan Portland Ventures Limited Partnership of La Jolla, California

The existing elevator penthouse requires modifications to comply with current code for overhead clearance of proposed new elevator hoist equipment. The roof needs to be raised approximately 5 feet, 8 inches to allow for the 7-foot minimum vertical clearance. The old metal siding would be replaced with cement board panels. The added wall height adds approximately 220 square feet of new wall area. This is a contributing resource.

Early assistance – application
Address: 8819 SE Powell Blvd.
Applicant: Neil Lee of LEEKA Architecture
Owner: Qiao Lu of Happy Valley

Plans call for redeveloping the site into a food pod with food trailers and a covered food hall and bar.

Source: Portland Permitting & Development 

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