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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:

UNDER INSPECTION
$10,100,493  
Address: 1211 S.E. Water Ave. 
Applicant: Doug Miller of LEVER Architecture
Owner: Steelhead Portland LLC c/o Topaz Event Development LLC of Newport Beach, California
Contractor: Colas Construction

Plans call for construction of a two-story building with a mezzanine for a music venue, including supportive spaces such as food services, artist locker rooms, a loading dock, offices and an artist lounge.

Building Permit Intakes:

None received for any project with a value of $500,000 or greater

Facility Permits Issued:

$650,000Ìý
Address: 1300 S.W. Fifth Ave. 
Applicant: Becky Kong of Interior Architects of San Francisco
Owner: SOF-XI WFP Owner LLC of Greenwich, Connecticut
Contractor: Adan Vazquez (Swinerton Builders of Concord, California)

Interior walls will be demolished and new ones constructed for a tenant improvement. On the 37th floor, a new suite entry will be created, and a hallway will be remodeled. On the 38th floor, a conference room, a hub room, a game room, an IT help kiosk, and focus pods will be created, and the hub and an open office area will be remodeled. The work will involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

$585,307   
Address: Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, at 501 N. Graham St.
Applicant: Ximena Herrera of PKA Architects
Owner: Centurion Foundation North Graham Street LLC
Contractor: Viking Engineering and Construction of Gresham

A tenant improvement on the second floor will involve demolishing walls and constructing new ones to create a waiting room, a reception area, exam rooms, a server room, a lab room, a medications room, a nurse advice room, offices, a soiled holding room, a clean supply room, screening/hearing rooms, a storage room, group therapy rooms, kitchens, consultation rooms, a quiet alcove, and more. Existing offices, restrooms and a conference room will be remodeled. The work will also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

$5,025,000   
Address: Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, at 2801 N. Gantenbein Ave. 
Applicant: Dave Guthrie of ZGF Architects
Owner: Emanuel Hospital
Contractor: MacDonald Miller Facility Solutions of Seattle

Plans call for an update of the pre/post and post-operative and post-anesthesia care unit from the lower level through level 2, as well as the roof. The work will involve installing ductwork, grilles, diffusers, terminal units, an electric heater, duct steam humidifiers, medical gas, piping and electrical.

$18,100,000    
Address: Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, at 2801 N. Gantenbein Ave. 
Applicant: Dave Guthrie of ZGF Architects
Owner: Emanuel Hospital
Contractor: Shelton Davis (Lease Crutcher Lewis)

Plans call for an update of the pre/post and post-operative and post-anesthesia care unit from the lower level through level 2, as well as the roof. The work will involve demolishing walls and adding new ones. The lower level will gain pediatrics and adult PACU rooms, soiled workrooms, a procedure room, a specimen drop-off room, offices, a conference room, bathrooms, a kitchenette, nourish rooms, EVS rooms, a lounge, pre/​post rooms, equipment rooms, clean supply rooms, gas storage, a consultation room, a lactation room, an adult waiting room, a medications room, and pediatrics and adult reception/​waiting rooms. The work on level 1 will involve infilling the stair and remodeling offices. The work on level 2 will involve reroofing a section, adding bollards, building a paver path and stairs with handrails and a mechanical enclosure. The work will also involve medical gas, ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

$5,000,000     
Address: Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, at 501 N. Graham St. 
Applicant: Dave Guthrie of ZGF Architects
Owner: Centurion Foundation North Graham Street LLC
Contractor: MacDonald Miller Facility Solutions LLC of Seattle

Plans call for a tenant improvement for Medical Office Building 2’s surgery and sterile processing on the lower level, level 2 and the roof. The work will involve installing ductwork, grilles, diffusers, terminal units, duct sound attenuators, an electric heater, an exhaust fan, relief goods, air handling units, roof hoods, steam pressure valves, a glycol make up unit, a pump, an expansion tank, an air separator, steam pressure reducers, a clean steam generator, fan coils, and steam condensate returns. The work will also involve medical gas, piping and electrical.

$10,000,000      
Address: Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, at 501 N. Graham St. 
Applicant: Dave Guthrie of ZGF Architects
Owner: Centurion Foundation North Graham Street LLC
Contractor: Shelton Davis (Lease Crutcher Lewis)

Plans call for a tenant improvement for Medical Office Building 2’s surgery and sterile processing on the lower level, level 2 and the roof. The work will involve demolishing walls and adding new ones. The lower level will gain offices, a staff lounge and kitchenette, a supply equipment room, a clean prep and pack room, a clean storage room, an implant spec room, a clinic room, an electrical room, lifts 1 and 2 room, a physicians lounge, a break room, locker rooms with​ bathrooms and showers, a lactation room, a conference room, a supply room, and on-call rooms. The work on level 2 will involve reroofing a section and adding metal stairs with​ handrails. The roof will gain a mechanical platform. The work will also involve medical gas, ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

$12,000,000       
Address: 2910 N. Kerby Ave. 
Applicant: Dave Guthrie of ZGF Architects
Owner: Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center
Contractor: MacDonald Miller Facility Solutions LLC of Seattle

Plans call for a tenant improvement of the lower level of Legacy Emanuel’s west tower’s surgery department. The work will involve installing ductwork, grilles, diffusers, terminal units and fan coils. The work will also involve medical gas, piping and electrical.

$26,000,000       
Address: 2910 N. Kerby Ave. 
Applicant: Dave Guthrie of ZGF Architects
Owner: Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center
Contractor: Shelton Davis (Lease Crutcher Lewis)

Plans call for a tenant improvement of the lower level of Legacy Emanuel’s west tower’s surgery department. The work will involve minor demolition, a voluntary seismic upgrade, and construction of walls to create operating rooms, bathrooms, EVS rms, equipment storage rooms, a pharmacy, clean care areas, clean supply rooms, soiled workrooms, gas storage rooms, equipment rooms, an anesthesia supply room, clean cart staging space, a sterile supply room, a garbage room, a bio-med repair room, a tissue storage room, offices, a charge desk, and reception space. The work will also involve medical gas, ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

$2,755,110        
Address: Portland State University’s Richard & Maurine Neuberger Center, at 1600 S.W. Fourth Ave. 
Applicant: Matt Gall of Portland State University
Owner: PSU
Contractor: AirX LLC of Vancouver, Washington

Plans call for upgrading HVAC systems the penthouse for the penthouse and roof. There will be minor demolition as well as installation of a new exterior penthouse door. Finishes will be involved.

Facility Permit Intakes:

UNDER REVIEW
$657,868
Address: OHSU, at 2525 S.W. First Ave. 
Applicant: Hallie Ervin of OHSU 
Owner: Oregon Health & Science University
Contractor: Total Mechanical Inc. of Camas, Washington

Plans call for a tenant improvement on the first and second floors for the behavioral health education and adult psychiatry program. The work would involve installing ductwork, grilles, diffusers, water source heat pumps, piping and electrical.

UNDER REVIEW
$4,931,855
Address: OHSU, at 2525 S.W. First Ave. 
Applicant: Hallie Ervin of OHSU
Owner: Oregon Health & Science University
Contractor: Viking Engineering and Construction LLC of Gresham

Plans call for a tenant improvement on the first and second floors for the behavioral health education and adult psychiatry program. The work would involve demolishing walls and adding new ones. The first floor would gain classrooms, flex offices, a records room, and a learner/​resident hangout area. The second floor would gain classrooms, storage rooms, flex offices, testing offices, treatment rooms, exam rooms, offices, a reception room and waiting area, a bathroom, a lactation room, a copy/​printer room, a workroom, an electrical room, and collaboration areas. The work would also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

UNDER REVIEW
$869,430
Address: Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center, at 1015 N.W. 22nd Ave. 
Applicant: Marty Hale of Arctic Sheet Metal
Owner: Good Samaritan Hospital
Contractor: Arctic Sheet Metal

An HVAC upgrade on the seventh floor would involve installing ductwork, grilles, exhaust fans, dampers, filters and housing. The work would also involve piping and electrical.

Source: Portland Permitting & Development 

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