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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:

$2,950,000  
Address: 1730 N.W. 14th Ave. 
Applicant: Cameron Allen of Deacon Construction
Owner: Weston Investment Co. LLC
Contractor: Deacon Construction

Plans call for construction of steel fireproofing.

$3,500,000         
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 demolition of the penthouse’s rooftop and roof framing infill to install rooftop mechanical equipment and accompanying structural support.

$3,643,460     
Address: 8661 N. Edison St.
Applicant: not listed
Owner: not listed
Contractor: Mark Grismer (Green Canopy NODE)

Plans call for construction of a four-story, 40-unit residential building (Edison Apartments).

Building Permit Intakes:

UNDER REVIEW
$875,000        
Address: Portland International Airport, at 7000 N.E. Airport Way
Applicant: Bradley Vaughan of Faster Permits
Owner: Port of Portland 
Contractor: Hoffman Skanska LLC of Parsippany, New Jersey

Plans call for construction of seismic anchorage for a switchgear.

UNDER REVIEW
$500,000         
Address: Trader Joe’s, at 4715 S.E. Cesar E Chavez Blvd.
Applicant: John Walker of Permit Advisors of Beverly Hills, California
Owner: Trader Joe’s of Monrovia, California 
Contractor: not listed

Plans call for remodeling the interior, replacing refrigerated cases, and shifting walls to enlarge the break room.

UNDER REVIEW
$1,683,253          
Address: Oregon Casket Building, at 403 N.W. Fifth Ave.
Applicant: Nicholas Papaefthimiou of Design Research Office
Owner: Oregon Casket LLC 
Contractor: Owen Gabbert (Owen Gabbert LLC)

An office-to-residential conversion would involve modifying the five-story former commercial building to hold 34 apartments. The ground floor would be partially retail space, a new mezzanine floor would hold residential units, and windows and doors throughout would be replaced.

Facility Permits Issued:

$1,354,034Ìý
Address: 38 Davis, at 38 N.W. Davis St. 
Applicant: Joshua Couette of MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions
Owner: UCP 38 Davis LLC of Seattle
Contractor: MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions of Seattle

Plans call for replacing rooftop HVAC equipment. The work will involve installing VRF units, piping, and electrical.

$1,200,000  
Address: Portland Community College Sylvania’s technology classroom building, at 12000 S.W. 49th Ave. 
Applicant: Christina Larson of Varitone Architecture of Albany
Owner: Portland Community College District
Contractor: Shelton Davis (Lease Crutcher Lewis)

A tenant improvement on the second floor will involve minor demolition and construction of walls to create a break room, offices, a printing area, an open office area, meeting rooms, a workroom, a prayer room, and more. The online computer learning room, general purpose classrooms and central atrium will be remodeled. The work will also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

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

Work to suit the behavioral health and adult psychiatry department on the first and second floors will involve installing ductwork, grilles, diffusers, water-source heat pumps, piping and electrical.

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

Work to suit the behavioral health and adult psychiatry department on the first and second floors will involve demolishing walls and adding new ones. The first floor will gain classrooms, flex offices, a records room, and a learner/​resident hangout area. The second floor will 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 will also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

$869,430Ìý
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

Plans call for an HVAC upgrade on the seventh floor. The work will involve installing ductwork, grilles, exhaust fans, dampers, filters and housing, piping and electrical.

$500,000  
Address: Portland International Airport, at 7000 N.E. Airport Way
Applicant: Samantha Aleo of DESIGN+BUILD
Owner: Port of Portland
Contractor: Don Snair (DESIGN+BUILD)

Plans call for work to suit for first-time tenant Straightaway Cocktails on the enplaning and deplaning levels. There will be minor demolition and construction of walls to create a back-of-house area, a bar area and a seating area. The work will also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

Facility Permit Intakes:

UNDER REVIEW
$750,000        
Address: Veterans Memorial Coliseum, at 300 N. Ramsay Way
Applicant: Eric Hayward of Howard S. Wright
Owner: city of Portland
Contractor: not listed

Seating improvements will include construction of nonstructural metal framing on three floors.

UNDER REVIEW
$1,434,211   
Address: 621 S.W. Fifth Ave. 
Applicant: Philip Koumvakalis of Milrose Consultants of Beverly Hills, California
Owner: EOSII/SB Portland LLC of Newport Beach, California
Contractor: out to bid

Plans call for work to suit first-time tenant Bank of America. Exterior work would involve replacing the storefront. Interior work would involve demolishing walls and adding new ones to create an electrical room, a storage room, a janitorial closet, a break room, a wellness room, restrooms, a waiting area, central zones, offices, an ATM vestibule, an ATM room, a storage room, a network equipment room, a CSR area, a UCC room, and a work room. Concrete stairs with​ handrails, a glass guardrail, a vertical lift with a​ glass enclosure and ATMs would be constructed. The work would also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

Source: Portland Permitting & Development 

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