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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:

$506,000   
Address: 7598 N.W. St. Helens Road
Applicant: Timothy Ferguson of Norwest Engineering
Owner: Northwest Natural Gas Co.
Contractor: Bill Grassl (Harder Mechanical Contractors)

Plans call for construction of a rain shelter and installation of electrical equipment.

$12,909,848          
Address: 3064 N.W. Front Ave.
Applicant: Timothy Cooke of LEVER Architecture
Owner: Port of Portland
Contractor: Jim Conway (ASI Structures)

Plans call for construction of an approximately 14,130-square-foot acoustic testing facility for the University of Oregon on a leased site. The emphasis will be on mass-timber construction assemblies. There will be a testing chamber, office space, storage areas, an exterior loading area, a parking lot, and associated site work.

$650,000      
Address: property within the 97212 zip code
Applicant: Suzannah Stanley of Mackenzie
Owner: Pacific Power & Light Co.
Contractor: Riverline Power LLC of La Center, Washington

Plans call for demolishing a building at an electrical substation. A special soils inspection is required. The work will involve removing all foundations and debris.

Building Permit Intakes:

UNDER REVIEW
$5,750,000         
Address: 7124 N. Marine Drive
Applicant: Jacob Wadkins of Haskell
Owner: Ajinomoto Foods North America of Ontario, California 
Contractor: The Haskell Company of Jacksonville, Florida

Plans call for construction of a metal canopy with equipment underneath as well as prefabricated buildings to connect with an existing tank.

UNDER REVIEW
$5,713,451         
Address: 1900 S.W. Fourth Ave., Unit 0
Applicant: Joseph Wuest of Portland State University
Owner: Urban Center Condominium Association
Contractor: Steve Paschal (Balfour Beatty Construction of Dallas, Texas)

Plans call for replacing a standby turbine generator and associated equipment with a new standby diesel generator. The work would also involve replacing a day tank and fuel pump skid on the lower level as well as installing a new catwalk system and performing structural upgrades.

UNDER REVIEW
$750,000           
Address: property on North River Street (within the 97227 zip code)
Applicant: Kelsey Harpham of WSP
Owner: state of Oregon
Contractor: out to bid

Plans call for installing an above-ground water quality structure and reconnecting to the stormwater system.

Facility Permits Issued:

FINAL
$650,398Ìý
Address: 4380 S. Macadam Ave. 
Applicant: Brandon Hansen of LRS Architects
Owner: 2021-FL4 River Forum LLC of Minneapolis
Contractor: Chris Holbrook Construction of Vancouver, Washington

A tenant improvement on the fifth floor will involve demolishing walls and adding new ones to create a conference room, offices, a break room, an entry area, an IT/​storage room, a wellness room, phone rooms, and an open office area. Existing offices will be remodeled. The work will also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

Facility Permit Intakes:

UNDER REVIEW
$538,000         
Address: 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 building’s first floor to suit OHSU’s child and adolescent psychiatry department. The work would involve installing ductwork, grilles, diffusers, water-source heat pumps, plumbing and electrical.

UNDER REVIEW
$3,743,239    
Address: 2525 S.W. First Ave. 
Applicant: Hallie Ervin of OHSU
Owner: Oregon Health and Science University
Contractor: Viking Engineering + Construction of Gresham

Plans call for a tenant improvement on the building’s first floor to suit OHSU’s child and adolescent psychiatry department. The work would involve demolishing walls and adding new ones to create a waiting area, reception space, offices, a copy/​printer room, bathrooms, exam rooms, a soiled room, a clean room, a storage room, a testing room, a therapy room, observation rooms, a toy storage room, backup space, an OW stimulation room, a group therapy room, a library room, trainee rooms, and a staff lounge. The work would also involve ceilings, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

UNDER REVIEW
$4,000,000    
Address: Fox Tower, at 805 S.W. Broadway
Applicant: Taylor Pasic of GBD Architects
Owner: Fox Tower Building LLC
Contractor: Shelton Davis (Lease Crutcher Lewis)

A tenant improvement for Ferguson Wellman would involve demolishing walls and adding new ones. The 20th floor would gain a wellness room, offices, an entry area, and a break room. The 21st floor would include offices, open office areas, focus rooms, conference rooms, a server room, a copy room, a coat room, a reception/​waiting area, and a guest kitchen. Also, an operable partition wall and wood handrail would be installed, and the elevator lobby would be remodeled. The work would also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

Source: Portland Permitting & Development 

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