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$8.3 million apartment upgrades in Portland building permits | Dec. 22, 2025

By: Hilary Dorsey//December 22, 2025//

$8.3 million apartment upgrades in Portland building permits | Dec. 22, 2025

Hilary Dorsey//December 22, 2025//

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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:

$8,300,000 Ìý ÌýÌý
Address: Rose Schnitzer Tower Apartments, 1430 SW 12th Ave.
Applicant: Charles Kidwell of Leeb Architects
Owner: Cedar Sinai Park-Clay Tower Apartments Limited Partnership
Contractor: R&H Construction Co.

Plans call for various accessibility and building code upgrades in apartment units and common spaces, as well as landscaping.


$800,000 Ìý Ìý Ìý
Address: 1001 SE 135th Ave.Ìý
Applicant: Nathan Arnold of Faster Permits
Owner: David Douglas School District
Contractor: Pence Contractors of Lake Oswego

Plans call for a new bike shelter, screening for trash and mechanical, fencing and landscaping.


$1,450,000 Ìý ÌýÌý
Address: 125 NE Alberta St.Ìý
Applicant: Connor Davies of Scott Edwards Architecture
Owner: Alberta Art House LLC of Newport Beach, California
Contractor: Owen Gabbert (Owen Gabbert LLC)

Plans call for a new three-story, four-unit affordable housing apartment building with detached trash enclosure and associated site works.


$1,450,000 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Address: 5015 NE Mallory Ave.Ìý
Applicant: Connor Davies of Scott Edwards Architecture
Owner: Alberta Art House LLC of Newport Beach, California
Contractor: Owen Gabbert (Owen Gabbert LLC

Plans call for a new three-story, four-unit affordable housing apartment building with a detached trash enclosure and associated site works.


Ìý$500,000Ìý
Address: Trader Joe’s, 4715 SE Cesar E Chavez Blvd.Ìý
Applicant: John Walker of Permit Advisors of Beverly Hills, California
Owner: Trader Joe’s Company of Monrovia, California
Contractor: PSR West Coast Builders Inc. of Lafayette, California

Plans call for an interior remodel, replacement of refrigerated cases and shifting of walls to enlarge the break room.


Ìý$640,000 Ìý
Address: 1730 NW 14th Ave.Ìý
Applicant: Cameron Allen of Deacon Construction
Owner: Weston Investment Co. LLC
Contractor: Deacon Construction

Plans call for level 2 to level 6 windows attachments.


Building Permit Intakes:

UNDER REVIEW
$2,000,000 Ìý

Address: Mill Park Elementary School, 1900 SE 117th Ave.Ìý
Applicant: Nathan Arnold of Faster Permits
Owner: School District No. 40Ìý
Contractor: not listed

Plans call for alterations to the existing school building to accommodate HVAC upgrades.


UNDER REVIEW
$950,000 Ìý ÌýÌý

Address: 12005 N. Burgard Road
Applicant: Norwest Engineering
Owner: Northwest Pipe Co. of Vancouver, WashingtonÌý
Contractor: High Caliber Millwrights and Crane Services Inc. of Seaside

Plans call for installing a new concrete mixing batch plant and foundation.


UNDER REVIEW
$520,000 Ìý ÌýÌý

Address: 418 SW 2nd Ave.Ìý
Applicant: Matt Johnson of KPFF
Owner: Front & Pine LLCÌý
Contractor: Jarrod Fogle (Walen Construction of Wilsonville)

Plans call for demolition of the existing building, including the basement.


Facility Permits Issued:

$3,000,000 Ìý
Address: Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.Ìý
Applicant: Eric Crandall of Metro
Owner: Metro
Contractor: PHK Construction

Plans call for work on door access controls on two floors. The work will involve minor demolition, installation of access controls to doors, finishes and electrical.


$733,122 ÌýÌý
Address: 2910 N. Kerby Ave.Ìý
Applicant: Darren Janeck of Lease Crutcher Lewis
Owner: Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center
Contractor: not listed

Plans call for a tenant improvement of Legacy Health’s west tower surgery department on the lower level. It will involve non-structural metal framing. A $660,000 alteration permit was also issued for the work.


$610,000 ÌýÌý
Address: 650 NE Holladay St.Ìý
Applicant: Kelly Tarnasky of Mackenzie
Owner: Liberty Centre Owner LLC of Los Angeles
Contractor: Kevin Bartel Contracting Inc. of Gladstone

Plans call for landlord work on the eighth floor. The work will involve demolition of walls and adding new walls to create a reception area, a conference room, a coffee room, offices, a server room, an open office area, ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.


Ìý$3,743,239 Ìý Ìý
Address: OHSU Intercultural Psychiatric Program, 2525 SW 1st Ave.Ìý
Applicant: Hallie Ervin of OHSU
Owner: Oregon Health & Science University
Contractor: Viking Engineering and Construction

A tenant improvement of child and adolescent psychiatry on the first floor will involve demolition of walls and adding new walls to create a waiting area, a reception, offices, a copy/​printer room, bathrooms, exam rooms, a soiled room, a clean room, a storage room, a testing room, an observation room, a therapy room, observation rooms, a toy storage room, backup space, a low stimulation room, a group therapy room, a library room, trainee rooms, a staff lounge, ceilings, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.


Ìý$538,000 Ìý ÌýÌý
Address: OHSU Intercultural Psychiatric Program, 2525 SW 1st Ave.Ìý
Applicant: Hallie Ervin of OHSU
Owner: Oregon Health & Science University
Contractor: Total Mechanical Inc. of Camas, Washington

A tenant improvement of child and adolescent psychiatry on the first floor will involve installing ductwork, grilles, diffusers, water source heat pumps, plumbing and electrical.


Ìý$4,000,000 Ìý Ìý Ìý
Address: 805 SW Broadway
Applicant: Taylor Pasic of GBD Architects
Owner: Fox Tower Building LLC
Contractor: Shelton Davis (Lease Crutcher Lewis)

A tenant improvement for Ferguson Wellman will involve demolition of walls and adding new walls. The 20th floor will include a wellness room, offices, an entry area and a breakroom. The 21st floor will 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. It will involve installing an operable partition wall and a wood handrail. It will also involve remodeling the elevator lobby, ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.


ÌýFacility Permit Intakes:

UNDER REVIEW
$4,700,000 Ìý

Address: 3556 NW Front Ave.Ìý
Applicant: Bradlee Hersey of Faster Permits
Owner: Port of PortlandÌý
Contractor: out to bid

Plans for Port of Portland’s Terminal 2 would involve soil improvements to install a deep soil mixing buttress in previous timber impacted areas.


UNDER REVIEW
$2,100,000 Ìý

Address: Portland International Airport, 7000 NE Airport Way
Applicant: Bradlee Hersey of Faster Permits
Owner: Port of PortlandÌý
Contractor: not listed

A tenant improvement of the terminal east elevation revolving door rehabilitation would involve a value-added revision. Work on the exterior would involve remodeling additional entries on the deplaning level, replacing revolving doors, cladding, waterproofing, ceiling, flooring, finishes and electrical.


UNDER REVIEW
$714,678 Ìý

Address: Providence Portland Medical Center, 4805 NE Glisan St.Ìý
Applicant: Aaron Hawkins of JRJ Architects of Beaverton
Owner: Providence Health & Services-Oregon of Renton, Washington
Contractor: Kevin Kelly (Fortis Construction Inc.)

A dishwasher replacement would involve demolition of walls. The third floor would include a new shaft wall. The second, fourth and fifth floors would include a new access hatch, ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.


UNDER REVIEW
$994,300Ìý

Address: Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center, 1015 NW 22nd Ave.Ìý
Applicant: not listed
Owner: not listedÌý
Contractor: Arctic Sheet Metal Inc.

Plans call for a fire smoke damper update on four out of five floors. The work would involve ductwork, dampers and electrical.


UNDER REVIEW
$510,000 Ìý

Address: 3200 NW Yeon Ave.Ìý
Applicant: not listed
Owner: not listedÌý
Contractor: Kevin Kelly (Fortis Construction Inc.)

Plans for Fidelity National Title’s plaza level and mezzanine would involve demolition of walls and adding new walls. The plaza level would include offices and a storage room. The plaza level would involve remodeling offices, the open office area, the break room, the work room and the reception area. The mezzanine level would include offices, a conference room, a vestibule, a restroom, a break room, an open office area, ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.


Source: Portland Permitting & DevelopmentÌý

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