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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:

$750,000                
Address: 1211 S.E. Water Ave. 
Applicant: Sonya Nordstrom of Colas Construction
Owner: Steelhead Portland LLC of Newport Beach, California
Contractor: Colas Construction

Plans call for installation of truss girders.

$1,299,010                    
Address: 1701 N. Larrabee Ave.
Applicant: JP Spearman of Scott Edwards Architecture
Owner: not listed
Contractor: Matt Godt (Walsh Construction)

Plans call for repurposing MAX train cars, installing a new canopy structure and a restroom trailer, and performing associated site improvements.

UNDER INSPECTION
$675,000               
Address: 701 N.E. Columbia Blvd.
Applicant: Ben Mounce of Mackenzie
Owner: Portland Columbia Industrial Owner LLC of Plano, Texas
Contractor: John Banes (Sierra Construction of Woodinville, Washington)

The work for a new tenant would include providing motors for a dock entry and adding a demising wall to create an office area.

$2,118,603                   
Address: 1555 N. Tomahawk Island Drive
Applicant: Corinne Deger of RSP Architects of Minneapolis
Owner: Jantzen Beach Center 1767 LLC of Jericho, New York
Contractor: Colter Rodman (Skanska USA Building of Parsippany, New Jersey)

Plans call for modifying the building’s interior and exterior.

$2,000,000                    
Address: 1900 S.E. 117th Ave.
Applicant: Nathan Arnold of Faster Permits
Owner: School District No. 40
Contractor: Steve Malany (P&C Construction)

The Mill Park Elementary School building will be altered to accommodate HVAC upgrades.

UNDER INSPECTION
$2,275,454                     
Address: 1750 S. Harbor Way
Applicant: not listed
Owner: not listed
Contractor: Finnmark Property Services of Clackamas

Plans call for removing and replacing cladding on the building’s southeast and west sides and replacing waterproofing on the deck over garages under podium decking.

Building Permit Intakes:

UNDER REVIEW
$5,131,479               
Address: 10625 S.W. 35th Ave. 
Applicant: Carson Wagner of ZCS of Oregon City
Owner: School District No. 1 
Contractor: Tarkett Sports – Northwest of West Linn

Plans call for redeveloping Jackson Middle School’s track and field facility. The work would involve reconstructing the track, replacing the natural turf with a synthetic surface, and replacing football goal posts.

UNDER REVIEW
$500,000               
Address: 4035 S.E. 82nd Ave. 
Applicant: James Barwegen of Scott Edwards Architecture
Owner: Meals on Wheels People 
Contractor: Halbert Construction Services LLC of Vancouver, Washington

Plans call for adding fencing and gates around the west parking lot and creating a battery storage unit.

Facility Permits Issued:

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

Facility Permit Intakes:

UNDER REVIEW
$6,100,000              
Address: The Standard, at 1100 S.W. Sixth Ave. 
Applicant: Michael Leigland of GBD Architects
Owner: Standard Insurance Co. 
Contractor: Kevin Kelly (Fortis Construction)

Plans call for a tenant improvement to suit Standard Insurance on the sixth, seventh, eighth and 15th floors of the Standard Plaza building. The work would involve demolishing walls and adding new ones. Each floor would gain conference rooms, open collaboration areas, a break room/​area, a restroom, and a wellness room. The sixth floor would gain a training room, a joy factor area, and a catering kitchen. The seventh floor would gain offices and a workroom. The eighth floor would gain a huddle room, offices, an IT workroom/​lab, a printing room, a locker room, and an electrical room. The 15th floor would gain a breakout area, a waiting area, offices, a workroom, a coat closet, catering rooms, a catering prep room, and a reception area. The sixth, seventh and 15th floors would gain storage rooms. The restrooms and elevator lobbies on all floors would be remodeled, as would the printing rooms on the sixth and seventh floors. The work would also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

UNDER REVIEW
$1,015,714                
Address: 3830 S.E. 14th Ave. 
Applicant: Joanna Evenson of Portland Public Schools
Owner: School District No. 1 
Contractor: out to bid

Plans call for a seismic rehab of Winterhaven School’s cafeteria/gym. The work would involve performing minor demolition and seismically strengthening walls and the foundation. The work would also involve finishes, plumbing and electrical.

UNDER REVIEW
$926,907                 
Address: 2044 N.E. Killingsworth St. 
Applicant: Joanna Evenson of Portland Public Schools
Owner: School District No. 1 
Contractor: out to bid

Plans call for a seismic rehab of Vernon School’s cafeteria/gym. The work would involve performing minor demolition and seismically strengthening walls and the foundation. The work would also involve finishes, plumbing and electrical.

Source: Portland Permitting & Development 

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