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A weekly list of highlights from commercial land use review activity in Portland by Permitting & Development in the prior week.

Type 2 procedure (design review with modifications) – pending                                     
Address: North Williams Avenue (within the 97227 zip code)
Applicant: Ashley Koger of LEVER Architecture 
Owner: Black Business Hub LLC

). Plans call for construction of a three-story, 21,646-square-foot building featuring cross-laminated timber. It’s expected to hold retail space on the ground floor, office space on the second floor, and a community gathering room and outdoor terrace on the third floor. The 25,780-square-foot project site is bounded by North Williams Avenue on the east and North Russell Street on the south. There will be one level of underground parking.

Early assistance – pending                                   
Address: 550 N.W. Sixth Ave.
Applicant: Guy Benn of TriMet 
Owners: TriMet and Transportation Realty Income Partners LP of Wilmington, Delaware

The proposal is for a new bus layover space with operator facilities to accommodate TriMet 40-foot and 60-foot vehicles. The work would involve demolishing an obsolete ticketing hall and baggage handling buildings. New construction would include site fencing, lighting and security as well as a temporary 1,800-2,400-square-foot modular building with break space and restrooms for operators, and a TriMet security office. Permanent TriMet facilities would come with the future high-density transient-oriented development. Surface parking at the north end of the site would remain during the interim period.

Early assistance – pending                                   
Address: Northeast Alberta Street (within the 97211 zip code)
Applicant: Chris Hodney of Wilsonville 
Owners: Richard D. Wambold Family Credit Shelter Trust of Spokane Valley, Washington and Shirley M. Wambold Trust of Spokane Valley, Washington

Plans call for construction of a two-story, mixed-use building with more than 11,500 square feet and associated site and right-of-way improvements. There would be retail space (mercantile and food and beverage) on the ground floor and offices and/or live-work units on the second floor.

Early assistance – application                                    
Address: Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (within the 97212 zip code)
Applicant: Gabe Dominek of Deca Architecture 
Owner: Graham Street LLC

Plans call for constructing a new, fully sprinklered building on an approximately 11,340-square-foot, corner-block lot on the west side of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at Graham Street. The building is proposed as a secure residential treatment facility licensed by the Oregon Health Authority. It will hold 24 resident beds, counselor offices, common areas, single-user bathrooms and an outdoor common area. Four parking stalls will remain with one becoming an ADA stall. The trash enclosure will remain, and a reworked stormwater facility will be shared with the adjacent lot per easement agreements.

Early assistance – pending                                     
Address: 6161 N.W. 61st Ave.
Applicant: Sebrina Nelson of Metro 
Owner: Metro

Plans call for replacing a temporary stormwater treatment system with a permanent system. The work would include demolition of a concrete pad and construction of a reinforced concrete pad within the same footprint, and construction of an additional reinforced concrete pad to support the treatment system equipment (steel weir tanks, treatment connections, a backwash tank, and filtration units). Also, landscaped areas disturbed by the expansion of the permanent system footprint would be relocated.

Early assistance – pending                                     
Address: 407 N.W. 17th Ave.
Applicant: Isaac Johnson of MWA Architects 
Owner: NW 17th LLC of Everett, Washington

A new affordable housing building is proposed. The building configuration is preliminary and may range from four to six stories, with approximately 66 to 123 apartments.

Source: Portland Permitting & Development 

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