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$2.4 million office renovation in Portland building permits | Aug. 3, 2026

By: Hilary Dorsey//August 3, 2026//

$2.4 million office renovation in Portland building permits | Aug. 3, 2026

Hilary Dorsey//August 3, 2026//

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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:

$509,924                           
Address: 2716 S.E. 26th Ave. 
Applicant: Kipp Knode of Tall Firs Building Company
Owner: Invisible LLC
Contractor: Tall Firs Building Company

Plans call for a change of occupancy from duplex to hotel on floors two and three, and a change to a restaurant and a common room on the ground floor. Other work will include trash and bike storage, an entry, a reception area and egress stairs. The restaurant is shell only on this permit; a separate tenant improvement is required prior to occupancy.


$750,000                            
Address: 4012 S.E. 17th Ave. 
Applicant: Aaron Webster of Convergence Architecture
Owner: TriMet
Contractor: McDonald & Wetle

Plans call for replacing the built-up roof with new fluid applied roofing.


Building Permit Intakes:

UNDER REVIEW
$1,425,000                          

Address: 1542 N.E. Weidler St. 
Applicant: Jon McAuley of Thunder Egg Collaborative
Owner: MG Axcess 15 Apartments LLC of San Diego 
Contractor: R&H Construction

A tenant improvement for a new daycare tenant would include demolition and additions of interior partitions and fixtures. The work would also involve structural improvements. Occupancy would change from business to institutional.


UNDER REVIEW
$2,046,899                           

Address: 7615 S.E. Milwaukie Ave. 
Applicant: Kendra Duong of Portland
Owners: Angela and Reuben Schug of Portland 
Contractor: Adam Hoesly (AF Hoesly Inc.)

Plans call for construction of a four-story, 15-unit apartment building with associated sitework.


UNDER REVIEW
$757,720                            

Address: 10538 S.E. Washington St. 
Applicant: Ken Yu of Kaly Construction & Design of Happy Valley
Owners: Plaza 205 Portland LLC of Santa Ana, California 
Contractor: out to bid

Improvements for a new tenant would create a commercial kitchen, with installation of equipment and construction of storage space and a walk-in cooler. Occupancy would partially change from business to storage.


UNDER REVIEW
$500,600                             

Address: 1901 N.W. Upshur St. 
Applicant: Leveretta Chen of CIDA Inc.
Owner: Dolan and Company LLC 
Contractor: out to bid

A tenant improvement would divide the warehouse into multiple tenant spaces. The work would include upgrading restrooms and creating new ramps for accessibility. Occupancy would change from low-hazard storage to moderate-hazard storage.


Facility Permits Issued:

$1,000,000                               
Address: Veterans Memorial Coliseum, at 300 N. Ramsay Way
Applicant: Nathan Arnold of Faster Permits
Owner: city of Portland
Contractor: not listed

A tenant improvement calls for upgrading the scoreboard to a center-hung display.


$1,700,000                               
Address: World Trade Center 3, at 26 S.W. Salmon St.
Applicant: Marisa O’Gorman of Bainbridge Design
Owner: 121 SW Salmon St Corp.
Contractor: Chris Holbrook Construction of Vancouver, Washington

Plans call for a tenant improvement on the second floor to suit Portland General Electric. The work will involve demolishing walls and building new ones to create restrooms, focus rooms, a coffee room, phone rooms, offices, huddle rooms, conference rooms, storage rooms, a storage/​plotter room, work rooms, an entry area, a vending room, a break room, an open huddle room, and open office areas. The work will also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.


Facility Permit Intakes: 

UNDER REVIEW
$632,000                          

Address: 1015 N.W. 22nd Ave. 
Applicant: Jaime Barajas of JRJ Architects of Beaverton
Owner: Good Samaritan Hospital 
Contractor: out to bid

Plans call for replacing operating room booms on the first floor of Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center. The work would involve minor demolition and remodels of operating rooms 1, 5, 10, 11, 12, 16 and 17 as well as installations of equipment. The work would also involve ceiling, finishes and electrical.


UNDER REVIEW
$2,492,999                           

Address: 2151 N.W. Savier St. 
Applicant: Sarah Wicke of Mackenzie
Owner: Cred Slabtown II LLC of Los Angeles 
Contractor: Kevin Kelly (Fortis Construction)

A tenant improvement on the fourth floor would suit Autodesk. Minor demolition and construction of new walls would create a staff room, phone rooms, open office areas, conference rooms, a kitchenette, storage rooms, quiet rooms, training rooms, a catering/​dishwashing room, restrooms, a wellness room, a lab, closets, a reception area, an audio-visual room, a support room, an elevator lobby, and a corridor. The work would also involve ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.


UNDER REVIEW
$985,225                            

Address: 1225 N.E. Second Ave. 
Applicant: Austin Cheadle of Total Mechanical Inc. of Camas, Washington
Owner: Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center 
Contractor: Total Mechanical Inc.

A tenant improvement on the first and fourth floors for Unity Center for Behavioral Health would involve installing ductwork, grilles, diffusers, chilled beams, terminal units, an electric steam humidifier, piping and electrical.


UNDER REVIEW
$1,250,000                             

Address: 4747 N. Channel Ave. 
Applicant: Sang Nguyen of Ankrom Moisan
Owner: Daimler Trucks North America LLC 
Contractor: out to bid

A tenant improvement would include a building reskin. The work would involve replacing exterior metal cladding and a storefront on the north elevation as well as finishes.


Source: Portland Permitting & Development 

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