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:

$1,800,000 ����
Address: Portland Art Museum, at 1219 SW Park Ave.
Applicant: Carlee Quiles of Mortenson��
Owner: Portland Art Museum
Contractor: Nate Gundrum (Mortenson)

Plans call for metal cladding.

$1,600,000��
Address: 342 SE Caruthers St.
Applicant: Andrew Brorson of Bearing Architecture��
Owner: Oregon Museum of Science & Industry
Contractor:��Colas Construction

Plans call for a renovation to an existing warehouse building. The work includes removing and adding interior partitions, doors, roof patching and restrooms. It also includes a new egress door, skylight and prefab stairs. Work will involve demolition of a portion of the mezzanine floor. Sitework involves restriping the parking lot to add accessible parking, new trees, a new pedestrian pathway to entry and vegetation for screening. It will also include demolition of exterior canopies and columns.

$1,500,000 ����
Address: David Douglas High School, at 1001 SE 135th Ave.
Applicant: Nathan Arnold of Faster Permits��
Owner: School District No. 40��
Contractor: Pence Contractors of Lake Oswego

A value-added revision includes structural upgrades to the mezzanines.

$1,140,000 ����
Address: 8101 N Marine Drive
Applicant: Bradlee Hersey of Faster Permits��
Owner: Port of Portland
Contractor: Kerr Contractors Oregon LLC of Woodburn

Plans for Port of Portland, Terminal 6 include a flexible storage project, including mill and inlay, pavement reconstruction around the existing pump station, installation of catch basins and a stormwater line, pavement striping, installation of new lighting on existing light poles, installation of a new light pole, installation of a new electrical duct bank, removal of existing transformers and miscellaneous electrical equipment, installation of new transformers and installation of a bollard protection system for new transformers.

$875,000 �� ��
Address: 515 N Schmeer Road
Applicant: Karen Zaccaro of Stantec of Los Angeles��
Owner: Prologis LP of Denver
Contractor: Bergman KPRS LLC of Brea, California

A tenant improvement for an existing tenant will involve building out the pharmacy space within the existing warehouse. Work includes removing one parking stall and installing a generator on the parking lot. It will also involve joist reinforcement for a Remote Terminal Unit.

$670,000 �� ����
Address: Portland International Airport, at 7000 NE Airport Way
Applicant: Chad Charvat of Faster Permits��
Owner: Port of Portland
Contractor: Hoffman Skanska

Plans call for captive hook interior wall glazing (Phase 2).

��$1,129,281 �� ����
Address: 3823 NE Glisan St.
Applicant: Angela Crooks of��SĀJ Architecture��
Owner: All Saints Catholic Church of Portland
Contractor: Bremik Construction Inc.

Plans call for an interior remodel to the existing gym space. Work includes converting adjacent locker rooms into restrooms, relocating a drinking fountain and replacing non-code compliant stair handrails.

��Building Permit Intakes:

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$800,000��
Address: 4636 N Albina Ave.
Applicant: Bill Smith of QSR and R LLC of Annapolis, Maryland
Owner: Archie Perry of Las Vegas��
Contractor: out to bid

Plans call for a tenant improvement for a new dog daycare tenant. Interior work would include a reception area, a break room, dog playrooms, grooming space and a laundry room. Exterior work includes a new outdoor play area.

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$556,295 ��
Address: 338 NW 23rd Ave.
Applicant: Mike Coyle of Faster Permits��
Owner: GM 23HQ LLC��
Contractor: out to bid

Plans call for a tenant improvement for a new furniture showroom. Work would involve interior demolition and adding new partition walls to create showrooms and a restroom.

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$600,000��
Address: 3366 NW Yeon Ave.
Applicant: Alexa Sebastian of Environmental Resources Management��
Owner: Solenis LLC of Addison, Texas
Contractor: H30 Inc. of Albany

Plans call for installing two bulk storage tanks for non-hazardous defoamer chemicals.

Facility Permits Issued:

$48,977,407��
Address: Providence Portland Medical Center, at 4805 NE Glisan St.��
Applicant: Sharolyn Kinneman of ZGF Architects��
Owner: Providence Health & Services-Oregon of Renton, Washington
Contractor: Kevin Kelly (Fortis Construction Inc.)

Work on the North Pavilion Cancer Center’s 9-10 floors will involve demolition of walls and add new walls to create staff rooms, patient rooms, restrooms, a family room, corridors, nourish rooms, work rooms, linen rooms, soiled utility rooms, clean supply rooms, storage rooms, medications rooms, sink and equipment alcoves, staff break/​locker rooms, offices, housekeeping rooms, conference/​education rooms, a linen chute, family zone rooms, elevator lobbies, an equipment storage room and electrical rooms. The ninth floor will include an on-call room. The 10th floor will include a lactation room, a training room, a Distributed Antenna System room, ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

$3,006,825 �� ��
Address: Providence Portland Medical Center, at 4805 NE Glisan St.��
Applicant: Sharolyn Kinneman of ZGF Architects
Owner: Providence Health & Services-Oregon of Renton, Washington
Contractor: Deb Han (Alliant Systems LLC)

Work on the North Pavilion Cancer Center’s 9-10 floors will involve installing exhaust fans, terminal units, hot water reheat coils, chilled water fan coils, ductwork, diffusers, grilles, medical gas and piping.

$1,150,000
Address: 26 SW Salmon St.
Applicant: Renee Snyder of Bainbridge Design
Owner: 121 SW Salmon St. Corp.
Contractor: Chris Holbrook Construction LLC of Vancouver, Washington

A tenant improvement of the first floor will involve minor demolition and adding new walls to create a breakroom, conference rooms, a collaboration lounge, phone rooms, a catering area, a quiet work room, a copy room, storage rooms, training rooms, a mothers’ room, an open-office area, ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

$7,500,000 �� ����
Address: Standard Plaza, at 1100 SW 6th Ave.��
Applicant: Michael Leigland of GBD Architects
Owner: Standard Insurance Co.
Contractor: Matt Godt (Walsh Construction Co.)

A tenant improvement will involve a redesign of floors 3-5. Work will involve demolition of walls and adding new walls. The third and fifth floors will include lobby areas, training rooms, storage rooms, conference rooms, bathrooms, a wellness room, a break area and open-office areas. The fourth floor will include a reception area, a lounge area, a pantry, conference rooms, bathrooms, a wellness room, storage rooms, a print room, a workplace possibilities experience area, open-office areas, ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

$775,000 �� ����
Address: Standard Plaza, at 1100 SW 6th Ave.��
Applicant: Michael Leigland of GBD Architects
Owner: Standard Insurance Co.
Contractor: Hunter Davisson Inc.

A tenant improvement will involve a redesign of floors 3-5. Work will involve installing ductwork, grilles, diffusers, terminal units, an exhaust fan and electrical.

Facility Permit Intakes:

UNDER REVIEW
$2,219,000��
Address: 1455 NW Irving St.
Applicant: Aaron Benson of GBD Architects��
Owner: LPF Pearl West LLC of Chicago
Contractor: Steve Paschal (Balfour Beatty Construction)

A tenant improvement of the floors 8-9 would involve demolition of walls and addition of new walls. The eighth floor will include open-office areas, offices, conference rooms, phone rooms, lounges, a production alcove, storage rooms, a coat room, an MDF room, an IT workroom, a wellness room, huddle rooms, a reception area and a breakroom. The ninth floor will include open-office areas, offices, conference rooms, a production alcove, storage rooms, a coat room, an IDF room, a wellness room, collaboration rooms, a breakroom, a huddle room, a training room, ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

UNDER REVIEW
$835,900��
Address: Veterans Memorial Coliseum, at 300 N Ramsay Way
Applicant: Dave Bateman of Viking Sprinklers��
Owner: city of Portland
Contractor: not listed

A tenant improvement would involve adding a new fire pump and sprinklers to the existing building, adding and relocating sprinklers for tenant improvements on the event level.

UNDER REVIEW
$800,000��
Address:��OHSU Hospital, at 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road
Applicant: Marcus Morgan of PKA Architects
Owner: Oregon State Board of Higher Education
Contractor: out to bid

Plans call for an HVAC upgrade on the 15th floor of the A Wing. Work would involve installing air handling units, return fans and electrical.

UNDER REVIEW
$ 7,480,780��
Address: 1825 SW Broadway
Applicant: Matthew Gall of Portland State University��
Owner:��Portland State University
Contractor: Adan Vazquez (Swinerton Builders Inc.)

Plans call for HVAC upgrades on all floors. Work would involve demolition of stairs, installation of new walls to create a mechanical shaft, ceiling, flooring, finishes, plumbing and electrical.

UNDER REVIEW
$4,407,531 ��
Address: 1825 SW Broadway
Applicant: Matthew Gall of Portland State University��
Owner:��Portland State University
Contractor: Total Mechanical Inc. of Camas, Washington

Plans call for HVAC upgrades on all floors. Work would involve installing ductwork, grilles, air handling units, a condensate return unit, an air separator, a sump pump, pumps, a steam-to-water heat exchanger, an expansion tank, split system fan coils, an exhaust fan, condensing units, heat pump, terminal units and electrical.

UNDER REVIEW
$1,000,000��
Address: 14300 N Columbia Blvd.��
Applicant: Jennifer Martinez of Submittal Services of Covina, California
Owner: Port of Portland
Contractor: out to bid

A tenant improvement would involve installing high pile racking with a max height of 30 feet, 4 inches.

Source: Portland Permitting & Development��

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With aging office buildings trading at discounts because of high vacancies, developers have opportunities to invest in conversions of buildings into housing, education facilities, hotels, life science centers, and health clinics, according to a published by Gensler late last year.

The surplus of outdated office buildings and the flight of office users out of many cities has led to a boom in such projects, according to the firm. The adaptive reuse boom is poised to create valuable new real estate, Maurice Reid, office managing director in Gensler’s Portland office, stated in an email. Creative conversions could include retail to health care, retail to sports, office to senior living, and office to science labs, according to Gensler.

“While conversions have been discussed a lot over the last year, conversations have shifted to alternative options for these transformations, especially considering the challenging policies that make such conversions more cost-prohibitive,” Reid stated.

Permits issued in Portland from January 2024 through April 2025 led to completed conversions such as an office space to an ice cream shop at 3987 N. Mississippi Ave.; a vacant athletic facility to a retail store at 9312 S.E. Stark St.; a tattoo shop to a comedy club at 1510 S.E. Ninth Ave.; an open office space to a pickleball area at 2201 N.E. Lloyd Center (suite F); and an auto repair shop to a food court and bar at 16116 N.E. Halsey St.

Conversions in the works include a billiard hall to a coffee shop at 8435 S.E. Powell Blvd.; a chiropractic clinic to a restaurant at 7834 S.E. 13th Ave.; and an office to a coffee shop at 4826 N.E. 105th Ave.

Converting offices into residential spaces holds promise, Reid stated. But there is a growing concern about what to do with buildings that are not suitable for housing and will not recover as office spaces, he added.

“It’s worth exploring how former courthouses, grand bank buildings, and historic public structures — no longer serving their original purposes — could be repurposed into recreation centers, sports facilities, and community hubs, offering new ways for people to connect with and engage in their cities,” Reid stated.

Old courthouses with large internal courtyards could be covered with glass roofs, creating indoor atriums that house climbing walls, racquet courts, and multipurpose recreational areas, Reid stated. Other new uses could include cafes, lounges and social gathering areas.

Gensler is seeing a significant number of office-to-residential conversions happening on the East Coast, where seismic upgrades are not required.

The Oregon Casket Building and the Falcon Building are the first two office-to-residential conversions that have been issued permits and remain on track for completion, Portland Permitting & Development spokesperson Ken Ray stated in an email.

A project team plans to convert the Oregon Casket Building, at 403 N.W. Fifth Ave. in Old Town, into a 25,000-square-foot mixed-use building with 34 residential units and retail space. The exterior scope of work would be limited to replacing windows and doors and reconstructing the storefront along Fifth Avenue. Design Research Office is the project designer. Construction is expected to start in January 2026 and finish around March 2027.

The Falcon Building, at 321 N.W. Glisan St., previously held 85,500 square feet of office space. It’s set to become 59 units of middle-income housing. In January, the project team submitted a building permit request. The permit intake was approved by Portland Permitting & Development, but fees must be paid prior to review. The project’s design is by Brett Schulz, Architect PC.

Portland City Council in March 2023 passed incentives for building conversions. One exempts developers of office-to-residential building conversions from paying system development charges (SDCs). This exemption applies to conversion of an office building to residential use when a required seismic upgrade is completed as part of the process. The city will cover up to $3 million in SDCs or the cost of the seismic upgrade, whichever is lower.

A second incentive amends the seismic design requirements for office-to-residential conversions to meet the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 41-BPOE (Basic Performance Objective for Existing Buildings) standard, which is for life safety – enabling occupants of a building to exit it safely following a major earthquake. The change could ensure feasibility for some projects.

Also, a city initiative to boost housing development is under consideration in Portland. The proposed ordinance would waive SDCs until either 5,000 housing units are built or three years pass. The proposal will go before the Revenue Committee in early June and then the��Portland City Council.

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