A Northwest Portland building previously used by a commercial flooring company is being renovated to become the new headquarters of Sunshine Division, which provides food and clothing to people in need. Crews began work earlier this month and are expected to finish next spring.

Mackenzie is the project architect and R&H Construction is the general contractor. Construction is estimated to wrap up by March 1.

The total project cost is estimated at $11.75 million and includes acquisition, the remodel, equipment, and debt. Sunshine Division still needs to raise about $3.5 million. The project is 100 percent funded by individual private donors and local companies.

The approximately 39,000-square-foot building, at 2121 N.W. Front Ave., will serve as the nonprofit’s headquarters, a volunteer center, and a distribution site. Slightly less than half will be office space; the rest will be warehouse space.

Sunshine Division will move out of the building at 687 N. Thompson St. next year, said Kyle Camberg, the nonprofit’s executive director. The building, constructed in 1929, has served the organization for nearly 50 years. A local family that owns a few warehouses has already purchased the building; Sunshine Division is leasing it until the new headquarters is ready.

“It’s a very humble, old warehouse that we made do of because we had to,” Camberg said.

Sunshine Division also owns a food pantry at 12436 S.E. Stark St. That eight-year-old facility will remain open.

Since 2020, Sunshine Division has located its growing warehouse operations in vacant grocery store space (for free, thanks to Safeway/Albertsons) – first in Northeast Portland and currently in Wilsonville – while looking for a permanent facility. The nonprofit bought the Northwest Portland building late last year from Floor Solutions – the owner and primary tenant – for $7.9 million, Camberg said.

The renovation includes work to tailor the warehouse for the organization’s needs, make it more public-facing, and remodel office space. Planned upgrades for the facility include new racking and forklifts, cold storage units and modest finishes to existing offices and spaces that will hold the food pantry and volunteer area.

There was some demolition of partition walls. Currently, racking is being installed, and cold storage space is being constructed.

“T��� portion that is standard corporate offices will pretty much remain that for our staff,” Camberg said. “We’re also making a volunteer welcome center.”

The welcome center will be named after longtime volunteer Bud Lewis, who died a few years ago. This area will provide space for volunteers to store their bags and enjoy coffee.

The last portion of the work will be updating the lobby space into an open area for the public to check in and place orders.

The new warehouse will provide a 140 percent increase in food storage capacity, according to Sunshine Division. The downtown property will have vehicle parking and be easily accessible via transit. Multiple loading docks will allow for efficient food intake and distribution to community partners. Also, the site can accommodate future expansion if needed.

The past five years have proved how critical this facility is to the city, Camberg said, noting that the organization continues to see extraordinary spikes in need of emergency food.

“We’re super appreciative of everyone who has helped get us this far,” he said.

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Project name: Splash

Location: Portland

Completion: November 2024

Size: 335,000 square feet

Owners/Developers: Security Properties, MetLife Investment Management

Architect: Mithun

Interior Designer: Bumgardner

Engineers: SSF Engineers, Tapani Plumbing, Patriot Fire Protection

General Contractor: R&H Construction

Submitting Company: R&H Construction

Other Key Participants: GTG Consultants, Marx/Okubo & Associates, City of Portland – Bureau of Planning and Sustainability and Bureau of Development Services, City of Portland Permitting & Development, Radler White Parks & Alexander

Subcontractors: Academy Specialties, A-Cut Above Concrete Cutting, A-Line Asphalt Maintenance, Alpha Construction, American Trash Management, Anderson Pool Works, Anderson Sandblasting, Architextures dba DLM, Authority Dock and Door, Bergelectric, BrightService Cleaning, Brix Paving Northwest, Builder Services Group dba JB Insulation, Builder’s Appliance Supply (BASCO), Canby Consulting, Concrete Inspection Services, Concreteworks Studio, Construction Specialties, CPC Equipment, Dallas Glass, DCI Engineers, Desert Sage WalL Systems, Dorothy Tester Sales, Eagle Striping Service, Frontier Door and Cabinets, Geopier Northwest, Graffiti Removal Services, Hills Wet Blasting, Interior Technology, Intuitive Engineering, IRS Environmental of Portland, Jack’s Overhead Door, Kent Crane Inspection Services, Klinger Masonry, Konell Construction & Demolition, LaRusso Concrete, Marion Construction, McDonald & Wetle, Mid-Valley, Morrow Equipment, Mt. Hood Steel & Wood, NessCampbell Crane, Northwest Scaffold Service, Ocean Park Mechanical, Oregon Commercial Painters, Pacific Excavation, Pacific Foundation, Pacific Green Protection, Pacific Stone Installers, Parker Concrete, Patriot Fire Protection, Paulson Floor Coverings, Pavement Maintenance, Performance Contracting, Pioneer Millworks, Pioneer Sheet Metal, Portland Fasteners, Proclean, Railpro of Oregon, Rapid Response Bio-Clean, Red Dog Fabrication, River City Environmental, Sawtooth Caulking, Sign Wizards, Specialty Metal Fabricators, Stealth Monitoring, Sunbelt Rentals, Superior Fence & Construction, Tapani Plumbing, Teufel Nursery, ThyssenKrupp Elevator, Tradebrothers NW, Uncommon Cabinetry, VPI Quality Windows, Westlake Consultants, Westside Drywall, Whirlpool, Willamette Building Services, WMX Construction

The corner of Northeast Sandy Boulevard in Portland’s Kerns neighborhood has undergone a dramatic transformation with the completion of Splash, the first phase of the Pop Blocks development on the former Pepsi bottling facilities site.

The Splash development is comprised of two main parts: a ground-up mixed-use building and the renovation of the adjacent Pepsi pavilion. Splash Apartments is an eight-story mixed-use building divided into two towers united by skybridges on six floors. The bridges feature a DMX controller lighting system that rotates patterns and colors every 15 minutes from dusk until dawn, creating a distinctive visual landmark. The building features 219 residential units in a mix of live/work space, market-rate apartments, townhouse units and affordable housing. The ground floor features commercial spaces.

The development includes 8,600 square feet of community plazas on the east and south sides, filled with planters, architectural wood benches and a 23-foot polished stainless-steel sculpture designed by Portuguese artist Michael Benisty. The 3,500-pound artwork, titled “Splash,” is one of the most significant pieces of quasi-public art installed in Portland in the last 25 years.

Splash was Portland’s first Planned Development and the city’s second five-over-three construction project. Project general contractor was R&H Construction and designer was Mithun.

The project preserved the iconic 1961 Pepsi pavilion, renovating the mid-century structure with its distinctive curved roof while maintaining the original architectural intent. After purchasing the site, Security Properties was given a stack of old drawings of the building, including the original architectural drawings done by Scott & Payne in 1959. Mithun was able to take that information and recreate the original design intent using modern materials. The renovated 8,000-square-foot pavilion is now lease-ready for commercial use.

Splash incorporated several sustainable innovations, including a water heating system using Nyle Reverse Cycle Chiller units that eliminate natural gas and use significantly less electricity than traditional electric water heaters. The system has garnered national attention, with the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance monitoring its performance.

The development has received the largest incentive rebate check ever from the Energy Trust of Oregon and is on track to achieve Earth Advantage Platinum certification. Additional sustainable elements include 40 electric vehicle charging stations, drought-tolerant landscaping, ample bike parking and low-VOC construction materials.

Splash is the first phase of a larger master-planned redevelopment on the 5.5-acre site. A multi-modal woonerf was developed on the north side of the development, a nod to future phases of the site’s masterplan.

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Each year, the 91��Ƶ editorial staff compiles a list of the contractors, engineers and architects that are shaping skylines and redefining the industry through their outstanding work. This year’s Power Lists features 20 companies that are leading the AEC industry into 2023 (in no particular order).

GBD Architects

GBD Architects is behind some of Portland’s most recent mega-projects. Highlights include Block 216, a 35-story giant rising out of the city’s downtown; the eight-acre RiverPlace master plan development near the South Waterfront District; and the 30-story RiverPlace tower. The firm’s most recent large-scale work is a proposed 22-story tower in the Pearl District.

Andersen Construction

Andersen Construction has served as the contractor for several of Portland’s recent tall multifamily developments. Projects include Alta Art Tower, a 21-story, 314-unit mixed-use tower; the Sutton (previously “Fremont Place”), a 17-story apartment building; and the Alamo Manhattan Blocks that include a 23-story mixed-use tower and a six-story mixed-use building.

LEVER Architecture

LEVER Architecture is one of Portland’s leading architecture firms in mass timber with projects such as Albina Yard and Redfox Commons. Now it is turning this early innovation into a maturing excellence. The firm hit a significant milestone in 2022 when Portland’s Design Commission approved Sandy Pine, a planned 12-story mass-timber tower. If built, Sandy Pine will be the city’s tallest timber development.

ZGF Architects

As the largest architecture firm in Portland, ZGF Architects has taken on some of the city’s most high-profile projects. Recent highlights include the ongoing $1.95 billion Portland International Airport Main Terminal Core project that features a nine-acre timber roof as well as the PAE Living Building – poised to be the world’s largest commercial living building.

Carleton Hart Architecture

Carleton Hart Architecture is one of Portland’s most prominent firms for designing affordable housing developments. It is a cornerstone of the firm’s mission-driven focus. Projects in recent years have included Nesika Illahee, Mamook Tokatee and Red Rock Creek Commons. One of the firm’s most recent endeavors consists of the complete renovation of the Joyce Hotel in downtown Portland into permanent supportive housing.

PAE Engineers

PAE Engineers is the “brain” behind the recently completed PAE Living Building, which is slated to be the world’s largest living commercial building. Sustainable systems designed by PAE allow the four-story building in Portland to be primarily independent of any city systems. PAE also provided mechanical, electrical, fire protection and technology system design and engineering for the University of Oregon’s modernized Hayward Field, which recently hosted the World Track and Field Championships.

KPFF

KPFF is the engineering firm behind some of Oregon’s largest commercial projects – and more. Work includes Block 216, Oregon State University’s Gladys Valley Marine Studies Building (91��Ƶ Project of the Year 2021), Portland International Airport’s (PDX) Concourse E extension, and the PAE Living Building.

Howard S. Wright

Howard S. Wright is the general contractor behind the largest building in Portland since the U.S. Bancorp Tower – Block 216. At 844,117 square feet, the project will likely become the largest Portland building of its era. It will house 158,000 square feet of office space, a five-star Ritz-Carlton hotel with 215 rooms, and 138 residences.

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Walsh Construction is the general contractor for many sustainable and complex projects and myriad affordable housing developments. The contractor recently constructed the four-story PAE Living Building, which required that every item be thoroughly researched and approved against a list containing the “worst in class” materials, chemicals and elements concerning human health and the ecosystem. More than 2,700 materials were vetted for the project.

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Affordable housing has become a cornerstone of the Portland-metro development market. Many general contractors tackle such projects, but LMC Construction is behind most. More than two-thirds of the contractors’ work is building affordable homes. Projects include Red Rock Creek Commons, Nesika Illahee and Cathedral Village Apartments.

Hoffman Skanska JV

Hoffman-Skanska is the joint venture contractor formed to partly undertake the $2 billion modernization of Portland International Airport. At the heart of this endeavor is the $1.95 billion main terminal project that involves a new nine-acre, mostly cross-laminated-timber roof structure. The entire roof will weigh about 18 million pounds. A self-propelled modular transporter capable of carrying a submarine is being used to move each section into position. Officials anticipate the roof being fully installed soon and the entire terminal updated in 2025.

Kiewit

Kiewit Corp. is known for tackling projects that would be described as large, massive, and complex. All three terms represent the general contractor’s current undertaking with the Abernethy Bridge project that spans the Willamette River. The venture involves drilling more than 200 feet into the earth below the water to place new bridge foundations capable of withstanding a significant seismic event. It is the first major interstate freeway construction project in Oregon in nearly 45 years.

TVA Architects

TVA Architects is one of Oregon’s most high-profile firms, and few others have placed as large a stamp on the state. Projects include Park Avenue West, Fox Tower, and the University of Oregon’s basketball palace – Matthew Knight Arena. Most recently, the firm designed the Sutton (previously called “Fremont Tower”) – a 17-story residential tower under construction on the banks of the Willamette River.

R&H Construction

R&H Construction is building some of Portland’s largest multifamily developments. Projects include Freewell, Saltwood South and Tiller Terrace – a six-story, a 214-unit development in the Goose Hollow neighborhood. Recently, R&H broke ground on Splash Apartments – the first phase of the five-acre Pop Blocks development.

David Evans Enterprises

Oregon’s largest engineering firm, David Evans and Associates, has worked on a wide range of notable projects in the state. Recent highlights include the Newberg-Dundee Bypass, in which the firm designed two new bridges and seven support structures. DEA’s work on the Oneonta Tunnel rehabilitation project also earned . The 2017 Eagle Creek Fire severely damaged the tunnel and rendered it unusable until DEA’s work allowed it to reopen in spring 2021.

Harper Houf Peterson Righellis

Regarding transportation infrastructure improvements in Oregon, Harper Houf Peterson Righellis is one of the key players. The firm is behind the Clackamas Regional Center improvements, which involved widening a bridge that spans Interstate 205 at Sunnyside Road, as well as the Willamette Falls Drive streetscape improvements project that topped the transportation category for the 2022 ACEC Oregon Engineering Excellence Awards.

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Mortenson is a general contractor with a long reputation in Oregon for building challenging and unique projects. Recently, the contractor has undertaken a significant renovation of the Multnomah County Behavioral Health Resource Center – a 116-year-old building in downtown Portland.

SERA Architects

SERA Architects has worked on some of Portland’s largest multifamily developments in recent years. Projects include Freewell, the Saltwoods, Tiller Terrace and more. Most recently, SERA drew up Slabtown Savier, a two-building multifamily project under construction in Northwest Portland.

BORA Architects

BORA Architects is behind several notable projects in Oregon, including the Cosmopolitan – a 28-story residential tower in Portland’s Pearl District and the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact on the University of Oregon’s Eugene campus. One of the firm’s most recent undertakings is the modernization of Lincoln High School in Portland; It is one of the first high-rise schools west of the Mississippi River.

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Swinerton is a leading general contractor for mass-timber innovation in Oregon. Recent projects include the Wingspan Event and Conference Center in Hillsboro, Steeplejack Brewing in Portland, and Oregon State University-Cascades’ Edward J. Ray Hall in Bend.

Clarification: An earlier version of this story implied an incorrect association for Swinerton to the Beaverton Public Safety Center project. Swinerton was the mass-timber subcontractor for the project.

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Nearly two years after plans to open a Shake Shack restaurant in Portland’s West End became apparent, the project is moving forward.

The Bureau of Development Services has issued a permit for alterations to the building at 1016 W. Burnside St., across from Powell’s Books. Plans call for a tenant improvement to create a kitchen area, a dining area, a prep area, a walk-in cooler and more in the 4,976-square-foot building, which formerly held a vitamin store.

No permit for exterior modifications has been issued yet. However, site plans and drawings for the national burger chain location were officially recorded with BDS in January 2021.

The restaurant is poised to be Shake Shack’s second in Oregon. Its first opened in April 2021 in Beaverton, at 2597 S.W. Cedar Hills Blvd.

The new location is expected to open in mid- to late November, said Liz Jenkinson, Shake Shack’s real estate development manager.

The owner of the West End building, Bruce Tobias of Tobias Investments, said the project delay has partly been due to the “perfect storm” of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as “the challenges the city of Portland has faced over the last couple of years and the normal city processes that are very detailed.”

With a prominent chain restaurant due to arrive at one of the most prominent intersections in downtown Portland, traffic flow and impact has been a major focal point for the city, Tobias said.

Based on documents filed in 2021, the West End location will feature a covered patio area with seating; an approximately 2,500-square-foot, uncovered outdoor area with tables; terraced seating; a fixed ping-pong table; and short-term bicycle parking.

Zac Horton of Faster Permits was listed as the applicant for the building permit issued. R&H Construction is set to serve as general contractor.

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R&H Construction has promoted Kraig O’Connor to president of the company. O’Connor has spent 16 years at R&H and was previously the director of building operations. John Ward, the firm’s longtime president and CEO, will continue as CEO.

O’Connor joined R&H in 2006 working as a project engineer in the field on both ground-up and renovation projects. He was promoted to project manager in 2011, senior project manager in 2016 and director of operations in 2018.

At R&H, O’Connor has helped lead large-scale, ground-up projects throughout the Northwest, including several in NW Portland’s Slabtown district and the renovation of R&H Construction’s own headquarters building on NW Wilson, completed in 2019.

A graduate of California Polytechnic State University with a bachelor’s in Construction Management, O’Connor volunteers as an advisor to Cal Poly on construction management curriculum. He is also a member of the AGC-Oregon Board of Directors and the Safe from Hate Construction Coalition.

In his new position, O’Connor will work closely with Ward and will focus on leading company operations. Over time, he will take on additional responsibilities, co-leading the company with Ward.

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A new mixed-use building under construction in Portland’s Goose Hollow neighborhood will have 214 housing units – and all will be available at affordable rates.

But the project didn’t start that way.

The six-story structure now dubbed Tiller Terrace was previously called Alta Centric – and would’ve had market-rate apartments. The project, on half a block at 1670 S.W. Alder St., was poised to become Wood Partners‘ third in the area – following the Alta Peak Apartments and the Alta ART Tower.

However, feasibility issues blocked the project for Wood Partners. The firm then approached Guardian Real Estate Services with the possibility of it purchasing the property and turning the project into one with affordable housing (for people making 60 percent of area median income or less), Guardian President Tom Brenneke said.

“It was a fully baked project,” he said.

Plans had been approved by the Portland Design Commission. Building permits could be sought. So, in April 2021, Guardian opened a contract to purchase the rights and then proceeded with permitting. Six months later, the deal closed.

“If you know affordable projects, that’s light speed,” Brenneke added.

Financing first

Typically, such projects can require one to five years for financing and permitting to be set, Brenneke said. Tiller Terrace is unique in that it has only one public funding source – a $500,000 Metro transit-oriented development (TOD) grant because the site is located directly across from TriMet‘s Providence Park light-rail station.

The team needed to keep public funding under $700,000, Brenneke said, so the project wouldn’t be subject to prevailing wages and thus have infeasible construction costs.

Other financing came from partners PNC Real Estate and Red Stone. The project team also used Oregon Housing and Community Services tax-exempt bonds and low-income housing tax credits.

The development budget for the project is approximately $66.5 million.

A week before the deal closed, however, the builder’s risk insurance carrier lined up for the project saw a news headline about protesters in downtown Portland breaking windows and scrawling graffiti, and pulled out of the deal, Brenneke said.

Guardian Real Estate Services returned to the market to seek alternative builder’s risk insurance, but none could be obtained.

The next possible closing date for Tiller Terrace was three months away. Such a delay would have been “catastrophic,” Brenneke said, because all subcontractors were holding 30-day fixed-price contracts that would no longer be valid.

So, left with no risk insurance in hand, Brenneke got on the phone with the financing partners at 7 a.m., trying to complete the deal on the closing date.

The partners

It was the first housing deal for Red Stone in the Portland market. The investment company handles only affordable housing developments. The firm, since being founded in 2002, has financed 65,000 affordable units across the U.S., Red Stone CEO John Sokolovic estimated.

Yet Sokolovic said he couldn’t recall any previous project with a similar insurance dilemma.

“Certainly not a week before,” Red Stone Managing Director Brian Renzi added. “That’s pretty rare, obviously.”

Nevertheless, Red Stone believed it was working with the right people – an “experienced team,” Renzi said. The firm set aside money to purchase the builder’s risk insurance once it became available post-closing.

“That’s how we operate,” Sokolovic said. “If we can figure it out quickly, we will do it. The goal is to get the deal done and get those affordable housing units built. That’s part of our mission.”

Fortunately, PNC Real Estate also agreed to the plan. The deal was closed without insurance secured, Brenneke said.

The whole venture was a learning experience, Brenneke said. If an agent can’t secure risk insurance, “that’s a major issue in capital closing,” he said.

“It damn near killed the deal,” he added.

Ultimately, the project team secured a risk insurance policy (at a much higher rate), and construction crews broke ground two months after the closing date.

“Even though it was our first deal, we look to continue to be a lot more active in the Portland area on the affordable side,” Renzi said. “We’re excited to get our first transaction done and hope there is many more.”

A few changes

The six-story building will have a simple exterior of brick cladding to match surrounding historic properties such as the Commodore Lounge and Hotel deLuxe. An outdoor courtyard will face Morrison Street.

The project was originally envisioned as workforce housing, SERA Architects principal Kurt Schultz said, so there wasn’t a complete turnaround when it became affordable housing. Also, the Design Commission approved the project in March 2020, so any exterior changes became challenging.

The main design change was done post-permit. The switch in development type meant that inclusionary housing requirements no longer applied, and all the three-bedroom and four-bedroom units could be converted to studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom units. That allowed the number of units to increase from 203 to 214.

Apartments will range from roughly 470 to 700 square feet. Some will be two-story townhomes – a configuration not often found in market-rate or affordable housing developments – on the top floor.

In addition to the apartments and courtyard, Tiller Terrace will have 3,500 square feet of retail space, a community room and classroom space, according to Guardian Real Estate Services’ website.

R&H Construction is serving as the general contractor for the project. Completion is slated for March 2023.

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Construction of one of the final projects within the Con-way master plan has begun in the Slabtown neighborhood of Northwest Portland.

Freewell, a 265,000-square-foot development, is being brought to market by Cairn Pacific LLC and Prometheus Real Estate Group. A seven-story building will host 192 apartments, ground-floor retail space and underground parking. A bridge will connect to a two-story pavilion building with amenities.

The project site is Block 291 East, at 2030 N.W. Raleigh St. Freewell will front a future park to be developed by the city of Portland.

The Portland Bureau of Development Services last week issued a $44 million construction permit for Freewell. However, construction costs have increased so much since a permit was sought nearly a year ago that they’re expected to be around $60 million, Cairn Pacific principal Tom DiChiara said.

Freewell is the eighth project for Cairn Pacific in Slabtown. SERA Architects designed the development – the firm’s third for Cairn Pacific in the neighborhood; Saltwood and Saltwood North are the others.

SERA also designed Greystar‘s Slabtown Savier, which was approved by the Design Commission in December 2021. That project will occupy blocks 261 and 262.

“T��� Con-way master plan provided a blank slate to design and develop an entire neighborhood from the ground up,” SERA Architects principal Kurt Schultz stated in a press release. “Our approach when designing at neighborhood scale is to design buildings that are unique but also in harmony with the surrounding context.”

Freewell will feature brick, wood and natural materials, and the pavilion building will be constructed of mass-timber. Materials were chosen as an ode to the neighborhood’s past, when it was filled with warehouses, Schultz stated.

The 20-acre neighborhood previously was owned by the Con-way trucking company. The master plan called for creation of a 24-7, mixed-use area for people to live, work and play.

There are 17 development parcels within the Con-way master plan, and projects for 16 of them are completed or in development. The remaining block, 292 East, is a Prometheus Real Estate Group property. At this point there is no project planned for 292 East, DiChiara said, but developers are hoping it will become senior housing or something other than multifamily.

Over the past nine years, Cairn Pacific and Prometheus Real Estate Group have partnered on five mixed-use projects in the neighborhood. Freewell, their sixth joint venture, will “add a finishing touch to the district,” DiChiara stated.

R&H Construction is the general contractor. Construction is expected to finish in spring 2024.

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A $41.9 million construction permit was issued recently by the Portland Bureau of Development Services for work at the Pop Blocks.

Splash Apartments will be an eight-story, 219-unit development at 875 N.E. 27th Ave., in the Kerns neighborhood. Two wings, in a perpendicular layout, will be connected via seven sky-bridges – one each for floors 2-8. At ground level, there will be 13,000 square feet of retail space and approximately 200 parking spaces. Forty-four apartments will be reserved for residents at 60 percent (or less) of the area median income.

Seattle-based Security Properties is the developer and owner of Splash Apartments. Mithun‘s Seattle office is handling design. The development will rise on a 61,000-square-foot parcel that also holds the prominent, 59-year-old, bowstring-truss Pavilion Building. It will be restored and become mixed-use space; a separate, $2 million permit for work there was issued in late August. The site also will gain a woonerf (a Dutch-style multimodal street) as an extension of Northeast Pacific Street.

The Pop Blocks (formerly “Pepsi Blocks”) development planned for five acres was approved by the Portland Design Commission in December 2018. Five distinct parcels were granted increases in allowable building height from 55 feet to 120 feet and floor area ratio from 3.0 to 5.0.

The contractor for Splash Apartments is R&H Construction. A construction start date will be announced soon, a Security Properties representative stated. Work is expected to finish in the first quarter of 2024.

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PROJECT: Fora Health Treatment & Recovery Addition Treatment Center

LOCATION: 10230 S.E. Cherry Blossom Drive, Portland

SIZE:��53,400 square feet, two stories

COST:��$27.6 million

START DATE: June 2020

END DATE: Fall 2021

OWNER: De Paul Treatment Centers (soon to be Fora Health)

DEVELOPER: Edlen & Co.

ARCHITECT: Holst Architecture

ENGINEER: Sazan Group

CONTRACTOR:��R&H Construction

OTHER TEAM MEMBERS: Apex Real Estate Partners, Heritage Bank, United Fund Advisors

SIGNIFICANCE OF PROJECT: The two-story, 53,400-square-foot headquarters facility will include space for administrative offices, medical and counseling offices, group meeting rooms, a commercial kitchen, and amenities such as a fitness center, art studio, patient resource center, library, and therapeutic gardens and outdoor gathering spaces. The building supports 70 adult residential treatment beds, treating patients in gender programs where they identify or are most comfortable, 24 medical withdrawal management beds, designated space for peer and family counseling services, as well as capacity to serve 920 outpatients at a time.

Recognized by Portland’s City Council as being thoughtfully designed and functional, as well as representative of the type of architecture the city likes to see in the community, the trauma-informed design of De Paul’s new treatment center will focus on allowing patients to engage with treatment, nature and each other in purpose-built and outdoor therapeutic spaces, with more space and functional adjacencies than provided in De Paul’s existing buildings.

“From the beginning, Holst Architecture has been a responsive and incredibly creative partner, starting with their engagement of our team and the community to design a campus that meets the complex needs of addiction treatment while bringing beautiful and functional design to the uniqueness of the site and neighborhood,” said Maree Wacker, executive director of De Paul Treatment Centers.

De Paul Treatment Centers and Holst received the Portland Design Commission’s 2019 Design Excellence Award for the architecture and design of the facility. The award was presented as part of the design commission’s 2019-2020 State of the City Design Report presentation to City Hall, recognizing a project from the previous year that best exemplifies the three tenets of design: context, public realm, and quality and resilience.

De Paul Treatment Centers, soon to be Fora Health, is one of Oregon’s largest providers of substance use disorder treatment for youth and adults. Since it’s founding in 1977, it has served more than 40,000 people in the Portland metropolitan area.

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The Sullivan’s Ridge Apartments represents a quintessential Portland project for 2021.

Located on Northeast Multnomah Street, just a few blocks from the Lloyd Center mall, the Sullivan’s Ridge Apartments represent the conversion of a former Residence Inn by Marriott into a 168-unit apartment complex spread across 10 separate buildings. It’s the perfect project for an era that has seen the decimation of the region’s hospitality industry due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while at the same time the surge of new residents calling Portland home has continued unabated.

“This type of conversion is actually pretty new in the marketplace,” said Charles Kidwell, a senior associate with Leeb Architects, the firm responsible for designing the project on behalf of Grand Peaks, a property management firm with six properties in the Portland-metro area and many others across the United States. “But I think it’s a byproduct of the downturn in the hospitality industry and the housing shortage.”

R&H Construction was the general contractor for the project, which received its final occupancy permits toward the end of June.

Built in 1996, the original Residence Inn was comprised of eight separate buildings hosting what were essentially apartments. That fit Marriott’s unique requirements for this brand, which catered to extended-stay travelers and vacationers looking for more than a mere hotel room. It also meant that no reconfiguration of existing floor layouts was required during the renovation of those eight three-story buildings.

Instead, finishes, furniture and interior aesthetic were the focus of the improvements for Leeb and colleagues from Garrison Hullinger Interior Design.

“T��� main changes were finishes,” Kidwell said. “T���y stripped out all of the flooring, replaced carpets and tile, and did a lot of repainting. Most of the other work that they did was any repairs that needed to be done, because obviously the apartments had been in use for 25 years.”

The bulk of the renovation work actually focused on a pair of buildings that formerly housed laundry facilities, along with guest amenities and management functions.

The so-called cabana building originally held the laundry equipment for the hotel. These days, it still hosts tenant laundry facilities, but those go alongside a new indoor gym and media room.

The clubhouse building, meanwhile, features the management office for the complex, a large tenant entertainment room with a kitchen, seating and a large fireplace and television. Upstairs, a conference room and another media room are available, while the mail room and maintenance headquarters are found on the ground floor.

“This space is the actual club space for residents,” Kidwell said. “T��� physical geometry of the space did not change. But all the finishes inside here are new.”

Gone are the old popcorn ceiling finish and worn carpet. In its place are new carpet, new recessed lighting, newly clad exposed beams across the ceiling and a newly finished kitchen space.

“One of the objectives of the clubhouse is as a marketing tool,” he said. “You want to appeal to the tenants who are looking for a more up-to-date place, so you have to get rid of the tired look from the old Residence Inn and make it look fresh. That’s what we’re trying to accomplish.”

Doing all this required the project team to go through a nine-month planning and zoning approval process because of the change of use from hospitality to residential. This also triggered new requirements for bicycle parking and ADA accessibility, which meant a plethora of new sidewalks, ramps, over 250 covered bike parking spaces and secure entrances had to be installed.

“From 1996 to now there have been a lot of changes in accessibility requirements,” Kidwell said. “And one of the biggest challenges of the project was getting it through the permitting process.”

Because much of that process was centered around the cabana and clubhouse buildings, it allowed the team to wrap up renovation of the first four residential buildings by February.

Leasing began in April while the rest of the residential units were renovated. The cabana and clubhouse buildings, meanwhile, were given their certificates of occupancy in late June.

Today, roughly half the complex is currently occupied, said Bailey Miller, assistant community manager for Sullivan’s Ridge.

“We’ve been open since April, and we’re already halfway full,” Miller said.

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