PROJECT: Amaterra Winery

LOCATION: 7856 S.W. Mayway Drive, Portland

SIZE:��46,000 square feet

COST:��$26 million

START DATE: January 2019

ANTICIPATED END DATE: April 2021

OWNER: Amaterra

DEVELOPER: Touchmark

OWNER’S REPRESENTATIVE/CONSTRUCTION MANAGER: O’Brien & Company

CONTRACTOR:��Emerick Construction Company

LEAD ARCHITECT: Waterleaf Architecture

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: Mayer/Reed

INTERIORS AND FURNITURE: GBD Architects

ENGINEERS: Glumac (MEP), Humber Design Group (civil), TM Rippey Consulting Engineers

MAJOR SUBCONTRACTORS/OTHER ASSOCIATES: Whitaker/Ellis Builders, TT&L Sheet Metal, Team Electric, American Heating, Anning-Johnson, Heinz Mechanical Industries Inc.

NUMBER OF WORKERS EMPLOYED: 45

SIGNIFICANCE OF PROJECT: Emerick Construction is working closely with Waterleaf Architecture and O’Brien & Company, the construction manager, on this three-story, 46,000-square-foot project – the first full-production winery in the Portland metropolitan area. Approximately 3,600 cubic yards of concrete was used for the foundation and structure of the two lower levels that will serve winery production. Approximately 35,000 square feet of 12-inch, precast/prestressed, hollow-core planks were placed for the Level 2 and 3 suspended slabs. The top level, which will house a restaurant and event space, is wood-framed with a multi-gabled roof structure that emulates the West Hills in which the building is located. The project started in spring 2019 with ground modification. The project was undertaken with an aggressive schedule coupled with a phased design process. A very tight site on a slope, with deep excavation in a microclimate subject to high winds, necessitated a lot of coordination and planning. Currently, site construction and the build-out of the restaurant and event space are under way, and completion is expected late this spring. Like many projects in 2020, this one challenged its team because of the atmosphere of the times. Team members adapted to the momentum adjustments associated with COVID-19. Also, a few weeks of forest fires required constant evaluation of the schedule and creative thinking to keep materials arriving and crews working. Once open, the facility will be home to a gravity-flow winery led by Willamette Valley winemaker Matt Vuylsteke. Its production will be predominantly pinot noir and chardonnay. The restaurant will serve as both a tasting room and dining space.

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A new apartment complex coming to Fairview promises to provide views of the Columbia River Gorge. Fairview Meadows, planned for a 4.8-acre site at 22199 N.E. Sandy Blvd., will feature five separate buildings, which will hold 196 residential units and four live-work units. The buildings will be three to four stories.

West Coast Home Solutions is the project’s owner, developer and contractor, and Leeb Architects is the designer. TM Rippey is providing structural consulting, with Vancouver, Washington-based Standridge Design contributing civil engineering.

“We’re trying to add to the success of Sandy Boulevard,” Leeb project architect Steve Sandstrom said. “Fairview’s become a lot more attractive as far as housing.”

With companies like Amazon building large warehouses in nearby Troutdale, Sandstrom said the area is gaining jobs and a greater need for housing. Plus, the Fairview City Council last year voted to provide incentives for development on vacant land, he said.

One of the logistical challenges presented by the Fairview Meadows site is its slope, Sandstrom said. To get river views for the property slightly north of Interstate 84, construction will be on a 10-percent grade. Workers performing site preparation have recently begun to smooth out a spot for the complex. Construction will begin at the end of the year at the very earliest, but possibly not until next year, Sandstrom said.

Another unique element Sandstrom pointed to is the podium-style construction for two of the five buildings. This design sees several levels of light framing stacked on top of a base of a harder material, usually concrete.

Fairview Meadows’ buildings will have three to four stories of residential space atop two levels of above- or below-grade parking. The project will be one of the first in Fairview to utilize podium construction, Sandstrom said.

Fairview Meadows is expected to open in 2020.

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A new self-storage building is being erected by Lorentz Bruun Construction in southeast Portland. The four-story structure at 4806 S.E. 16^th Ave. will contain three above-grade floors and a basement level. The 88,402-square-foot building’s 704 climate-controlled storage units range in size from 25 to 300 square feet.

Crews are currently finishing roof sheathing, beginning installation of the building’s metal siding, and applying stucco finishes; project completion is slated for this September. The facility will be the fourth Portland-area location of Everett, Washington-based West Coast Self Storage. A fifth location, at Northeast 67^th Avenue and Halsey Street, is currently under permit review.

Mildren Design Group is the building’s architect. Other project partners include civil engineers T.M. Rippey Consulting Engineers, M/E/P engineers MKE & Associates, and landscape architect Joyce Jackson, LA. Structural engineering is by Carlsbad, California-based Mako Structures, Inc., a storage building specialist which also provides steel fabrication and installation services.

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