Listen to this articleA weekly list of highlights from Portland’s Permitting & Development Division’s review activities over the past week.
Early Help – pending
Address: 3311 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Applicant: Jamie Fisher of Cascadia Development Partners LLC of Vancouver, Washington
Owner: J & A Investment LLC
The proposal calls for a change of use of approximately 15,500 square feet in an existing 17,569 square foot building to a child care center. The use of the remaining building space is to remain unchanged. The proposal calls for converting a portion of the western edge of the existing parking lot into a permeable playground to serve the child care center. The proposal includes minor modifications to the exterior of the existing building to add windows and doors.
Early Help – pending
Address: 5105 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Applicant: Sean Barnett of Polymath Studio
Owner: Hawthorne Professional Real Estate LLC
The project team proposes a two-story extension with an additional 93 square meters of office space and new stairs.
Early Help – Application
Address: North Gantenbein Avenue (within zip code 97217)
Applicant: Matt Filkins of UOR LLC
Owner: UOR LLC
The plans call for the construction of a new two-storey five-family house and a new two-storey six-family house on vacant, adjacent lots at the northwest corner of North Vancouver Avenue and North Skidmore Street.
Early Support – pending
Address: 2429 SW Vermont St.
Applicant: Frank Stock of WDC Properties
Owner: Camas PDX LLC
The plan is to demolish an existing building and build a new multi-storey apartment building (approx. 27 residential units).
Procedure Type 2 (Design Review with Changes) – pending
Address: 10542 SE Washington St.
Applicant: Emily Sandy of Strata Land Use Planning
Owner: Plaza 205 Portland LLC
The plans call for a design review for five signs on the north facade. The proposal calls for a change in sign size.
Procedure Type 1 (Historical Resource Review) – pending
Address: 685 NW 21st Ave.
Applicant: Gina Blomberg of Vancouver Sign Co. in Vancouver, Washington
Owner: 625 NW 21st LLC
The proposal calls for the installation of an exterior wall sign with LED lighting that would be connected to the existing electrical circuit for a non-contributing building in the Alphabet Historic District.
Early help – Application
Address: 16319 SE Powell Blvd.
Applicant: Michael Williams of Livermore Architecture & Engineering
Owner: Erssa Holdings Oregon LLC and Outfront Media LLC
There is a grocery store with a gas station on the existing site. The owner has bought the single-family home to the west and wants to redevelop the site. The existing grocery store building and the residential building are to be demolished, the properties combined, and a new, larger grocery store built on the site.
Early help – pending
Address: 12240 NE Glisan St.
Applicant: Michael Barrett of HBX Studio Architecture
Owner: Multnomah County
The project calls for removal of identified hazardous materials, demolition of all existing buildings including basements and foundations, removal of interior paving and landscaping, and return of all utilities to the public right of way. Currently, no new buildings or developments are planned on the site (on all three lots) in the near future. A new permanent security fence and manual vehicle access gates are provided. The Stormwater Management Manual will not be applied to this project. No stormwater management will be provided. Existing on-site drainage patterns will be protected.
Early help – pending
Address: NW Front Avenue (within zip code 97210).
Applicant: Timothy Cooke of LEVER Architecture
Owner: Port of Portland and Prosper Portland
The project is a new acoustic testing facility at the University of Oregon on leased land at Terminal 2 of the Port of Portland.
Early help – Application
Address: 4421 NE Columbia Blvd.
Applicants: Joseph Purkey and Crystal Glanz-Kreutz of Convergence
Owner: TriMet
The TriMet Columbia Operations Facility project includes demolition of existing structures, new grading, paving and construction of a new bus operations campus that will include fueling and washing facilities, operations and maintenance buildings, a bus storage facility, employee parking and associated utilities, stormwater management and landscaping.
Source: Permits and Development in Portland
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