Architecture and Development in PDX
Multnomah County is in the process of choosing a site for the new Central Courthouse. The new $250-260 million courthouse will replace the existing courthouse, which was built in two phases between 1909 and 1914 to designs by the architects Whidden & Lewis. As well as being too small for current needs, the existing courthouse has serious seismic deficiencies and does not adequately separate the public, courthouse staff and defendants.
Grant Park Village context. Phase I was completed in late 2014. Image by LRS Architects.
Every week, the Bureau of Development services publishes lists of early assistance applications, land use reviews and building permits. We publish the highlights.
Otak Architects have requested Early Assistance for a project at 1324 SE Oak St:
4 story apartment building with 46 units and basement level for parking and storage.
Early Assistance has been requested for a project at 3035 SE 92nd Ave:
30-unit apartment complex
Tiland-Schmidt Architects have requested Early Assistance for a remodel of the AMF Bowling Alley at 3031 SE Powell Blvd:
Remodel existing bowling alley to grocery store
Urban Development Group have requested Early Assistance for a project on a triangular plot of land at 1111 SE Sandy Blvd:
New 6 story mixed use building with 80 apartment units above 5245 sf of retail. Stormwater to be managed through deep drywells with no overflow to city sewer
Brett Schulz Architect has requested Early Assistance for a project at 8307 N Ivanhoe St:
5 Live Work 3 story Units
LRS Architects have requested a Pre-Application Conference for a project at 3204 NE Weidler St, presumably Grant Park Village Phase II:
Five story housing over sub-grade parking structure.
Soderstrom Architects have requested a Pre-Application Conference for work at St John Fisher Parish:
Pre-application conference to discuss Type III Conditional Use Review to construct a new parish hall and make alterations to existing church and church rectory.
DiLoreto Architecture have requested a Pre-Application Conference for work at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church:
Pre-Application Conference to discuss conditonal [sic] use review for new 650 seat church building and small office building. Existing church will be remodeled to become new social hall.
Scott Edwards Architecture have applied for an Adjustment Review for a project at 2720 SE Steele St:
New three story 15 unit apartment building. Adjustment for 33.266.110 minimum parking standards.
A permit is under review for a new building at 4928 SE Franklin St:
Construct new 3 story 6 unit apartment building with associated site work
Urban Development Group was issued a permit for the demolition of the former Old Wives Tales building at 50 SE 13TH Ave, which is set to become an apartment building with 69 units:
Demolish single story restaurant building and parking lot
SERA Architects’ Modera Belmont is scheduled to receive Design Advice from the Design Commission. The 6-story mixed use building will include 204 residential units, 6 live/work units and ground floor retail. 105 car parking spaces are proposed in a below grade garage, with bike storage located in a common room accessed directly from the street.
GBD Architects’ Oregon Square
SERA Architects have requested Design Advice for renovations at the Mason Erhman Building Annex at 208 NW 5th Ave. The 1940 warehouse is located in the New Chinatown/Japantown Historic District, and the applicant is asking whether “the approach to the treatment of the exterior facades and roof/seismic upgrades meet with the Landmark Commission’s general consent?” The listed owners for the project are Jonathan Malsin of Beam Development and Valerie Yip of GAW Capital.
A new hotel is under construction at SW River Parkway & Moody. The 6 story, 203 bedroom Riverplace Hyatt House will be the first Hyatt branded hotel in Downtown Portland. (The 600 bedroom Convention Center Hotel is planned for the Lloyd District, and will operated as a Hyatt Regency). Valet parking for 44 cars is planned in an above grade parking garage. The project design is by SERA Architects for developer Williams & Dame.
The Waterman Building is a currently under construction in the Central Eastside Industrial District. The project at 80 SE Madison St is a conversion of an existing 40,000 sq ft warehouse into creative office space. As part of the project the 1912 building will receive a seismic upgrade, have new fire sprinklers installed and be made ADA accessible. Bike storage and showers will be provided on the ground floor for bike commuters. The design is by Deca Architecture for North Rim Development, who previously worked together on the Pitman II Building on the same block.
This post is the first in a series on the developments at the Burnside Bridgehead. See also Part II about Block 67.
Block 75 is one of a number of projects planned or under construction at the Burnside Bridgehead, a site which the Portland Development Commission has been trying to develop since 2005. A previous plan by developer Opus Northwest proposed a single large development on the multi-block site; the current plan has seen the PDC sell off the block individually, and let the developers choose what to build. For Block 75 partnership between Beam Development and Urban Development Partners was chosen. Beam are best known for their adaptive reuse office projects in the Central Eastside, while UDP have developed a number of apartment buildings along SE Division St. The architects for the project are Works Partnership, who have designed buildings for both developers. The landscape architects are Lango Hansen.
Miracles Central
Every week, the Bureau of Development services publishes lists of early assistance applications, land use reviews and building permits. We publish the highlights.
Ankrom Moisan Architects have requested early assistance for a project at 1931 N Williams Ave:
5 story apartment building with below grade parking
A Pre-Applicant Conference has been requested by Albina Riverview LLC for a development on N Ivy Street:
Proposal for 12 row homes
Works Partnership have applied for a Type II Land Division Review for a project at 5711 E Burnside:
Create 5 lots for attached town house development. With 2 adjustments 1 for front setback, and one to increase max lot coverage from 65% to 67.5%.
River City Companies have applied for a building permit for the Kenton Mixed Use Phase III at 8408 N Brandon Avenue:
New four story apartment building with courtyard and balcony at center, 37 units, 2 retail spaces on main floor, parking at east and north sides, detached trash.
Carleton Hart Architecture‘s Miracles Central project at NE 2nd and Wasco is under review for permit:
New 6 story mixed use building. 1st floor consists of offices and common areas, floors 2-6 contain 47 apartment units, associated site work included, stormwater facilities
The Mason Street Apartments are currently under construction at the corner of NE Mason St and NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. The 5 story building will include 36 apartments, with tuck under parking for 7 cars. The project design is by TVA Architects for VWR Development, the same team behind the recently approved Jefferson 14 Apartments. Exterior materials will include board-formed concrete, ribbed & smooth metal panels, and fiber cement panels. Wood storefront windows will be used at the ground floor retail units, with vinyl windows at the upper floors.
