Metro Reports: Legacy Emanuel West, Medallion Apartments, 6155 N Minnesota, and more

Posted on September 13, 2018 by nextportland

A structural permit was issued for the Legacy Emanuel West expansion

Every week, the Bureau of Development Services publishes lists of Early Assistance applications, Land Use Reviews and Building Permits processed in the previous week. We publish the highlights. This post covers September 3rd to September 9th, 2018.

Early Assistance has been requested for a project at 9008 NE Hassalo St:

Project scope is to add another multi-family building to an existing apartment complex that has 18 existing units (10, 2 bedrooms, and 8, 3 bedrooms). Would like to add as many units as possible.

Early Assistance has been requested by WDC Properties for a project at 5136 N Lombard St:

New multi-family project with 36 units within a 4-story building. Inclusionary housing will apply.

The renovation of the Medallion Apartments at 1969 NW Johnson St has been submitted for Type III Historic Resource Review by Holst Architecture:

Existing six story, 90 unit apartment building with a rental office and community room on the ground floor. Project scope includes a new exterior skin, HVAC upgrades, site upgrades, and non-conforming upgrades.

A project at 1825 N Rosa Parks Way has been submitted for building permit review:

New 3 story, 14 unit apartment building, includes associated site work *** w/ <120 S.F. Trash enclosure *** mechanical permit to be separate ***

A project at 5104 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy has been submitted for building permit review:

Construct new 3 story (3) unit apartment building with attached garages for unit A and B; associated site work

A structural permit was issued to NBBJ Architects for Legacy Emanuel West Expansion at 2835 N Kerby Ave:

STR 01 – foundations, temporary shoring, select demo of existing buildings, site work including prep work, utilities, and improvements to accomodate future core and shell building (foundation permit to include piles to underside of Lower Level slab)

A building permit was issued for a project at 6155 N Minnesota Ave (previously 6135 N Minnesota):

Construct new 3 story (18 unit) two-winged apartment building with partial basement and open-air central corridor; attached garbage enclosure and associated site work***dfs roof trusses***separate fire sprinkler & alarm***

Block 216 Receives Design Advice (images)

Posted on September 12, 2018 by nextportland

GBD Architects and PLACE landscape architects have gone in front of the Design Commission to present a 35-story mixed use building proposed for downtown Portland. The Block 216 tower would include retail, office, hotel, and residential condominium uses, with a 310 stall underground parking garage. The project is being developed by BPM Real Estate Group.

Block 216 | GBD Architects

Weekly Roundup: OHSU KCRB, the Silica, PSU Karl Miller Center, and more

Posted on September 10, 2018 by nextportland

Construction has wrapped up on the OHSU Knight Cancer Research Building.

The state of the art OHSU Knight Cancer Research Building opened last Friday, reports the Oregonian. The Daily Journal of Commerce looked at how the project team came together to aid the fight against cancer*, using an integrated project delivery method. The Portland Business Journal took a first look inside the $160 million building.

The Daily Journal of Commerce published photos of The Silica, a heavy timber and glass building at 4073 N Williams Ave.

An article in Architect magazine covered how Carbon12 managed to rise over code and financing hurdles.

Metropolis magazine wrote about how the PSU Karl Miller Center quickly became the center of Portland State University’s campus.

*This article will be unlocked for the rest of this week. After this week it will only be viewable by DJC subscribers.

Design Commission Approves Alder.9 Apartments (images)

Posted on September 7, 2018 by nextportland

The Design Commission has approved the Alder.9 apartments, a nine story mixed use building designed by TVA Architects for VWR Development. The building will include 176 residential units over approximately 5,000 sq ft of ground floor retail. Parking for 62 vehicles is proposed, mostly in an at-grade mechanical parking system. Long term parking for at 308 bicycles will be provided.

Alder.9 | TVA Architects | VWR Development

Design for Halsey 106 Approved (images)

Posted on September 6, 2018 by nextportland

A design review application has been approved for Halsey 106, a new mixed use, mixed income building in the Hazelwood neighborhood. The Holst Architecture-designed building will be located directly adjacent to the recently opened Gateway Discovery Park, and will include 40 units of affordable housing and 35 units of market rate housing. At the ground floor the building will include approximately 10,000 sq ft of retail space, fronting onto NE Halsey St and the new plaza. The building’s owner/developer Human Solutions will occupy 10,000 sq ft of office space at the second floor. 54 vehicular parking spaces and 94 long term bicycle parking spaces will be provided.

Halsey 106 | Holst | Gateway

Metro Reports: Argyle Apartments, Hollywood Commons, Hoyt St Yards Block 23, and more

Posted on September 5, 2018 by nextportland

REACH CDC’s Argyle Apartments will add 189 units of affordable housing on surplus property currently owned by TriMet.

Design Advice has been requested by Fosler Portland Architecture for a project at 206 NE Sacramento St:

Construction of ten condo units with garages in three 3-story buildings. Rooftop stormwater disposal via on-site infiltration drywell and paved areas on site to be pervious pavers. Please see EA 18-140413 and LU 18-173926 HR.

Early Assistance has been requested for a project at 2104 NE 13th Ave:

New 1-story apartment project (3 units) over day light basement. (See EA 16-262033 DAR & EA 14-220200) Due to location of adjacent basements and
poor soil infiltration, the proposed stormwater design will use simplified approach size stormwater planters (treatment and flow control). Overflow will connect to combined sewer in Tillamook Avenue. Due to location of adjacent basement and poor soil infiltration, the proposed stormwater design will use simplified approach to size stormwater planters (treatment and flow control). Overflow will connect to combined sewer in Tillamook Avenue.

A Pre-Application Conference has been scheduled by Alliance Realty Partners to discuss a project on Hoyt Street Yards Block 23 (bound by NW 13th, Raleigh, 12th and Quimby):

Proposed project is a senior living community with 110 units of R-2 occupancy independent senior living, 131 parking stalls in below grade parking with total GSF of 296,500 with 42,000 of that amount being below-grade parking.Active uses will be provided along 13th Avenue per 33.510.225. those may be lobby, bistro, admin offices, salon or other similar uses complimentary to the community and to development objectives stated for 13th Ave.

The Argyle Apartments at 2133 N Argyle St have been submitted for a Type II Design Review:

Multi-family residential development with 189 affordable housing units, with 5 modifications requested.

A building permit was issued to Urban Development Group for a project at 2821 NE Everett St (previously 316 NE 28th Ave):

Construct new 4-story, 118 unit mixed use-apartment building with basement level; 1st level 3 retail tenant spaces, trash loading area, and lobby

A building permit was issued to Deca, Inc for the Hollywood Commons at 1736 NE 45th Ave:

New 3 story, 12 unit apartment building with basement, includes associated sitework *** mechanical permit to be separate ***

Weekly Roundup: LISAH, Moxy Hotel, Heartline, and more

Posted on September 3, 2018 by nextportland

LISAH (Low Income Single Adult Housing) intends to provide dignified permanent supportive housing at a lower construction cost, using modular construction and shared common spaces.

Happy Labor Day. Because we didn’t do a weekly roundup last week, here are the news articles that caught our eye over the past fortnight.

The Kenton Women’s Village, a tiny home village for homeless women, will have to move by next year. According to the Oregonian Transition Projects has secured the funding for the first phase of LISAH (Low Income Single Adult Housing) , which will comprise of “36 studio and 36 one-bedroom apartments that would rent from $300 to $700 a month.”

Portland Monthly reported on the closure of Nong’s Khao Man Gai original location, to make way for the Moxy Hotel.

Willamette Week reported on Portland’s hotel-building spree, and asking whether visitors can keep up.

QuickFish poke has opened in the Pearl District building Heartline, according to Urban Works Real Estate.

The Portland Mercury asked if Portland Inclusionary Housing rule is really hurting developers.

Curbed reported that Oregon “recently approved an addendum to its building code that allows timber structures to be built over six stories without having to acquire special permission”.

Student Housing on NW 16th Ave Proposed (images)

Posted on August 31, 2018 by nextportland

Building permits are currently under review for a student housing development at NW 16th and Marshall. The 6-story building is being designed and developed by Kōz Development, who are based in Snohomish, Washington. The building will include 80 residential units for students at levels 2 through 5, and two retail spaces at the ground floor. 7 vehicular parking spaces and long term 86 bicycle parking spaces are proposed.

1111 NW 16th Ave

Metro Reports: 9747 NE Glisan & 4735 N Minnesota

Posted on August 29, 2018 by nextportland

9747 NE Glisan St, as shown to the Design Commission at a Design Advice Request hearing in February 2018. The development by Northwest Housing Alternatives will include 159 units of affordable housing.

A project at 9747 NE Glisan St has been submitted for building permit review by MWA Architects:

New 159 unit 90000 sq ft affordable housing complex – includes 7000 sq ft for community rooms, administrative offices and bike storage, includes associated site work and on site parking.

A project at 4735 N Minnesota Ave has been submitted for building permit review by EPR Design:

New 3-story 9 unit apartment building with trash room and bike room;with associated site work.

Metro Reports: Wells Fargo Center & 5715 N Greeley

Posted on August 22, 2018 by nextportland

The renovation of the Wells Fargo Center, designed by West of West and SERA Architects for the Lincoln Property Company, will include infilling the existing drive through at the data processing building on SW 4th Ave.

A renovation and expansion of the Wells Fargo Center at 350 SW Jefferson St has been submitted for building permit review by SERA Architects:

Renovation of existing office building; add new floor and remodel existing floors for office space; new entry, new roof deck; create shell spaces for future tenants

A building permit was issued for a project at 5715 N Greeley Ave:

New 3-story, 6 unit apartment building with 32 sf trash enclosure and F2 screen fence around mechanical equipment.