Central Eastside News - Page 55

maccoinnich · #**1081** Posted **May 15, 2015, 1:54 PM**

Posting notice for 915 Belmont. Has a perspective I haven't seen before.

http://www.portlandoregon.gov/index.cfm?c=42262&a=530562

maccoinnich · #**1082** Posted **May 19, 2015, 3:25 AM**

FFA Architecture and Interiors have scheduled a Pre-Application Conference to discuss an addition to the Industrial Home Building at 200 SE Martin Luther King Blvd:

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This is a proposed addition to expand the current Industrial Home Building located on the property to accommodate tenant expansion plans. The current parking will be maintained with two connection floors above to be added. The addition is approx. 5660 sf in total with the consideration of a green roof system

Ankrom Moisan Architects have submitted 915 SE Belmont St for building permit review:

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6 story mixed use

maccoinnich · #**1083** Posted **May 19, 2015, 7:41 PM**

Drawings [PDF - 16MB] for 811 SE Stark. All it took to get them was a Freedom of Information request.

Abide · #**1084** Posted **May 20, 2015, 1:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by maccoinnich

Drawings [PDF - 16MB] for 811 SE Stark. All it took to get them was a Freedom of Information request.

I am fascinated and thrilled by this project because of its location, it's size, its structure, and its design. It's so cool to see a quality office project done near the central city that's so small. This is a pretty small lot and it's going to be beautifully utilized. Also excited to see more Glulam. This project will be an exciting shot in the arm for a very sleepy industrial-ish area.

maccoinnich · #**1085** Posted **May 20, 2015, 2:01 AM**

I'm really interested by the way heavy timber seems to have become the new standard for mid rise office buildings in Portland. Also: props to Works Partnership for being brave enough to use exposed Simpson hangers and not designing some fiddly Cutler Anderson-esque custom connection.

Abide · #**1086** Posted **May 20, 2015, 4:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by maccoinnich

I'm really interested by the way heavy timber seems to have become the new standard for mid rise office buildings in Portland. Also: props to Works Partnership for being brave enough to use exposed Simpson hangers and not designing some fiddly Cutler Anderson-esque custom connection.

Looks like the same thing in the 6th and Davis office building going up. Seeing a definite MO and I like it.

Encolpius · #**1087** Posted **May 20, 2015, 8:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by maccoinnich

Drawings [PDF - 16MB] for 811 SE Stark. All it took to get them was a Freedom of Information request.

Did you really? Kudos, and thank you for your journalistic dedication!

MarkDaMan · #**1088** Posted **May 20, 2015, 7:08 PM**

One-of-a-kind office building on its way up in the Central Eastside (Photos)
May 20, 2015, 5:44am PDT
Jon Bell
Portland Business Journal

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog...aEqOvgXoyG8%2FwIKsmMtmSIXCT&t=1432148093

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Nine years after a massive fire destroyed the old Taylor Electrical Supply Company warehouse in the Central Eastside Industrial District, a 72,000-square-foot office building is rising in its place, continuing the unique district's ongoing evolution.

Killian Pacific, the Vancouver, Wash., development company behind the nearby Viewpoint Construction headquarters and Goat Blocks projects, began demolition of the burned-out warehouse building at 240 S.E. Clay St. last week. Over the next 11 months, the company will build a six-story, wood-framed office building aimed largely at meeting the needs of expanding creative firms in search of space.

"This building is trying to provide new office space for the firms that are growing," said Noel Johnson, managing director and vice president for Killian Pacific. "A lot of the old buildings down there don't have the kind of space for tenants who want to move into a 25,000-square-foot space."

Apex Real Estate Partners Mark Friel and Rennie Dunn are the exclusive primary leasing advisors for the building, which is currently being called Clay Creative. The name will change, as naming rights to the building will eventually go to the anchor tenant.

Friel said interest has already been strong, with several prospects eyeballing spaces of 4,000 and 6,000 square feet and another considering a much bigger footprint.

"Portland is typically not a pre-leasing town," he said. "People want to see it and touch it first, so considering that work just started 10 days ago and there's already this much interest is pretty unique."

The building will consist of heavy timber, built with a mix of large timber beams, glulams — wood laminates that have been glued together — and flooring assemblies comprised of hammered-together 2 by 12s, 2 by 10s and 2 by 8s. That stouter, taller construction, along with different occupancy and weight specifications, differentiates the building from other timber-framed buildings that have gone up recently in town, Johnson said.

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maccoinnich · #**1089** Posted **May 20, 2015, 7:55 PM**

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Did you really? Kudos, and thank you for your journalistic dedication!

Yeah, I'm kind of appalled that it took a Freedom of Information Request to get drawings for what is after all a set of drawings for a project that went through a public hearing process. There was probably three weeks of back and forth emails before that.

rsbear · #**1090** Posted **May 20, 2015, 8:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by maccoinnich

Yeah, I'm kind of appalled that it took a Freedom of Information Request to get drawings for what is after all a set of drawings for a project that went through a public hearing process. There was probably three weeks of back and forth emails before that.

If I was responsible for that design (comment focusing on surface parking and the building's street-level) I wouldn't want anyone to see it, either.

PDXDENSITY · #**1091** Posted **May 20, 2015, 8:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by MarkDaMan

One-of-a-kind office building on its way up in the Central Eastside (Photos)
May 20, 2015, 5:44am PDT
Jon Bell
Portland Business Journal

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog...aEqOvgXoyG8%2FwIKsmMtmSIXCT&t=1432148093

Way too much surface parking.

pdxtraveler · #**1092** Posted **May 20, 2015, 11:21 PM**

I really do like the building though.

bvpcvm · #**1093** Posted **May 21, 2015, 12:37 AM**

That wall around the parking lot is just awful. I mean, OK, without the wall, you'd still just have a parking lot, I get that, but to me this makes it look like a fortress. Like, maybe they should think about a moat, too.

PDXDENSITY · #**1094** Posted **May 21, 2015, 12:47 AM**

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Originally Posted by bvpcvm

That wall around the parking lot is just awful. I mean, OK, without the wall, you'd still just have a parking lot, I get that, but to me this makes it look like a fortress. Like, maybe they should think about a moat, too.

I like "EXPLORE" above a framed parking lot. Delusional design and intent. I like the building, but hell no to this surface lot.

Abide · #**1095** Posted **May 21, 2015, 1:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by bvpcvm

That wall around the parking lot is just awful. I mean, OK, without the wall, you'd still just have a parking lot, I get that, but to me this makes it look like a fortress. Like, maybe they should think about a moat, too.

That "wall" is the shell of the original building. I think it's kind of neat they're keeping part of it. Don't like the large surface lot, but keeping part of the burned out, graffiti'd shell is a cool idea.

bvpcvm · #**1096** Posted **May 21, 2015, 3:08 AM**

If they leave it burned and graffiti'd, that sounds kind of interesting, I guess. I'm just thinking of that wall in front of the Ecotrust building. While I sort of like that wall, it doesn't really add any vitality to the street.

PDXDENSITY · #**1097** Posted **May 21, 2015, 3:10 AM**

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If they leave it burned and graffiti'd, that sounds kind of interesting, I guess. I'm just thinking of that wall in front of the Ecotrust building. While I sort of like that wall, it doesn't really add any vitality to the street.

Yeah, this is no good. I would hope the whole site could get developed. If they absolutely need parking, make it underground or sandwiched like that development on Sandy with Wholefoods. Surface lots this close in are terrible.

urbanlife · #**1098** Posted **May 21, 2015, 3:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by Abide

That "wall" is the shell of the original building. I think it's kind of neat they're keeping part of it. Don't like the large surface lot, but keeping part of the burned out, graffiti'd shell is a cool idea.

Oh wow, I didn't realize it was that building, that looks less awkward knowing that. I am actually happy they are saving at least part of the shell of the old building.

pdxtraveler · #**1099** Posted **May 21, 2015, 3:14 PM**

I prefer they have a wall like that, or like Eco-Trust. Then it doesn't feel as much like parking, at least there is structure to the sidewalk.

PDXDENSITY · #**1100** Posted **May 21, 2015, 3:36 PM**

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I prefer they have a wall like that, or like Eco-Trust. Then it doesn't feel as much like parking, at least there is structure to the sidewalk.

I think conceding a surface lot this close in and near transit is crappy.