By: scott.huish in TopProjects 2022 September 2, 2022 12:54 pm

Location: Portland Cost: $8,839,984 Start: February 2020 Completion: February 2021 Owner/Developer: Specht Properties Architect: SERA Architects Engineer: SERA Architects General Contractor: Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty Company Submitting Company: Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty Company Subcontractors: A2 Fabrication, A2 Metals, Alliant Systems, Anderson Sandblasting, Arctic Sheet Metal, Brian Berg, Chambers Brothers Door & Frame Specialties, Clean World Maintenance, Columbia Cascade, Culver Glass, DLM, Don Herbst Painting, Faustrollean Fixture, Fulcrum Exteriors, Green Art Landscaping, Hal Flake, Hal’s Construction, Harlen’s Drywall, Interior-Exterior Specialist, LDC, Michael’s Precast Concrete, Mt. Hood Window Coverings, Northwest Scaffold Service, Otis Elevator, PFL Spaces US, Quick Crete Products, Red Hawk Fire Protection, Renwil, Roedel Tile Contracting, Shaw Contract Flooring Services PDX, SI Contracting, Stoner Electric, WH Cress

In 1984, 220 NW 2nd was envisioned as the beginning of a redevelopment renaissance for Old Town, but the redevelopment never happened. With the departure of the building’s anchor tenant, a major repositioning effort was possible. The project consisted of a complex ground floor and lobby renovation and included extensive improvements to the ground floor façade, interior lobby, common areas, tenant spaces, and conferencing center.

The lobby ceiling was raised up to 12 feet to provide more openness and allow additional light to enter the building. Additional space was added behind the main reception to allow for a seating area, pre-function space, and large conference room.

The building shell had uninsulated glass that was replaced with high efficiency SolarBan-70 insulated units. The main floor HVAC system was replaced with a VRF system. New LED lighting was provided throughout with a one-of-a-kind stretch fabric 3D light measuring 25 feet in diameter as the focal point of the lobby. Contractors repaired leaking from the building plaza into the underground parking garage.

The project removed site pavements down to the structural slab garage lid, replaced the waterproofing and provided new architectural concrete pavements. The building façade was mostly brick, which was waterproofed and covered with metal panels.

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