Introducing The Mad Dog Block, an adaptive reuse project in Central SE Portland

The permits have been filed, the design finalized and now it’s time to get to work on The Mad Dog Block. 

The first phase will be an adaptive reuse project that will incorporate two warehouse buildings, both built in the 1920s, snuggled next to the Hawthorne Bridge at 210 and 226 SE Madison Street.

The combined buildings will provide shared amenities and tenants will have private conferencing on the second floor, as well as access to a roof deck and a structure that provides a spectacular view of downtown Portland. The building will also provide break-out and collaborative spaces, an abundance of bike parking, and shared tenant parking.

Building on the Central Eastside’s DNA of bricks, beams and warehouses, the adaptive reuse project will feature industrial and modern finishes throughout and at 55,000 square feet, will provide spaces for small-scale manufacturers, creatives and other small to medium-sized businesses. 

The Central Eastside Industrial District has a long legacy of manufacturing and attracting entrepreneurs and businesses that help drive the local and state economy. As denizens of Central Eastside ourselves, we’re thrilled to be a part of that legacy and build upon it for the next generation of makers and manufacturers.

And by retrofitting existing buildings through our adaptive reuse knowledge, we’re also keeping the district’s history and legacy alive. 

Client: 210 SE Madison OZ LLC
Developer: Libertas Management LLC
Contractor: Truebeck Construction

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Helping an Oregon city blossom

Downtown Estacada.

We’ve done work in the financial field, the brewing industry, residential and commercial spaces and now we can add community building (literally). 

Over the course of most of 2019 we’ve been working with the City of Estacada’s economic development and downtown revitalization team to help transform a dusty 1938 building into one that will be renovated into a modern space to help revitalize a main street. 

Using historical photography, it was discovered that the Broadway Building had a somewhat dubious addition to it in the 60s or 70s—a common theme it seems. The goal will be to restore the facade of the building, take a historically incongruent facade on Fourth Avenue and bring it into alignment with the downtown and with the building that it's attached to.

Our goal with the Broadway Building: restore the facade of the building, take a historically incongruent facade on Fourth Avenue and bring it into alignment with the downtown and with the building that it's attached to.

SUM is also doing an awning replacement, taking off all of a failed stucco system, exposing the substructure, and then re-stuccoing the facade. By scaling back the existing two facades and breaking up the canopy line, keeping them at a consistent height, and adding more glass into the center space, we're actually gaining an additional retail space.

Though the building will have a bit more modern touch, using a steel canopy, with all new window systems, the old character of the building will remain, this time around with newer amenities.

The Broadway Building is just one project out of many helping to contribute to downtown Estacada’s revitalization and we couldn’t be more pleased to be helping the city shine.

The old character of the building will remain, as well as the newer mural, with newer amenities.