Gray Purcell Completes Mosaic Condo Project

Portland - Tigard, Ore.-based Gray Purcell, Inc. a commercial general contractor, has finished the approximately $4 million Mosaic Condominium project at SW 11th Avenue and Columbia Street.

Canadian developers A. Fraser McColl and Don Charity tapped Gray Purcell, Inc. at midpoint to assume general contractor responsibilities on the 8-story, 37,000-sq.-ft., mixed-use commercial/residential project.

The Mosaic's 40 units (two-level townhomes and one-level lofts) range from 460 sq. ft. to 1,191 sq. ft. Street level units are convertible to retail use and a beauty salon is already in place. Finishes include maple floors, stand-alone gas fireplace, CAT-5 high-speed Internet wiring and bike storage. One of the unique features is a planted "eco-roof," which helps to treat rainwater before it runs into the city's sewage system.

Design was handled by MYHRE Group Architects of Portland, Ore.

Tacoma Contractor Building 2 Salem Projects

Eugene - Tacoma, Wash.-based general contractor Rushforth Construction is busy with two Salem projects - the Salem Conference Center and Parking Garage and the new Phoenix Inn Grand Suites hotel. Both projects are being constructed on the same city block just three blocks from the state's capitol.

The conference center, designed by Seattle's LMN Architects, consists of three stories of structural steel and concrete construction with integrated large timber members. An operable curtainwall system allows for expansive natural light and cross ventilation. The center offers 78,000 sq. ft. of conference and meeting room space and boasts a full functioning catering kitchen with banquet facilities. Construction started last August, and completion is expected in February 2005.

The new Phoenix Inn Grand Suites hotel is a 164,000-sq.-ft., five-story hotel with 194 rooms The building structure blends type 1 concrete construction with type 3 hybrid steel and wood frame construction. It features guest rooms, pool and spa, exercise room, breakfast area, administration offices and state-of-the-art conference facilities. Scheduled completion is January of 2005.

DJ Architects designed the hotel.

No Bull: Area Leaders Donate Cash to Children

Portland - For 10 Oregon children's charities, 2004 started off in a grand way: with an impressive monetary donation.

Donations totaling $300,000 from the B.U.L.L. Session - a coalition of Business, Union and Legislative Leaders - will help outstanding local children's groups like the Providence Child Center in Portland and the March of Dimes.

The contributions were raised September 9, 2003, at the annual B.U.L.L. Session golf tournament and auction at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club. The B.U.L.L. Session, in its 13th year, includes community leaders from business, labor unions, lawmakers and the local media. More than 480 golfers took part in the fundraiser this year.

This most recent fundraising event brought the B.U.L.L. Session's total contributions to children's charities over the past 13 years to $1.7 million.

The $300,000 donation will be shared by Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Gales Creek Camp Foundation, Hearing and Speech Institute, Emanuel Children's Hospital Foundation, March of Dimes, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Shriners Hospitals for Children-Portland, Special Olympics Oregon, Wheel to Walk Foundation and Providence Child Center.