Telegram Building Renovation Planned for 2002

PORTLAND-An estimated $7.5-million renovation is being planned for the Telegram Building, a Georgian Revival-style, three-story brick building built in 1922 for lease to the Portland Telegram, the City’s evening daily newspaper at the time.

Topped by a clock tower at 1101 S.W. Washington St., the Telegram Building is on the National Register of Historic Places. Local hand surgeon Peter Nathan owns the building and has hired Venerable Properties to handle the renovation and leasing. WaterLeaf Architecture & Interiors is handling the design.

There is 23,800-sf of rentable space in the building, which is being renovated for office and retail uses. The ground floor has a 17-foot-high ceiling and the basement has a 19-foot-high ceiling. A feasibility study is underway for the addition of one or two floors.