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The Jantzen Building, completed in 1946 and designed by local architect Richard Sundeleaf, sits on Northeast Glisan Street at 20th Avenue. Mackenzie was tasked with giving the landmark, formerly known as the Jantzen Knitting Mills Building, a new identity that would position it as a dynamic and creative office environment for current and future tenants. To satisfy the criteria of the City Planning Commission’s historical design review process, the design team took cues from the building’s historic characteristics and responded by revealing the existing structure in order to celebrate its...Learn more

As the first newly constructed office building in recent memory in downtown Vancouver, Washington, the Hudson serves as bridge between the community’s rich history and promising future. The design, both exterior and interior, reflects this unique position. The building’s brick is structural—it’s not simply skinned with a brick façade, like many contemporary buildings—and its clean, elegant aesthetic is a seamless match with neighboring historic buildings. A particular point of pride for Mackenzie is the role the Hudson is playing as cornerstone in the ongoing revitalization of downtown...Learn more

Located at the east end of the Hawthorne Bridge, this landmark adaptive reuse project furthers the evolution of Portland’s Central Eastside Industrial District. Mackenzie was tasked with transforming a historical building with several challenging existing conditions into world class software development center for tenant Viewpoint Construction Software. The developer charged the design team with delivering a highly efficient industrial office project (LEED platinum) at market rate within a restrictive budget. The firm provided comprehensive A/E services from concept design through...Learn more

Mackenzie provided full A/E services, including tenant improvements, for the transformation of a blighted 1951 warehouse in Portland’s Central Eastside district into the LEED Gold-certified RiverEast Center. Designers’ goals were to create a high performing office development that retained the industrial nature of the existing structure; seamless integration into the surrounding industrial area; and maximized energy efficiency, minimized waste, and increased environmental quality. As part of the award-winning redevelopment, Mackenzie provided site and plaza design, which included an expansion...Learn more