Commercial General Contractor in Gresham, OR

Most contractors list Gresham on a service-area map. We drive to work here. Our address reads Portland 97230 because that is what the Postal Service uses for this part of NE Portal Way, but the building is inside Gresham, and that is why Google shows us as a Gresham general contractor. When your project is in East County, the walkthrough is down the road, not across the metro.

We are a commercial general contractor, not a broker. One project manager runs your job from walkthrough to final inspection and brings in the trades. That covers tenant improvements, remodels and change-of-use conversions, multifamily, healthcare, retail and light industrial. See our full commercial construction services.

Getting a commercial permit in Gresham

Inside Gresham city limits, commercial work is permitted by the City of Gresham. The project goes in through the city’s online permit system and is assigned to a plans examiner. City staff may ask for a submittal conference, and plan review fees are collected before review starts, so budget for them at the front of the job, not the end.

Plan review in Gresham is not one desk. Building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical are reviewed alongside the public facilities: streets, water, sewer, storm, parks and fire. System development charges are calculated during review, and on a change of use or new building they can be a real line in the budget. That is why we look at the utility connections and frontage during preconstruction instead of waiting for the comments.

Once the plans are approved, one stamped set stays on the job site, inspections run through every phase, and the city issues a certificate of occupancy after the final inspections pass. No certificate, no move-in, so we plan the finish date around the final inspections, not around the last coat of paint.

Troutdale, Fairview and Wood Village

East County is several small cities side by side, and the line between them is not always obvious from the street. Troutdale runs its own Building Division and issues residential and commercial permits through its own online portal, with City of Gresham staff supporting several types of plan review and inspections. Fairview and Wood Village sit between the two. We confirm which city your parcel is in before anything is drawn, because the city decides the portal, the fees and the review queue.

Permit facts on this page verified from greshamoregon.gov and troutdaleoregon.gov in November 2026. Processes change, so we confirm yours at the walkthrough.

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