PORTLAND, Ore. – A 103-year-old historic firehouse building and two neighboring restaurants in the Pearl District of Northwest Portland are likely to be demolished as they sit on property proposed for redevelopment into a 12-story building with 150 residential units.

Located at 1425 NW Glisan St., the firehouse was built in 1913. It sits on a 5,000-square-foot lot. Now home to Touché Restaurant & Bar, the building is owned by Robert Ames and James Puckett.

Ames and Puckett also own the building to the east at 505 NW 14th Ave., built in 1940 and now home to Hawaiian Time restaurant.

They also are the owners of a building to the north of that at 517 NW 14th Ave., constructed in 1949 and now home to Le Bouchon French restaurant.

On March 21 the city received an early assistance application for development on the properties owned by Ames and Puckett. The application describes a proposed 12-story mixed-use building with ground floor retail and 150 market-rate apartment units.

The applicant was Kurt Schultz of SERA Design LLC.

A site plan included with the application shows the development would cover the lots containing all three buildings.

The firehouse building now home to Touché Restaurant is listed on the historic resource inventory taken in 1984.

It is listed as a historic resource for its architecture as well as historic significance, as it was “designed to house Engine and Truck Company #3,” the inventory states. “One of four stations of similar design erected on the west side, all designed by Battalion Chief Lee Holden, father of the gas-driven fire boat. This station was originally designed for horse-drawn apparatus and was remodeled later to accommodate mechanized fire equipment.”

The inventory indicates the firehouse was sold in 1967 and then operated as a warehouse and as a retail-damaged freight outlet.

It describes the building’s architecture as the “Twentieth Century Italian Renaissance” style.

Besides the firehouse, the Hawaiian Time building is also listed as a historic resource.

While it is now a restaurant, the building was constructed in 1939 as a service station. It represents the “Streamline Moderne” style of architecture, according to the inventory.

While no demolition permits have been applied for, the site plan indicates the proposed 12-story building would cover the entire southeast portion of the block, requiring removal of the historic resources as well as the third restaurant building.

A pre-application conference to discuss the development will be held at 1 p.m. April 20 at 1900 SW 4th Ave., in Room 4a on the fourth floor.