A Portland-based drug and alcohol addiction treatment center will receive more than $2.1 million from the city to help build a new facility. The city in turn would be able to determine the use of 10 inpatient beds for 60 years.

DePaul Treatment Center plans to build a two-story 55,000-square-foot facility at Southeast 102nd Avenue and Cherry Blossom Drive that would replace its current 46,000-square-foot downtown Portland building, which has 84 beds. The nonprofit’s new building is planned to have around 70 beds for long-term adult treatment and a day treatment space expected to serve up to another 80 people at a time and more than 900 outpatients a year, DePaul officials say.

The new building will be built on a 3.4-acre property and is planned to open sometime in 2021. A groundbreaking ceremony will be held April 23.

The Portland City Council voted 4-0 Wednesday to send the organization up to $2,177,000 for the estimated $29.1 million building that will have dining and other amenity spaces for residents.

The 10 city-controlled beds would be regulated by the Portland Housing Bureau and meant for people with incomes at or below 60% of the median family income. For a single person in the Portland area, that would be $36,960 and below, city data shows.

Mayor Ted Wheeler, who oversees the housing bureau, said the city pushed for this model so public dollars would go toward ensuring some of the treatment beds remained affordable.

“Our contribution is a relatively small portion of the overall contribution to this project, but I think it’s a very important contribution because it opens up access for people who might not otherwise have access to these treatment opportunities,” he said.

DePaul currently has its main facility downtown that includes a 24-hour residential treatment center at 1312 S.W. Washington St. and a youth and family center at 4310 N.E. Killingsworth St. It also operates an outpatient center in Hillsboro.

City and county records show DePaul sold the downtown building for nearly $7.4 million in November to an out out-of-state owner. Sandy Parkin, a DePaul spokesperson, said Thursday that it isn’t immediately clear when the downtown Portland building will close.

Molly Rogers, Portland Housing Bureau deputy director, said Wednesday that DePaul planned to raise $10.7 million for its new building and draw the remaining $16.2 million from other sources that include tax credits.

Maree Wacker, DePaul’s chief executive officer, said her organization is still trying to raise $1.4 million of the planned $10.7 million. She told the city council that her organization serves around 5,000 people for addiction treatment and mental health services and a third of their patients are homeless when they arrive and around 28% of them are people of color.

She said the group aids people in finding housing once they complete DePaul’s program and have paid first month’s rent for some of them.

-- Everton Bailey Jr; ebailey@oregonian.com | 503-221-8343 | @EvertonBailey

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