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A building permit issued for a new Portland Live Nation performance venue provides a look into the planned Central Eastside project.

The permit calls for the construction of a two-story building at 1211 S.E. Water Ave. with a mezzanine, spaces for food services, artist locker rooms, a loading dock, offices and artist lounge. Once complete, the 62,000-square-foot building will have 1,280 seats and a maximum capacity of 3,500 occupants.

Colas Construction and Beam Development will build the venue designed by Lever Architecture.

The issuance of a building permit comes in spite of a local campaign to stop the venue

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