PORTLAND, Ore. – A 79-year-old home in the Arbor Lodge neighborhood of North Portland will be demolished, and while new construction permits have yet to be filed the property’s zoning suggests there could be multiple new houses incoming.
The house, located at 6825 N Greenwich Ave., was built in 1936 and sits on a 7,500-square-foot lot. The house itself totals 1,948 square feet in size.
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According to county records the house most recent sold in 2005 for $278,100 to its current owner. On April 17 the Bureau of Development Services received an application for demolition of the 79-year-old home. While city records list the permit as “issued” the same day it was applied for, records also state the house is subject to the 35-day demolition delay.
No construction permits have been filed on the house, however its zoning gives an insight into what would potentially be allowed.
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The property, 7,600 square feet in size, is located within a low-density residential R2 zone, which would allow for one residential unit per 2,000 square feet. This means there could potentially be three new units on the property if a land partition is requested.
The land is also located within the North Interstate Plan District, which “provides for an urban level of mixed-use development to support the MAX line and the surrounding neighborhoods by encouraging development that increases neighborhood economic vitality, amenities, and services and successfully accommodates additional density.”
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The listed owner is Susan Farrelly registered in Vancouver, Wash.
The applicant on the demolition is Rahim Abbasi of Abbasi Design Works, a graduate of Portland State University’s Center for Real Estate Master in Real Estate Development program.
Abbasi also recently applied for demolition of a 108-year-old house at 3150 SE Belmont St.
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The demolition delay for the Arbor Lodge home will expire “at 4:30 p.m.” May 22, according to the BDS intake.