PORTLAND, Ore. – A house built in 1925 in the Eastmoreland neighborhood of Southeast Portland will be demolished and replaced with multiple new residences, by a very active development company across many of the city’s neighborhoods.
Located at 7556 SE 29th Ave., the house was built 91 years ago and sits on a 10,700-square-foot corner lot. The home itself totals 2,545 square feet in size.
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Although there have been no recent sales of the property recorded and city and county records list the owners as Lucinda and Frederick Russell, real estate website Zillow lists a pending sale of the property for $749,900.
The listing advertises the house as an “Eastmoreland treasure,” highlighting its “1920s dramatic architectural fixtures, arches and alcoves.” The listing adds that the house is “beautifully updated with hardwoods throughout,” a “grand entry with circular stairway and balcony, floor to ceiling stone fireplace, open beam ceilings, french doors and carriage windows,” and numerous other features.
On Aug. 15 the city received an application to demolish the 1925 home. The applicant was listed as Dan Williams of permit middleman company Faster Permits, while the contractor was listed as Vic Remmers of Everett Custom Homes Inc.
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A Redfin listing of the property includes a host of interior photographs showing the condition of the house.
Although the pending sale is not finalized and buyer details are not publicly confirmed, virtually all the Everett Custom Homes demolition and redevelopment projects reported on by this publication have involved the company first purchasing the property, rather than simply working as a contractor.
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Two days after the demolition application, the developer applied to reopen two underlying lots that are platted underneath the property’s current zoning. Underlying lots allow developers to utilize grandfathered zoning regulations often meaning development that would not adhere to a property’s modern zoning is allowed.
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However, only two lots have been “confirmed” on the property, and the land’s modern R5 zoning would already allow for two residences on the 10,700-square-foot property, so it is not certain whether the planned development would utilize the grandfathered density provisions by building more than two new residential units.
The demolition delay period for the 91-year-old home will likely expire Sept. 19.