PORTLAND, Ore. – Property vacant for six years in the Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood of Southeast Portland is the site of a proposed five-story development with a number of varied uses but not including residential units.
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The lot is located at 2422 SE 9th Ave. at the intersection of Southeast Ninth Avenue and Division Street. An 8,831-square-foot lot, the property sold in 2014 for $500,000, only $35,000 more than it had most recently sold for in 2008.
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However, at the time of the sale eight years ago a house stood on the property. Built in 1883, the house totaled 2,528 square feet in size.
In 2009 the city received a complaint that the house was being used for commercial purposes while still being classified as a single-family residence, therefore not operating with the correct permits. About a month after receiving that complaint the city received an application for demolition of the house from the owner. It was demolished later that year, with the demolition permit suggesting the demolition was associated with the violation complaint.
On the now-vacant lot the new owner and developer plans to build a five-story, 34,000-square-foot building with ground floor retail and business, assembly, storage and factory occupancy uses in other parts of the building.
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There do not appear to be any residential units proposed on the site.
Christmas ornaments decorate a tree on the vacant lot. Photo credit: Portland Chronicle
The property is owned by Solterra Cities LLC, registered in Seattle. Matthew Kirkpatrick of affiliate Solterra Systems LLC is the applicant on the property, listed at the company’s Portland office address. Solterra Systems LLC is working on several other projects around Portland, including development on North Williams Avenue as well as Southeast 15th Avenue and Ankeny Street.
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The construction permit, received Feb. 24 by the city, is still under review.