- Remmers Begins Demolition in Goose Hollow
- Goose Hollow Home to Be Razed for Multifamily Housing
- Update: Goose Hollow Home Taken Down
PORTLAND, Ore. – More than a century after it was constructed in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Southwest Portland, a three-story single family residence will be demolished to make way for a six-story multifamily housing complex by a prominent developer.
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Located at 1450 SW Jefferson St., the house was built in 1900 and sits on a 10,500-square-foot site which includes the tax lot it is built on as well as a vacant parcel to the east. It is neighbored by an 1894 house to the west.
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In March, the lot with the house and the vacant lot to the east officially sold to Goose Hollow Lofts LLC for $1,125,000. This LLC is registered to VWR Development LLC, which in turn is registered to Vic and Wally Remmers. Vic Remmers is the owner of home redevelopment company Everett Custom Homes.
But the process for redeveloping the Goose Hollow lot goes back before the property sale. A pre-application conference was held last summer, during which the developer described plans for a 66-unit apartment complex spanning six stories with no vehicle parking.
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In the fall the proposed development went through a Type 3 design review procedure, following which the design commission elected to approve the new residential development. By this time the scope had been lowered to 61 residential units, still with no onsite car parking (expansive bicycle parking is included).
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Design review was required because the site is located within a design overlay zone which attempts to promote the “conservation, enhancement, and continued vitality of areas of the City with special scenic, architectural, or cultural value.”
Following design review approval the developer applied for new construction of the six-story building in April. The permit is still under review, with Richard Rapp of TVA Architects listed as the applicant.
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On June 30 the developer applied for demolition of the 115-year-old house on the property. The applicant on the permit is listed as Diana Catron of Everett Custom Homes, while the contractor is listed as Our United Villages, suggesting the home will be deconstructed by the Rebuilding Center. The demolition is subject to the 35-day delay which, while not explicitly stated by the Bureau of Development Services on the permit intake, will likely expire August 4.
Rendering of the project by TVA Architects
A rendering of the approved design shows the likely appearance of what will be replacing the 1900 home. The building will include “ribbed metal panel as a primary cladding material, and smooth metal panel and fiber cement panels as accent cladding materials,” according to BDS staffer Jeffrey Mitchem.
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Rendering of the project by TVA Architects
Other ongoing VWR Development demolition and redevelopment projects include a demolished wholesale Chinese market at Southeast 31st Avenue and Hawthorne Boulevard and two demolished commercial buildings at Southeast 13th Avenue and Spokane Street.