PORTLAND, Ore. – On the same Eastmoreland block as three giant sequoia trees that were preserved from being cut down last fall, a 1937 home will be demolished to make way for multiple new residences.
Located at 3685 SE Martins St., the 79-year-old house is located on a 10,000-square-foot lot. The house itself totals about 2,000 square feet in size.
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There have been no recent sales of the property recorded by the city, county or real estate databases.
But on Feb. 22 the Bureau of Development Services received an application for demolition of the 1937 home. The owners were listed as John and Terrie Marshall, the applicant was Kevin Partain of Urban Visions and the contractor was Renaissance Custom Homes LLC.
Renaissance Custom Homes LLC is registered in Lake Oswego to Randy Sebastian.
There are a number of trees on the site. A demolition plan is not yet available in the public record, so their fate is unconfirmed.
However, the developer has applied to reopen two underlying lots of record on the site, allowing two 5,000-square-foot lots to be developed.
Because the house is in a residential zone the demolition is subject to the 35-day delay, which will likely expire March 28.
This site is almost directly across the street from three sequoia trees that were at the center of a battle in September.
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The trees were ultimately preserved when developer Vic Remmers of Everett Custom Homes sold the property to a group of neighbors and other citizens who aim to turn it into a park.
Prior to selling the property Everett Custom Homes tore down a 1922 home adjacent to the trees.
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