PORTLAND, Ore. – Development of an apartment building that would likely see the demolition of a 106-year-old home is in its earliest stage on Southeast Division Street.
Located at 2915 SE Division St., the house was built in 1910 and sits on a 5,000-square-foot lot. The residence itself totals 1,868 square feet in size.
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No recent sales have been recorded, with the last transaction taking place in 2002 when the property sold to Vicky Morton and Mark Humphrey for $200,000.
Business records show a law firm has its offices in the building.
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On Dec. 29 the city received an early assistance application for development of a new apartment building on the site. The applicant was listed as Mike Coyle of permit middleman company Faster Permits.
Because an early assistance application is a preliminary step in a development project, there are no further details given on the proposed scope of the apartment building.
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The city has not received an application for demolition of the 106-year-old house, but the layout of the property is such that it would be difficult to construct an additional structure while retaining the house.
The single-family home is located in a mixed commercial zone, meaning if a demolition application were submitted to the city the permit could be issued the same day without triggering a delay period.
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The property is also included in a main street corridor overlay zone, which aims to “encourage higher density residential uses by allowing greater building heights, reducing required building coverage for residential development; and allowing more flexibility in site design.”