PORTLAND, Ore. – Two retail buildings in the Sellwood neighborhood have been approved for demolition, and will be replaced by a large mixed-use structure.
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Located on the corner of 13th and Spokane, the two buildings, one a 3,854 square foot retail building built in 1926 and its neighbor a 966 square foot store built in 1908, were pending sale in June 2014 after the previous owner passed away.
The 1926 building displays an “Old Sellwood – Antique Row – Historic Site – Dent Thomas Cleaners Est. 1932” sign near the door.
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The new owner is Vic Remmers of Everett Custom Homes Inc., registered at 735 SW 158th Avenue, the same address listed for Dennis Sackhoff‘s numerous Urban Development Group businesses.
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In June the city received an Early Assistance – Zoning and Infrastructure Bureaus application for development on the property. The applicant was Richard Rapp with TVA Architects.
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Remmers plans to build a four-story mixed-use building on the site of the previous one-story retail buildings. There will be ground floor commercial, and the upper floors will be residential.
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Remmers has not yet applied for a construction permit, but the city has received a public works application that will likely merge the two lots into one.
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The applicant on the demolition permit was Mike Coyle of Faster Permits. As we have reported previously, this is a middleman service that handles permit applications for developers. Faster Permits will prepare and submit materials for applications, monitor the status, submit follow-up materials, consult with the developer, and process approved plans and permits.
Faster Permits will “advise of minimum submittable requirements” for a construction project.
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The previous tenants of the buildings have closed and moved out. The Oregonian reported in July that Love Art! Gallery, located in the small corner building, would be closing: “The couple doesn’t know what will become of the store, a 1908 house similar to homes lived in just a block away. The owner died recently, Ruby said, and ownership transfered to a family trust.”
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E-Hair Studio, located in the larger retail building, closed in the spring, “due to ownership change” of the building. Farmhouse Antiques was also located in the larger retail building.