- Demolition Confirmed for 1909 Hawthorne Home, Protest Today
- Four Stories Proposed to Replace 1909 Hawthorne Home
PORTLAND, Ore. – Nearly eight months after the city received an application indicating an apartment building would be planned on its site, a 1909 house on Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard has been issued a demolition permit to be replaced by a five-story, 30-unit apartment complex with no on-site parking.
The house, located at 3423 SE Hawthorne Blvd. and reported on by the Portland Chronicle in January, sits on a 6,835-square-foot lot and is considered by the city as a four-plex.
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While there was a $925,000 sale pending on the house in December, according to Redfin, the real estate website has since recorded a final sale of the property for $900,000 on July 15. Despite that information, city and county records have not been updated and still list the Takla Living Trust as the owner.
But on Aug. 6 the city received an application for demolition of the 106-year-old house, listing the owner as Hub Apartments LLC, the applicant as Mike Coyle of Faster Permits and the contractor as Treece & Lambert LLC. The demolition permit was issued the same day, as the house is located in a commercial zone that is exempt from delay requirements.
On New Year’s Eve the city received an application for early assistance with development on the property. But while that intake described a new four-story, 26-unit apartment building on the property, construction permits received since then indicate the scope has increased.
On Aug. 11 the city received an application for new construction of a five-story, 30-unit apartment complex with no onsite automobile parking. The construction permit is still under review.
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A demonstration is planned to begin at noon today at the site of the house, organized by Stop Demolishing Portland.
Hub Apartments LLC is registered to WMT LLC, which in turn is registered to W. Martin Treece. Hub Apartments LLC also lists Douglas R. Grim as its registered agent. Grim is also the registered agent for Everett Custom Homes, Arbor Custom Homes, West Hills Development, and VWR Development, among other development companies.
Treece, who is listed by Google Plus as a “financial planning consultant,” was behind the demolition of two 1920s homes on Northeast Glisan Street for a five-story 37-unit mixed-use complex.