PORTLAND, Ore. – A 95-year-old home in the Richmond neighborhood will be demolished and replaced with new housing. The amount is unclear at this time, though permits suggest it will be multiple new houses.
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The property, located at 2247 SE 30th about a block east of Hosford Middle School, is home to a house built in 1920. The lot is 11,480 square feet, while the house itself is 2,301 square feet.
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The property is owned by Abdul Jamil Kamawal and Mahbooba Kamawal. The last recorded property sale was in 1988 for $34,286, suggesting the property will either be developed by the longtime owners or that a sale has not yet been recorded in the city database.
Update: Zillow.com shows a property sale occurred Jan. 16. The sale price was $825,000, making this the new most expensive single-family house purchased for demolition we have covered yet. The next-highest is a house in northwest Portland, which sold for $655,000.
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On Sept. 11 the city received an early assistance application for development on the property. The application describes the developers’ plans to demolish the 1920 home, split the lot into three parcels and build a new single-family home on each.
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However, when the owners applied for demolition of the house on New Year’s Eve, it was issued the same day without requiring the demolition delay. There have also been no applications to divide the lot at this time, and the city has received only one application for new construction on the property.
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If the house is replaced by three units, it would appear to be a violation of the demolition delay exemption ordinance, as houses are only exempt when replaced by one new single-family residence.
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While the Kamawals are still listed as the owners, the contractor on the demolition is Vic Remmers‘ Everett Custom Homes, notorious for demolition and redevelopment across Portland. It is uncommon for Everett Custom Homes to act only as a contractor, generally preferring to purchase the house outright before demolition.
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The applicant on the project is Mike Coyle of Faster Permits, a “full service permit management firm” that will “advise of minimum submittable requirements” in order to make building permit management “predictable, reliable… even completely stress-free.”
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