- Townhouses Rise on Site of 1922 Westmoreland Demolition
- Westmoreland Home Razed, Lot Split in R5 Zone
PORTLAND, Ore. – Two units of attached housing have taken shape on the former site of a 93-year-old single-story house in the Westmoreland neighborhood of Southeast Portland.
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The house was located at 6531 SE 21st Ave. It was built in 1922 and totaled 1,111 square feet in size, sitting on a 5,000 square foot lot.
It sold in March 2014 for $315,000, to N James and Dorothy Hawthorne, listing an owner address in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
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The following month the city received an application for demolition of the one-story house and for a land use review. The applicant was listed as Robert Hawthorne of PDX Living LLC, registered in Portland. This business also lists Bart Bergquist as a member. The demolition permit was issued in August.
The land use review, approved in December, split the 5,000-square-foot lot into two parcels despite its R5 zoning. This is allowed on corner lots in the R5 zone, as per 33.110.240 subsection E.
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Early this year the developer applied for new construction of a two-story, two-unit townhouse development. The applicants on the new construction were Robert Hawthorne and Wade Younie.
The structure has since taken shape.
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