PORTLAND, Ore. – More than a century after it was built in the Sellwood neighborhood of Southeast Portland, a duplex on a corner lot has been demolished after a sale to a Beaverton-based developer.
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Located at 1421 SE Umatilla St. (also listed as 1433 and 1435 SE Umatilla St.), the building was 2,472 square feet and sat on a 7,500-square-foot lot. A vacant 2,500-square-foot lot is adjacent to the property.
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On Oct. 26 both lots sold for $800,000 to Everett Custom Homes Inc., a residential development company registered to Vic Remmers in Beaverton.
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Two weeks before the sale was recorded, the developer applied for demolition of the 114-year-old structure. The applicant was listed as Diana Catron of Everett Custom Homes Inc., while the contractor was named as Acorn to Oak Remodeling LLC.
The demolition permit was issued Jan. 14. A large tree at the southwest corner of the lot was cut down as part of the lot clearing process.
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The developer has so far applied to build one new house on the property. The Portland Mercury reported three homes will be built on the former site of the duplex.
The newspaper also initially reported Everett Custom Homes would deconstruct the house, but later determined the developer was only partially deconstructing the house and demolishing the rest. City permits do not generally differentiate between the two methods of house removal.
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