PORTLAND, Ore. – A 101-year-old house in the Piedmont neighborhood of North Portland will be demolished and replaced by multiple new houses.
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The house, located at 1113 N Terry St., was built in 1914 on a 5,000 square foot lot. It is on the edge of the Piedmont neighborhood, across the street from the I-5 freeway which separates Piedmont from Kenton.
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In 2013 the property sold for $200,000. City records show a death certificate was recorder shortly prior to the sale, suggesting it was an estate sale.
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The buyer was Metro Homes Northwest LLC, a notorious development company across Portland. Registered at 211 NE Weidler, Metro Homes Northwest is affiliated with Randall Palazzo‘s Affordable New Homes.
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On Dec. 12, 2014 the city received an application for demolition of the house. It was subject to the 35-day demolition delay, as the developer planned to replace it with multiple units. The permit was issued on Jan. 21.
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On that same day the developer applied for construction on two new houses on the property, one at 1113 N Terry St. and the other at 7878 N Missouri Ave. Those construction permits are under review.
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Since the developer purchased the house in 2013 the city has received three nuisance complaints about the building, stating the house was vacant with doors unsecured, windows open and transients living inside.
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Metro Homes Northwest is registered to Heidi Root, who also appears as a business member on Palazzo Vintage Homes LLC, one of a string of home-building companies affiliated with Randall Palazzo. Another of the companies, Palazzo Custom Homes LLC, filed for bankruptcy in 2010, The Oregonian reported.
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Willamette Week has also written about Palazzo, for which he sued the newspaper in 2009 seeking $22.9 million in damages. Part of the lawsuit sought to hold Willamette Week accountable for comments published on the newspaper’s website.
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The applicant on the new Piedmont neighborhood construction was Joshua Patrick of Metro Homes Northwest.
In 1961 the home was advertised for sale for $3950, with a $300 down payment.
Home advertised for sale, The Oregonian, Nov. 21, 1961. Photo credit: The Historical Oregonian