PORTLAND, Ore. – A 59-year-old single-family home in the University Park neighborhood of North Portland will be demolished and replaced with multiple units of housing.
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The single-family home, located at 5226 N Harvard St. and built in 1956, is 1,764 square feet in size, and sits on a 10,000-square-foot lot.
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On Oct. 23 a death certificate was recorded for the previous owner, and a sale to Robert Kessi for $420,000 took place.
On Jan. 20 the city received an application for demolition of the house. It was subject to the 35-day demolition delay, as the developer plans to replace it with more than one dwelling unit. The house is approaching the end of its delay period.
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In place of the house the developer plans to build two new two-story single-family residences, each with an accessory dwelling unit in its basement. While the 1956 house includes a garage, neither of the new residences will have one.
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While there are two new residences coming to the property, the developer appears to be partitioning the lot into three separate parcels with a “covenant” being placed on the third lot to “not build for 5 years” on the property.
Owner Robert Kessi of Kessi Construction Inc. is also acting as the applicant and contractor on the demolition and redevelopment.
The demolition delay expires Feb. 23.
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