The owners of a 0.8-acre industrial site at 9270 NE Glisan Street listed the property for sale after almost four years of use as a freight transportation yard. This former Associated Petroleum Products distribution facility spans residential and commercial zoning, and any substantial redevelopment would need to conform to new city-designated uses. However, new owners could request conditional use approval for similar logistics operations as allowed today.
Pioneer Oil Company built the facility in 1988, and the family that owned that company still has a stake in the property. In 2020, they entered a real estate transaction directly with a buyer to sell the property. Now, the 350 by 100 foot multi-parcel property is available again. The front 10,000 square foot lot is on NE Glisan Street in a Commercial Mixed Use 1 (CM1) zone, allowing small-scale buildings generally three stories tall. It could support apartments, offices, and retail storefronts. The Residential 2,500 (R2.5) parcels are single-dwelling zones, but newer building codes allow for housing density in these areas, including cottage clusters and fourplexes.
The mixed-use parcel on NE Glisan Street blocks the residentially zoned properties from access to a city street. However, an overgrown alley extends from E Burnside Street to NE Glisan Street along the property’s eastern edge. That skinny single-lane road was the original East 94th Street North before later development, and Portland City street renumbering shifted that street 150 feet east. During that early time in Portland’s history, people called NE 92nd Place Mabel Street, and these properties were located just outside city limits in Russellville. 9270 NE Glisan Street was addressed as 2264 E. Glisan Street when Russellville Water Company first owned the land. It housed an above-ground steel water tank elevated into the air by a steel support tower. This distribution tank stored 50,000 gallons of water. Russellville Water Company’s board dissolved the organization on December 30th, 1950, and sold its assets to the Russellville Water District.
Current zoning and past uses for petroleum storage may complicate future redevelopment of this site. However, its walkable access to transit on bus or MAX light rail and quick connections to services in the Gateway District make 9270 NE Glisan Street an appealing place for housing construction with varying degrees of density. Interested groups can contact Jordan Fezler with Apex Real Estate Partners.
