Tag: Riverside Carpentry

Construction, Demolition, New Residence

NE 74th Townhomes Underway

Cement masons recently completed foundation work on four townhomes under construction along NE 74th Avenue near NE Glisan Street. In January, demolition crews deconstructed the 100-year-old single-family residence at 423 NE 74th Avenue, making way for these new homes. The street-facing unit spans the building’s frontage with a full-width porch, making the development look like a large house.

This townhome development is located just south of the Mt Tabor Villas apartment building that opened in 2020 and across the street from the Glisan Landing affordable housing project under construction. Multifamily housing is already well-defined on this street, and this builder could have displayed the density without seeming out of place. However, the design of this two-story building should blend in with the single-family homes on the block. The front of the structure features a symmetric design with a walkway leading to the centered front door. The three other homes are accessed from a side-yard walkway and will remain mostly hidden from passersby.

Portland Maps image with MV News illustrations

The three back units all feature identical floor plans with an open first-floor layout. The kitchen at the back of the main level features a wrap-around counter, creating some separation between the Dining/Living Room areas. A powder room is tucked under the staircase leading up to the second floor. Designers placed two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a laundry closet on the top level. One of the bathrooms is hallway accessible, and the other is reserved as an ensuite.

Deconstruction of 100-year-old single-family residence at 423 NE 74th Avenue

The front unit shares mostly the same arrangement. However, its first floor has a larger half-bath and a more defined Living Room area. In addition to having a four-by-thirty-foot front porch, it offers residents 100 more square feet of living space.

Expect construction at this site to continue through the year’s end, with completion likely in early 2024. Onsite parking is not planned for this development, making these homes best suited for families using transit or other driving alternatives. Street parking on this block is limited based on its current configuration.

New Townhome addresses

  • 451 NE 74th Avenue
  • 453 NE 74th Avenue
  • 455 NE 74th Avenue
  • 457 NE 74th Avenue

Article and photos by

Jacob Loeb

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Construction, Demolition, New Residence

4 New Townhomes on NE 74th

The new owners of a single-family residence at 423 NE 74th Avenue will soon remove the 100-year-old building. In its place, the developers will create four new townhomes in an area of NE Montavilla seeing substantial development. This 5,000 square foot lot sits next door to a recently completed apartment building and across NE 74th Avenue from the proposed affordable housing complex breaking ground next year.

Riverside Carpentry bought the 900-square-foot home in April of 2022. A month later, they applied to demolish the house and detached garage. In mid-September, the developer submitted building permit applications for a project consisting of four two-story townhomes. Each residence will reside on its own lot. Plans do not call for onsite parking for this project.

Image from Portland Maps

This infill development joins other recent high-density housing centered around NE Glisan street west of NE 82nd Avenue. Similar projects are underway at 432 NE 73rd Avenue and 319 NE 75th Avenue. Although the Mt Tabor Villas building on NE 74th Avenue predates Metro’s purchase of the former Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) location, other recent developments seem centered around the future low-income housing complex. Even before the construction began at the TBN site, the message from officials was clear. Density housing is the future for this area.

Within a few years, many more people will reside off NE Glisan Street. The added residents should boost nearby businesses, and the late-night activity could deter some malicious activities in the area. Eventually, other properties on the surrounding blocks will have economic pressure to convert to residential or mixed-use, bringing in even more people and businesses to the area. NE Glisan will take years to mature, but current building trends indicate that change is already underway.

423 NE 74th Avenue after it sold in April 2022

New Townhome addresses

  • 451 NE 74th Avenue
  • 453 NE 74th Avenue
  • 455 NE 74th Avenue
  • 457 NE 74th Avenue

By

Jacob Loeb

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Construction, Demolition, History, New Residence

Demolition on NE Holladay Street

In March, Riverside Carpentry purchased 8225 NE Holladay Street and now plans to demolish the 100-year-old single-family residence. A second demolition permit seeks to remove the detached garage and shed simultaneously. The property is adjacent to the Don Pedro Mexican Food restaurant on 82nd Avenue and outside the residential section of Portland’s Comprehensive Plan Map. Consequentially, the permits are not subject to a 35-Day Demolition Delay.

In the early 1900s, the property housed a small cottage on the land with an original address of 2049 Holladay Ave. Ivan Swift purchased that home sometime after 1911. According to the Sunday Oregonian, the Swift family celebrated the birth of their daughter at that home on September 5th, 1918. Sometime late in the 1920s, the Swifts updated the house, installing a sewer line and running water.

2049 East Holladay Ave Sanborn Maps 1924

The two-bedroom, one bathroom, 489-square-foot home’s real estate listing shows very few updates over its 100 years. However, it has received at least one addition at the back of the building, expanding the structure. The property is now zoned Commercial Mixed Use 2 and could support a variety of medium-scale redevelopment. Projects in this zone generally support four stories, except in locations where bonuses allow up to five levels and offer a mixed commercial and residential use.

Expect demolition crews onsite in the next few months. Workers will also remove the driveway’s curb cut, cap the sewer, and fill the basement cavity. Look for updates when the developer submits building permits for the replacement structure.

By

Jacob Loeb

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