Historic Resource Reviews: Type IV Demolition Review 1727 NW Hoyt Street Portland, Oregon Site: 1727 NW Hoyt Street Cross Street: 18th Avenue Legal Description: Lots 2 and 3, South 1” of Lot 6, Block 162, Couch’s Addition to the City of Portland Property ID: R140834 Site: 10,100 square feet (.23 acre) Improvements: Three-story URM office with 12,930 square feet (gross) and a 5,000 square foot, 14-space surface parking lot adjacent north Requested Land Historic Resource Demolition Review (Type IV) Proposed Work: Demolition of a Contributing Building in a National Register District Applicant: Mark Edlen Gerding Edlen 1477 NW Everett Street, Portland, OR 97209 503-299-6000 -
[email protected] Preparer: Robert Mawson Heritage Consulting Group 1120 NW Northrup Street, Portland, OR 97209 503-228-0272 -
[email protected] Owner: Megan Murphy Blackstone Group 635 NW Albemarle Terrace, Portland, OR 97210 917-690-3103;
[email protected] Zoning: RHd (High Density Residential with a historic overlay) Comments: The property has never used any local, state or federal historic preservation incentive, including the Oregon Special Assessment for Historic Properties. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The applicant is proposing to demolish a vacant three-story office building and surface parking lot located in a residential area of the Alphabet Historic District in order to consolidate the parcel with the adjacent quarter block parcel to the north and build a half-block apartment building of approximately 80 units. The parcel is located at the northeast corner of Hoyt Street and 18th Avenue. Proposals to demolish contributing resources are reviewed through a Type IV Demolition Review.