6 • The Southwest Portland Post
NEWS
July 2016
Realtor says two homes will be built; arborist to decide fate of cedar tree
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for as much as half of that total through
competitive grants but the other half
must come from local, regional, and/
or state sources.
Project partners are developing a
funding plan. Voters may be asked
to approve a region-wide funding
measure that could include other
transportation projects. “Those details
aren’t yet clear,” Dobson replied, “and
likely won’t be until early 2018.”
The next phase of environmental
review and design work is scheduled
for public meetings in September.
The profiles of the connecting
projects can be found at http://www.
oregonmetro.gov/sites/default/files/
SWCP-SIS-update-20160527.pdf
HERITAGE TREE II
By KC Cowan
The Southwest Portland Post
The enormous Northern Deodar
Cedar tree on Southwest 33rd Avenue
might still be cut down. It all depends
on its root system.
The tree takes up a large portion
of the corner of the southern end of
the lot. The original house on the lot
was torn down and the developer,
Renaissance Homes, plans to build
two new houses on the property.
Neighbors were afraid two houses
would mean the cedar would have to
be cut down. The controversy even
led to a tree-sitter who vowed to do
all she could to save the tree.
Now, there is a new for sale sign in
front of the lot, and broker Brian Butler,
of Windermere Realty, confirmed two
2,500 square-foot homes will be built
on the property. However, he said it
doesn’t necessarily mean the cedar
will be chopped down.
“We have a site plan and design
that will allow us to save the tree,” he
said. “We’ll have an arborist on the
site when the foundation is dug and
he will evaluate what the root system
is like and if the tree can be salvaged.”
Butler declined to name the arborist
who will examine the root system and
make that decision. The foundation
is scheduled to be dug in early July.
Butler added they now plan to set one
of the homes farther back on the lot,
which they hope will allow them to
save the heritage tree.
“Our intent is if at all possible to
keep the tree,” he said.
In the meantime, Butler is already
getting calls from people interested
in the future homes, which are
SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR PLAN
THE COUNTRY STORE
Two homes will fit on this lot. But will there still be a heritage cedar tree on the corner?
(Post photo by KC Cowan)
expected to sell for around $774,000
and $779,000. The market is very
strong right now, and Butler says it
is possible that someone will buy one
of the homes before it is even built.
There’s even an incentive to do so.
“Right now, we’re offering for
qualified buyers a roughly $50,000
incentive if someone comes in with
a ten percent down payment,” Butler
said. “It’s a good opportunity for
a buyer with risk and vision to do
that.”
The down payment, plus signing a
contract with intent to purchase will
save a buyer a lot of money, because
once the foundation goes up, so does
the price—by another $50,000.
Once the foundations are dug and
the arborist advises the developer
on whether or not the tree can be
saved, permits will be pulled, and
contractors lined up. According to
Butler, the two new homes should
be finished by December or early
January.
Editor’s Note: In May, The Post ran a
front page story discussing the possible
destruction of a heritage cedar tree in
Multnomah Village some six feet in
diameter. Neighborhood activist Sara
Long, a City Council candidate, adopted
the tree and said she would do everything
possible to keep it from being cut down.
But two large houses were scheduled to
be built on the site and the future of the
tree was in doubt. We asked reporter
KC Cowan to follow-up on the original
story and here is her update. You can
read the original story online at http://
www.swportlandpost.com/pdf_files/
swportlandpost_05_16.pdf.
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With clients from 30 states and 10
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