About Portland's Concordia

Portland Oregon's Concordia Neighborhood

Update: This home had multiple offers within 3 days of listing and sold for Over Asking Price!

Spectacular remodeled bungalow in Portland's highly desirable Concordia neighborhood, tastefully updated to maintain its 1912 vintage charm. Open floor plan perfect for entertaining. Large bedrooms with master on the main floor. Beautiful hardwood floors and wood-burning fireplace. Newer kitchen cabinets, countertops, tile backsplash & cork floor; designer paint colors with high-end fixtures and exposed wood beams. Fenced back yard with deck. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2,507 sq ft

For more information contact Aaron Rian @ The Rian Group, Keller Williams ~ 503-710-7584

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The Concordia neighborhood in Northeast Portland Oregon is cool. Any neighborhood that has a school that has been converted into a movie theater, pub, restaurant, hotel, soaking pool, whiskey bar, live music, event gatherings, art gallery and tourist attraction has to be noted in the opening line of any neighborhood info blog. Yes, The Kennedy School, a Mcmenamins place has a special spot in my heart. If you have never been, I highly recommend it. Other places of interest are Fernhill Park, The Concordia Alehouse, New Seasons health food market and Milagros, baby boutiques. The Alberta Arts district borders Concordia to the south and Vernon to the West. People relocating to Portland Oregon can expect to find homes in the Concordia neighobrhood of $320,000 price range and average year built is around 1957. View homes for sale in the Concordia neighborhood. Read about the Concordia neighborhood.

We just found out toady that a home we currently have staged is one of the three to be featured on HGTV's House Hunters. The property is definately a "fixer" as it was a rental for the owne/agent for many years. The home is in a great neighborhood and has a lot of potential. I will keep you posted on how this works out. The agent is susposed to call us in the morning for more details. WE ARE DEFINATELY EXCITED!!

44 mid-century urban homes otherwise planned for demolition have been saved by contractor Matt Burton in hopes of relocating them somewhere in the Portland area.

Once said and done, the cost to move these houses with run $15,000 a piece. In addition, Burton would like to build basement foundations for these houses in order to turn them into duplexes which will in turn add $115,000 to each house... not including the cost of land that they have yet to find.

The would-be demolition is to make room for some additional facilities for Concordia University. (The image below is of their latest library expansion project).

This is quite a feat considering that the company and the city would like to keep all of the houses together and near city transit lines. This would mean that a valuable four acre location would need to be located and purchased. As much as I appreciate the salvation of these houses, I've been all over this city and I can't think of anywhere in the immediate urban area on the transit lines that would fit the ideal spot.... Except for one... Strangely enough, just down the street from Concordia University ten acres of land is where a recently demolished vacant middle school once sat. Concordia has even had it's eye on this location according to this article. Even the neighbors support the idea (per the article).

Now I'm scratching me head... A vacant ten acre space where the homes could be moved to at the cost of $5,720,000 (not to mention the cost of land) or Concordia University could leave the houses alone and take the vacant school grounds. I'm perplexed at the simplicity of the solution here...