Blog Stories CLOSED: A BITTERSWEET FAREWELL TO GRAHAM ST COMMONS

CLOSED: A BITTERSWEET FAREWELL TO GRAHAM ST COMMONS

By Marissa Sainz, October 2, 2020


This wonderful property has closed! When my clients first contacted me years ago, they were looking for their first home, in an affordable and well-connected neighborhood of Portland. They were immediately attracted to this home, located in a community called Graham Street Commons, an intentional community in NE Portland (more on that below). My clients have loved living in the community and have become such good friends with their surrounding neighbors. This home was built in 2009 and was the start of a grand vision.

Now they’ve expanded their family and had the vision of more room and space to grow. We found them an awesome home in West Linn that I shared a few weeks back. It’s nothing short of impressive.

Their NE Portland home was built in 2009 and was the start of a grand vision. Graham Street Commons is a “common green” project that has 4 planned buildings. The initial vision was developed by Jeff and Susan Hartnett. They pictured a “pocket community” that would provide residential living in the heart of urban Portland. These homes were to be high quality with a low environmental impact, all at an affordable price. The Commons now has three single-family homes with a duplex yet to be built. They were ahead of their time by trying to add density in Portland’s city core, an effort now finally met by city legislature, just this year. Jeff and Susan Harnett’s approach has been repeated several times since.

It is so important to create affordable and green homes in our city. I’m excited to see more options like this one for families in the future. I am incredibly lucky to be a small part of this process. Congratulations to the new homeowners, who have an amazing community to grow into, and to my clients who have growing of their own to do! It was a pleasure working with you all!

Price: $695,000
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 
2 Full, 1 Half
Sq. Ft.: 
2,429

Looking to Buy, or Sell? Get in touch!
Marissa Sainz—512.736.6111

Marissa Sainz

Broker | Earth Advantage | OR

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Whether you want to live in a hip Pearl District condo or a unique east side bungalow I am here to help you find the perfect home. The Pearl District and the close in surrounding neighborhoods are exciting and evolving areas and where I focus my business...
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