By Living Room Realty, May 30, 2018
In Portland there are a bunch of little ‘downtown’ areas. The Hawthorne District, the Vancouver/Williams Corridor, St. John’s and Alberta Arts…just to name a few. These zones are loaded with bars, restaurants and shopping opportunities; they have a down-town feel, but more of a neighborhood vibe when you wonder a few streets off in any direction. As a resident you can walk to some nice amenities without having to necessarily live in the middle of a busy area. On the west side there is really only one such district: Multnomah Village. You could argue that places like Goose Hollow fall into this category, but I would argue that GH is in downtown proper.
When I met with my clients Tom & Reann in the early spring we spoke for an hour over coffee about what they were looking for in a home. Walk-ability was at the top of the list and it slowly came into focus that they were bound for the Westside. Naturally we ended up in Multnomah Village. On our first day out we looked at 7 or 8 properties all over town and it was borderline-discouraging….until the last one. It was a townhome on Capitol Highway on the northeastern edge of the village; there were 8 units in total built in the late 1990’s. The layout was great, location is dynamite and the price was in the ball park of being reasonable. We got an offer accepted for decent amount below asking price and settled on a closing date just a few weeks from acceptance. Welcome to Multnomah Village living!!
