Looks like two former eyesore rresidential properties are going to be totally rebuilt from the ground up. While walking my dog over the weekend, we noticed that one house just south of the corner of Gresham and Emerson (backs up to Brownwood park near the volleyball court) was totally torn down sometime this week, with the exception of the foundation and the porch columns. I stopped to talk to the construction crew and he said they are building a a new house on the old foundation. I guess they originally wanted to restore the old house, but it was in such bad shape that they had to tear it down.
Same deal with a house on Stokeswood, just south of Ormewood, next door to the home daycare center on the corner. I saw a crew of guys tearing down the old house (it had a giant hole in the roof and front from where a tree fell on it) and they have already framed up and put the sheathing on the new house. Look like it will be pretty nice.
