Bank takes over old Gordon’s Fireplace Shop property, averting city auction

After the city foreclosed in June, the building was set to be sold off Monday. But another party intervened and paid off the outstanding liens.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The former Gordon’s Fireplace Shop building in Northeast Portland will not be auctioned off Monday as originally anticipated, officials with the city of Portland confirmed Friday — the result of the property changing hands at the last minute.

Portland City Council foreclosed on the property in June after the building’s owners built up roughly $150,000 in liens for code enforcement violations, leading the city to schedule it for auction.

The historic building at Northeast 33rd Avenue

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