Scott Lepman

What’s up with Wells Fargo lot: An update

Written January 3rd, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 18 responses.

Some day there may be a building there, but for now the former site of Wells Fargo Bank’s downtown Albany branch is serving the need for more parking slots.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: CARA, development agreement, downtown, parking, Scott Lepman, Wells Fargo lot

Now it’s done: Behold the ‘Opera House’

Written October 18th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

It has taken a while, but now a faded former apartment house on East First Avenue in Albany has been rebuilt as something completely different. Now it’s the Opera House, a building with century-old lines on the outside and modern, well equipped apartments inside the walls.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: 222 First, Albany downtown, downtown apartments, Historic buildings, Opera House Apartments, Scott Lepman, Spruce

Quick sale: Council likes Lepman proposal

Written October 2nd, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 12 responses.

Well, that was quick — the sale, that is, of the former Wells Fargo Bank property in downtown Albany.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: ARA, CARA, downtown, parking lot, Scott Lepman, St. Francis, Wells Fargo branch, Wells Fargo lot

St. Francis restoration: What the numbers mean

Written September 15th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

A question was circulating among people with their eyes open in downtown Albany over the last few days: What’s with all those numbers in the windows of the former St. Francis Hotel?

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Candace Ribera, downtown Albany, historic building, Scott Lepman, St. Francis, window repair

An infill project on Water Avenue

Written July 12th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

Talk about infill! That’s the idea of building on vacant lots surrounded by established uses, and the latest proposal by Albany developer Scott Lepman certainly qualifies.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany apartments, Albany housing, Glorietta Bay, infill, Scott Lepman, Water Avenue

Council votes to sell former Cumberland site

Written June 22nd, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

The former site of the historic Cumberland Church in Albany will go to Baldwin General Contracting, which owns the property next door.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: 401 Main, cumberland church, Josh Mitchell, Santiam and Main, Scott Lepman, Yohn Baldwin

Still for sale: Vacant Cumberland lot

Written May 25th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

The city of Albany is hoping to sell the former site of the historic Cumberland Presbyterian Church, a property that the Public Works Department acquired in 2000 for $150,000. But as of today, the vacant lot is still for sale.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: 401 Main, Baldwin General, Baldwin General Contracting, cumberland church, Main and Santiam, Scott Lepman