The building at 1820 Fescue St. SE has been for sale.
An Albany church has applied for a permit to use the building at 1820 Fescue St. SE for “religious assembly,” in the words of the city planning division. I assume they mean worship services.
The building, owned by Kerley Clackamas LLC of Salem, had been the headquarters of Allann Bros. Coffee. It has been on the market for a year and a half with an asking price of $4.8 million.
When I checked on Thursday afternoon, the building’s front door was locked. The cafe next door, the Beanery, has been closed for I don’t know how long.
This week, the Albany Community Development Department posted a public notice that Jacob Liedkie, of the Cornerstone Bible Church on Southeast Eicher Road, had applied for a conditional use permit “to locate a religious assembly use within an existing building” at the Fescue Street address.
The Linn County tax department shows the building and warehouse as having 39,000 square feet.
“It is unclear how much of the building will be used as a church; however, I believe the church plans to purchase the building,” said David Martineau, the city’s manager of current planning.
In an email, I asked Liedkie about the church’s plans.
On Aug. 3 he emailed back: “We intend to use only part of the building. Expanding at our current location hasn’t been possible and this building would provide ample space for us to continue to serve our congregation and the community. We intend to purchase and use part of the building and lease part of the building.”
The Albany Planning Commission scheduled a public hearing on the church’s application for 5:15 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, in the council chambers at City Hall.
The county tax assessor says the property, including the warehouse or shop, several offices and the cafe, on a tax lot of nearly 3 acres, has an assessed value of about $3.2 million. In 2025 the owner paid property taxes of $59,713.
An online real estate listing says the “current tenant, Allann’s Coffee, originally Allann Bros Coffee, is Oregon’s oldest family owned coffee roaster and would like to negotiate to stay in part of the shop space. Exact details to be determined and agreed upon by all parties.” (hh)
The story has been edited to include the Aug. 3 response to my questions.
In case you did not already know, the Beanery cafe in the building has been closed for a while.
Bible church must be big business these days….Coffee business not so much..oh my
I would love to see Allan Brothers come back. I understand that the financials are the mitigating factors. The location in my opinion isn’t great for coffee roasters nor a church.
I used to buy beans and teas every week, but their prices just got too high. I don’t mind paying for quality, but I’m not going to pay for your financial problems.
Another religion vine at the public teat!!!!
Let’s give it an answer…NO
Now….IF they served beer instead of coffee I’d attend!!!!
So is it for sale , or are they leasing it, because then it’s a no property taxes situation,, and $59k and change goes out of coffers and we will have to make that up, since everyone has done their forecasts on revenue generation,