The Albany Planning Commission will do something unusual Monday — considering permitting an apartment house that has been an apartment house for a long time.
Annexation sought to build more housing
Written February 28th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Many new houses on the south end of town will be the eventual result after the city of Albany annexes about 35 acres east of Lochner Road.
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Tags: Albany housing, Albany Planning Commission, annexation, Lochner Road, Oak Creek area
Tags: Albany housing, Albany Planning Commission, annexation, Lochner Road, Oak Creek area
City schedules public hearing on ‘The Banks’
Written January 17th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Once again the Albany Planning Commission is faced with having to decide the fate of “The Banks,” a proposed 120-unit apartment complex on the Willamette River across Geary Street from Bowman Park.
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Tags: Albany Planning Commission, River View Holdings LLC, riverfront apartments, The Banks, Willamette River
Tags: Albany Planning Commission, River View Holdings LLC, riverfront apartments, The Banks, Willamette River
Henshaw Farm: How the plans changed
Written November 24th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
Plans for a big subdivision on the former Henshaw Farm south of town have been in the works ever since May 2005, when Albany voters approved the annexation of 105 acres at the corner of Columbus Street and Ellingson Road.
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Tags: Albany Planning Commission, Henshaw Farm, housing, subdivision development
Tags: Albany Planning Commission, Henshaw Farm, housing, subdivision development
Are single-family houses over? Not yet
Written November 16th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
There’s no sign in Albany that developers are waiting for the new state housing law to kick in, the law that seeks to encourage more people to live closer together and start using the bus instead of their car.
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Tags: Albany housing, Albany Planning Commission, HB 2001, middle housing, Oregon land use
Tags: Albany housing, Albany Planning Commission, HB 2001, middle housing, Oregon land use
Planning board rejects ‘The Banks’ changes
Written August 31st, 2020 by Hasso Hering
Developers of “The Banks,” an apartment project they want to build on the Willamette River near Bowman Park, ran into a snag Monday when the Albany Planning Commission said no to changes in their plans.
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One walnut tree versus eight townhouses
On July 19, three members of the Albany Planning Commission objected to construction of eight single-family townhouses on Third Avenue downtown because it would take down a walnut tree in the corner of the site. On Monday the commission will get a chance to undo that action because, as it turns out, the city development […]
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