Construction continues at The Banks, the new apartment complex on the Willamette River in Albany. But most of it is finished, and on Friday they held a grand opening.
Housing development appears stuck in limbo
Written March 30th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
What happened to the plan to build 44 apartments and 11 single-family houses at the corner of Airport Road and Franklin Avenue, a plan approved by the Albany Planning Commission in August 2020?
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Tags: Airport Road, apartments, Franklin Avenue, housing, land use, Oregon white oak
Tags: Airport Road, apartments, Franklin Avenue, housing, land use, Oregon white oak
Two years later: A look at completed site
Written March 26th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
The bike occasionally takes me past the 1100 block on Sixth Avenue across from Hackleman Park in central Albany. Last week I noticed how the area has been spruced up with the completion of this building’s conversion to an apartment house.
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Tags: Albany housing, apartments, Hackleman Park, Planning commission, Sixth Avenue, Veal Chair Factory
Tags: Albany housing, apartments, Hackleman Park, Planning commission, Sixth Avenue, Veal Chair Factory
The future: EV chargers at apartments
Written February 12th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
The planned conversion to electric vehicles in the next generation will require a lot of places to charge car batteries. So I was interested to see a newly installed charger at The Banks, the 120-unit apartment complex nearing completion at 595 Geary St. N.E.
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Tags: 2035, apartments, electric cars, EV chargers, EV charging, Level 2 chargers, tenants
Tags: 2035, apartments, electric cars, EV chargers, EV charging, Level 2 chargers, tenants
Hearings set on new apartment complex
Written January 16th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
Owners of the former Mega Foods supermarket property are asking the City of Albany to approve dividing the 4.8-acre tract and to rezone the southern section to allow construction of 42 apartments.
Affordable housing: A couple of projects
Written December 26th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
Everybody these days is talking about the need for affordable housing in Albany. In that connection, a couple of things are going on.
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Tags: affordable housing, apartments, farmworker housing, Farmworker Housing Development Corp., housing, Linn-Benton Housing Authority, subsidized housing, workforce housing
Tags: affordable housing, apartments, farmworker housing, Farmworker Housing Development Corp., housing, Linn-Benton Housing Authority, subsidized housing, workforce housing
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Six apartments planned on East First
A three-story building holding six apartments is in store for a vacant property on East First Avenue in Albany if the owner carries through with plans submitted to the city planning division.
Tags: Albany building, apartments, First Avenue, mixed use residential, six apartments