A residential subdivision in South Albany is turning out differently than when it was proposed and when the Albany Planning Commission approved it in 2019.
There’s a new sign by the side of Gibson Hill Road in North Albany. It signals that a planned 80-lot “middle housing” project is ready to go ahead and that its ownership has changed.
Since 2013, the City of Albany has owned nearly one acre of former railroad land near the Willamette riverfront. Off and on since then, city officials have talked about what to do with the vacant lot. Now they’d like to hear from the public.
The Albany Community Development Department has approved the site plan for a 54-unit apartment project on the south side of Creel Avenue, a residential street one block south of the Walmart Supercenter.
There’s a lot near the Albany riverfront that has been the subject of stories here before. For years it was occupied by an old garage and warehouse, which was demolished in 2023.
For years I have followed what was happening on a lot across from Albany’s Hackleman Park. A bike ride took me past the address again last month, and what I saw might be one partial answer to Oregon’s so-called housing crisis.
Downtown housing: The latest addition
Two buildings containing eight three-story townhouses are under construction in the 200 block of Southeast Third Avenue, the latest project by the Lepman organization to increase housing in and near Albany’s downtown.
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