housing

A project on vacant corner: 16 townhouses

Written November 23rd, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

Albany’s city planning division has just approved a site plan for a set of 16 “townhome-style multifamily units” on the south side of town. The plans are a departure from the single-family development pattern that dominates land use farther west along Southwest 53rd Avenue.

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Tags: 53rd Avenue, Albany housing, Albany land use, housing, South Albany, townhomes, Varitone Architecture

No controversy: Two developments get city’s OK

Written November 9th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

In what was pretty much a formality, the Albany Planning Commission has approved a 22-unit apartment complex on Southeast Salem Avenue and a 23-lot subdivision on Northwest Gibson Hill Road.

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Tags: Albany Planning Commission, apartments, Gibson Hill Road, housing, land use, North Albany, Salem Avenue, single-family lots, subdivisions

Albany housing: In the pipeline or being built

Written November 5th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

Housing is being added in Albany at a steady pace and in many variations of type and size, and the planning for more continues.

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Tags: Albany growth, apartments, development, housing, land use, middle housing

Those trees on Waverly are likely to go

Written October 27th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 20 responses.

The stand of bushes and trees you see on the east side of Waverly Drive between Salem Avenue and Pacific Boulevard is likely to disappear after the lot is rezoned for “medium-density” housing.

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Tags: 241 Waverly, Albany comp plan, housing, land use, medium density residential, rezoning

Request: Angled parking on one block of Fourth

Written September 19th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

The last we heard about a plan to build eight apartments on Fourth Avenue at Calapooia Street was in May, when the Land Use Board of Appeals ruled in an appeal to block the project. Now the builders are back with a request to make this one block of Fourth one-way west, with angled parking […]

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Tags: angled parking, apartments, Downtown housing, Fourth and Calapooia, Friends of Historic Albany, housing, LUBA, Siegners

Denser housing: Owner renews rezoning bid

Written September 14th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

Six years ago the Albany City Council refused to rezone a single-family residential lot on Waverly Drive to allow construction of up to 35 apartments. Now the owner is giving it another try.

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Tags: 241 Waverly, Albany planning, apartments, housing, land use, medium density residential

More affordable housing in Albany? Fat chance

Written May 17th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 20 responses.

As far as planning projects go, the Albany City Council has made “housing affordability” its top priority. But no matter what the planning division comes up with, don’t expect housing to become less expensive or more “affordable” to more people any time soon.

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Tags: affordable housing, Albany council, housing, housing needs, rent burden