HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Latest step on ex-bank site: Option signed

Written July 10th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

The saga of 300 West First Avenue in Albany continues. That’s where years ago the First National Bank and later Wells Fargo had its downtown branch.


What’s up with Wells Fargo lot downtown

Written April 28th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

On a bike ride through downtown Albany in mid-April, I stopped on the former Wells Fargo Bank property, wondering what happened to the plan for redevelopment of the site. Members of the city council are wondering too.


Downtown housing: The latest addition

Written March 30th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

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.


Making repairs at historic building on Third

Written December 1st, 2023 by Hasso Hering

At 113 years of age, the two-story structure housing the Wood Apartments in the 200 block of Southeast Third Avenue may be among Albany’s oldest apartment buildings. Now the facade is getting structural repairs.


A facelift for the old post office/city hall

Written September 20th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

If you’ve wandered around downtown Albany, as I was last week, you may have noticed that things are happening with the old city hall at Second Avenue and Broadalbin Street.


Checking on St. Francis as state panel visits

Written October 21st, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Scott Lepman doesn’t have an estimate of how long it will take to refurbish the old St. Francis Hotel at Ferry Street and First Avenue in downtown Albany. But he, his brother Spencer and their construction crew are about to start.


A penthouse for the old St. Francis

Written July 16th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

The former St.Francis Hotel at First Avenue and Ferry Street in Albany might end up with an addition, a crowning feature you might say. Drawings prepared by Albany architect Don Johnson for the renovation of the four-story structure show a penthouse on the roof.


 
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