HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

If plan falls through, there’s Albany Plaza

Written June 1st, 2026 by Hasso Hering

Unless developer Scott Lepman goes ahead with his option to buy the former Wells Fargo Bank property in downtown Albany, the vacant lot likely will be paved as a parking lot.


‘East anchor’: A councilman’s idea

Written August 23rd, 2016 by Hasso Hering

The city-owned parking lot on the south side of Water Avenue between Albany’s Willamette River bridges has about 65 spaces, give or take one or two. City Councilman Rich Kellum has an idea of how to double the number of spaces and develop the site as the “east anchor” of the downtown district’s commercial revival at […]


 
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