surplus property

Albany to buy former school bus barn

Written October 8th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 20 responses.

The former bus barn of the Albany public schools will become the property of the city of Albany, according to a sales agreement up for city council approval on Wednesday night.

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Tags: Albany Public Works, Albany transit buses, bus garage, property purchase, school bus barn, surplus GAPS property, surplus property

What’s to become of this vacant lot?

Written September 30th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

The Albany City Council is getting ready to sell a one-acre lot off the Water Avenue railroad track, a parcel the city managed to get for nothing in 2013.

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Tags: BNSF, Calapooia Brewery, city lot, Hill Street, surplus property, Water Avenue

City gets one offer for ex-Cumberland lot

Written May 13th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

Envision a little pocket park at this corner, with parking spaces behind it and three or four businesses in what now is the warehouse at the back.

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Tags: 401 Main Street, Albany City Council, Baldwin General Contracting, cumberland church, Santiam Road, surplus property

City proposes a use for former RR land

Written January 21st, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

More housing. That’s what may be in store for a vacant property the city of Albany owns along the old Oregon Electric Railway track on Water Avenue.

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Tags: Albany council, Albany housing, BNSF Railroad, needed housing, old Oregon Electric, surplus property, Water Avenue

This Albany lot proves impossible to sell

Written October 13th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

What has happened with the empty lot and water tank at 370 Burkhart St. since the Albany City Council voted to sell it last winter? Not much. The property remains as unused as it has for decades.

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Tags: 370 Burkhart, Albany water system, surplus property, water reservoir