Cleared of the defunct concrete tank that once was part of the Albany water system, the vacant lot at 370 Burkhart St. SE is up for sale again.
Three small vacant lots in central Albany and owned by the city will soon come up for sale. What eventually happens there, if anything, seems very much up in the air.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Look at those city-owned lots now
Last July the Albany City Council rejected an offer of $125,000 for three blighted lots at the corner of Ninth Avenue and Jackson Street. The properties seem to have been forgotten since.
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