The Banks

Riverfront beat: Taking a look at The Banks

Written October 3rd, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

They’ve installed bike racks at The Banks, the 120-unit apartment complex under construction on the Willamette River near Bowman Park in Albany. So things are looking up.

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Tags: apartments, bike racks, housing, The Banks, Willamette River

Riverside apartments post what they’ll cost

Written April 25th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 35 responses.

Once again last week, the bike took me on the trail between the Willamette River and The Banks, the 120-unit apartment complex under construction near Bowman Park in Albany. Then, over the weekend, I noticed that the Salem-based developers have opened a website that shows the floor plans of different units and what they will […]

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany apartments, apartment rent, Bowman Park, cost of rent, housing, Simpson Park, The Banks, Willamette River

False alarm: No, river’s not contaminated

Written February 18th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

See that white sign there? On Thursday afternoon (Feb. 17) it warned people to avoid contact with “contaminated water” in the Willamette River below the construction site of The Banks, an apartment complex near Albany’s Bowman Park. Well, forget it. There was no contamination.

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Tags: false alarm, no contamination, sewer oevrflows, The Banks, Willamette Riiver

Archaeologists dig at Albany apartment site

Written August 30th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

An archaeological team continued working Monday at the construction site of “The Banks” apartment project near Bowman Park on the Willamette River. Exactly what they are finding, if anything, remains a matter of speculation.

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Tags: archaeology, Bowman Park, The Banks, Willamette Cultural Resources Associates, Willamette River

Riverside trail: Passage blocked at Bowman

Written May 13th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

In a story on April 25, I wondered whether the trail along the Willamette River between Bowman and Simpson parks would stay open during the construction of The Banks, a 120-unit apartment complex. As of Thursday night, the answer was yes and no.

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Tags: Albany, Rive View Holdings, riverside trail, The Banks, Willamette River

City schedules public hearing on ‘The Banks’

Written January 17th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

Once again the Albany Planning Commission is faced with having to decide the fate of “The Banks,” a proposed 120-unit apartment complex on the Willamette River across Geary Street from Bowman Park.

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Tags: Albany Planning Commission, River View Holdings LLC, riverfront apartments, The Banks, Willamette River

Riverside apartments get renewed city OK

Written December 28th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

The Albany city planning staff Monday approved — again — a site plan for “The Banks,” a 120-unit apartment complex just east of Bowman Park on the Willamette River.

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Tags: apartments on river, Bowman Park, Geary Street, River View Holdings, The Banks, Willamette River