The Banks

City OKs increase in plans for ‘The Banks’

Written July 20th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 13 responses.

As expected, the Albany Community Development Department has approved an increase in the number of proposed apartments at “The Banks,” a planned housing complex on the Willamette River across Geary Street from Bowman Park.

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Tags: Albany apartments, Bowman Park, The Banks, Willamette River View Holdings

Increase proposed in plan for apartments

Written June 18th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 16 responses.

Developers of The Banks, a proposed riverfront apartment complex near Bowman Park, have asked for approval of a change in their site plan. They’d like to build 120 units, up from 105 the Albany Planning Commission approved last July. The city planning division has posted a notice of the application from Salem-based Willamette River View […]

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Tags: apartments, Bowman Park, The Banks, Willamette River View Holdings II

What’s up with ‘The Banks’? It’s not clear

Written December 19th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

On July 1, 2019, the Albany Planning Commission approved a site plan for 96 apartments and nine townhouses covering a 6-acre site on the Willamette River near Bowman Park. I wonder how the plans are coming every time I pass the acreage on my bike.

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Tags: 595 Geary, apartment complex, Bowman Park, The Banks

Planning board OKs riverside apartments

Written July 1st, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

The site plan for The Banks, a 105-unit housing complex on the Willamette River near Bowman Park, cleared the Albany Planning Commission on Monday night.

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Tags: Albany Planning Commission, Bowman Park, River View Holdings LLC, The Banks

Plan for apartments will have public hearing

Written June 17th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

While the Albany city planning staff has approved the site plan for The Banks, a 105-unit apartment complex on the Willamette River east of Bowman Park, it’s the planning commission that will decide the case after a public hearing.

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Tags: Albany Planning Commission, Bowman Park, Geary Street, riverside apartments, The Banks

Apartments on river get Albany staff’s OK

Written June 3rd, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

The site plan for a proposed 105-unit apartment complex on the Willamette River has won the tentative approval of the Albany city planning staff. Neighbors who submitted written comments now have until June 10 to ask for a public hearing before the Albany Planning Commission.

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Tags: Albany housing, apartments, The Banks, Willamette River

Albany gets plan for riverside apartments

Written April 25th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

Owners of about six acres along the Willamette River in east Albany have filed their long-awaited plan for “The Banks,” an apartment complex on the former industrial site and neighboring lots.

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Tags: Patrick Morley, riverfront apartments, The Banks, Willamette floodplain, Willamette Greenway, Willamette River View Holdings