Waiting for Stratacache
Promised jobs fail to show at former Hynix plant
The former Hynix colossus in west Eugene — Lane County’s biggest factory — remains largely empty and idle, more than five years after an Ohio … Continue reading
Christian Wihtol
Author: Christian Wihtol
Student High-Rise at 13th and Alder a Go
Developer sets September construction start
Major Chicago-based real estate developer CRG figures the key to success in Eugene’s increasingly competitive student housing market is building high-rises as close as possible … Continue reading
Old Dealership Gets a Makeover
Zip-O buys west Eugene showroom
A vacant former car dealership in west Eugene is being turned into offices for the growing Zip-O business, the longtime Eugene maker of specialty timbers … Continue reading
Surgery center for Slocum
Plus: Another Shari’s demo in the works?
Slocum Orthopedics, Lane County’s premier musculoskeletal surgical group, is moving ahead with building a standalone ambulatory surgery center on Chad Drive in northeast Eugene. As … Continue reading
4J Flipping Fargo
School district headache may become county boon
The Eugene 4J School District’s long angst over its ownership of the vacant downtown former Wells Fargo building may soon be over. Lane County has … Continue reading
Demolition on Menu at Shari’s?
A Washington state credit union buys the restaurant building in Gateway
A rapidly expanding out-of-state credit union has gobbled up the prominent vacant Shari’s Café and Pies restaurant in Springfield’s Gateway area and plans to demolish … Continue reading
A Quick Profit on Wells Fargo Flip
Eugene School District 4J’s purchase of downtown building in 2024 gave windfall to savvy Portland investors
Late in the evening of Feb. 7, 2024, Andy Dey, at that time superintendent of the Eugene school district, was jubilant. The school board had … Continue reading
ER in Eugene Again
McKenzie-Willamette picks west Eugene site for emergency department
McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center’s much-anticipated freestanding emergency department in Eugene will go on a vacant parcel just west of Chambers Street, plans filed with the city … Continue reading
Yet Another Student Housing High-rise?!
Texas company may demolish old motel on Broadway
A Dallas, Texas-based student housing giant is the latest company to target Eugene with a proposed student-housing complex. But it’s too soon to be sure … Continue reading
Polluter’s Dwindling Assets Scrutinized
How Baxter got the cash for more than $1 million in fines
In the last few years, the owners of J.H.Baxter & Co.’s west Eugene wood-creosoting factory seemed destitute. They saved money by not replacing old, broken-down … Continue reading