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Christian Wihtol

Author: Christian Wihtol

Coming Up Empty

Big industrial buildings left vacant as companies close

News 2 months ago

An eerie quiet may descend on some Eugene-Springfield industrial areas as more manufacturers close up shop and move jobs away. The latest closures — Bowtech … Continue reading →

Costco Eyes OCCU Chad Drive Property

Retailer wants credit union HQ for its parking area

News 3 months ago

Costco likes buying things in bulk, including, it turns out, Eugene real estate. The retailing giant is negotiating to buy the 10-acre Oregon Community Credit … Continue reading →

Square Deal

SquareOne Villages picks Springfield site for its latest housing co-op

News 3 months ago

Nonprofit housing developer SquareOne Villages has picked a vacant two-acre parcel off Main Street in Springfield as the site for its latest affordable-housing cooperative. SquareOne … Continue reading →

Road Trip to Bankruptcy 

Wildfangs seek protection from creditors on their unfinished Coburg mansion, 14 cars and pick-up trucks, and much more

News 3 months ago

When pub owners Kyle and Tena Wildfang abruptly shut their Wildfang’s Grill House in Springfield last week, they told customers on Facebook: “Life has presented … Continue reading →

Food Trucks and Dishwashers

Latest plans: a northwest Eugene food-cart pod, a Springfield commercial-dishwasher center

News 3 months ago

Why are most Eugene food-cart pods in the city center? Who’s looking out for the hard-working stiffs in the city’s northwest industrial corridor who need … Continue reading →

Hall of Flame

Springfield will finally landscape the site of its tallest statue

News 3 months ago

For a decade, the 62-foot-high steel Springfield Flame statue in Gateway has loomed over a barren city-owned tract of sun-bleached bark mulch and a few … Continue reading →

$84 Million Payout for PeaceHealth

Struggling health chain sells big pieces of University District hospital site

News 4 months ago

PeaceHealth is winning big time in the Eugene real estate game, while it struggles to break even with its three-state medical business. The nonprofit hospital … Continue reading →

Springing to Life

New owner of Kitson Hot Springs has low-impact development plan

News 4 months ago

Kitson Hot Springs near Oakridge has had a couple of modern-day incarnations, first as a hotel and bathhouse resort, then, for nearly 50 years, as … Continue reading →

Morgue Plan Shows Life

Oregon State Police expects March 2027 groundbreaking for Eugene crime lab/morgue

News 4 months ago

After years of delays and cost escalations, plans are advancing for a standalone regional Oregon State Police crime lab/morgue/medical examiner’s office on Chad Drive in … Continue reading →

Parking at a Premium

Costco wants to tear down former Office Depot building to create more parking

EW-ExtraNews 5 months ago

Costco is so desperate for more parking at its Eugene warehouse store that it is proposing a radical step: tearing down the 32-year-old vacant former … Continue reading →

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