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Development Report: High interest expected at'up-and-coming' land auction -The Register- Page 1 of 2 <br /> www.registerguard.com I ©The Register-Guard, Eugene,Oregon <br /> October 14, 2003 <br /> Development Report: High interest <br /> expected at 'up-and-coming' land auction <br /> By Christian Wihtol <br /> The Register-Guard <br /> The city of Eugene is putting up for auction a 16.5-acre parcel <br /> of land in Danebo that was at the center of a long legal battle <br /> and controversial settlement. <br /> The land is zoned for medium-density residential use - low-rise <br /> apartments - and the city expects much interest from <br /> developers attracted to the fast-growing Bethel-Danebo area, <br /> said Emmy Jenson, the city's property and lease manager. <br /> The Danebo area is thick with new housing subdivisions and <br /> retail outlets, and Jenson said a number of developers - local <br /> and out-of-area - have contacted the city about the site. <br /> "People see that as an up-and-coming area," she said. <br /> The city will auction the land, on <br /> the south side of Royal Avenue, <br /> ft• on Nov. 20. The city is working Land up for bid <br /> on the time and location for an City of Eugene plans to auction <br /> auction, Jenson said. It'll be an 16.5 acre site. <br /> oral auction, Jenson said. 16.5 acre parcel <br /> up for auction <br /> The city bought the land in 2001 -- ROYAL AVE. <br /> as part of a settlement of a p <br /> high-profile property rights 5 <br /> COTE <br /> dispute. The city paid Portland Z AVE J <br /> businessman Michael Kelley 5.5 acre <br /> $2.75 million for the 16.5 acres parcel ROOSEVELT <br /> city is BLVD. <br /> plus a nearby 5.5-acre tract. moping <br /> The city also paid Kelley $1.2 <br /> million in damages. Eugene �y <br /> 0 8 at <br /> The payments settled a lawsuit mir, <br /> that Kelley filed against the city <br /> in 1998 alleging that the city Map: Stephanie Barrow/The <br /> had illegally blocked him from Register-Guard <br /> developing the parcels. Kelley <br /> alleged that through improper <br /> land use restrictions and design demands, the city in effect <br /> confiscated his property. The case never went to trial. <br /> The city is holding onto the 5.5 acre-parcel, which sits on the <br /> west side of Danebo Avenue, said Glen Svendsen, manager of <br /> http://www.regi sterguard.com/cgi-bin/printStory.py?name=b 1.bz.develop.1014&date=200310 10/17/03 <br />