The city of Eugene and developer deChase Miksis and Edlen & Co. closed a deal on Sept. 30 to begin redevelopment of the former Lane Community College Downtown Center into mixed-income housing.
The downtown building has sat vacant since 2012, but was purchased by the city of Eugene in 2020, using $500,000 of federal community development block grant funds. Demolition has already begun on the $38.3 million project.
deChase Miksis Development and Edlen & Co., the partnering developers, are working to turn the former LCC building into Eugene’s first mixed-income, mixed-use housing project. The project is estimated to be six stories with 133 total units…