Eugene’s beloved Sam Bond’s Garage closed Dec. 1 after 30 years in the Whiteaker. Two and a half weeks later, the 107-year-old building sold.
The buyer was a Eugene businessman, Ian Hill, acting through his company, Bluegrass LLC. Lane County records show the sale closed Dec. 18. The sale has not previously been publicly reported.
Hill is not entirely unknown around here. He previously owned the popular counter-culture gas station SeQuential Biofuels, on McVay Highway, off Interstate 5. He sold that property last year for $2.5 million, according to the deed…