A Texas-based investment exec has snapped up a controversial old bauble of Eugene real estate.
Willam Cornog — a former leader at private-equity giant KKR and a current member of a University of Oregon advisory board — on March 14 bought the Treetops mansion at 2237 Spring Boulevard from the University of Oregon for $2 million, according to the deed.
Donated to the UO nearly a century ago, the building in the elite Fairmount neighborhood was fought over for years by the donor’s heirs. The UO eventually obtained clear title to the house in 2018, and, after foot-dragging, put it on the market recently with a real estate broker for $2.5 million…