Every spring drivers going north over the Willamette River in Albany get to admire, if only briefly, a row of trees with beautiful blossoms.
The trees light up what is an otherwise depressing sight: the empty building that housed a thriving market back in the day, and then a couple of garden centers.
Now the place is for sale or lease. The owners, a real estate investment firm with an office in Corvallis, are asking $1.6 million for the property, according to an online ad I saw. That seems like a good deal, because the Benton County assessor says the property is worth more than $4 million…