Plans filed for largest Springfield subdivision since before the Great Recession | Local
SPRINGFIELD — A Central Oregon homebuilder wants to develop the largest new subdivision in Springfield since the years before the 2008 real estate crash . Hayden Homes filed plans this month for a 116-house subdivision dubbed “Louie Heights” on a large swath of vacant land near Jasper Road in the city’s southeast corner, planning documents filed this month by the firm show. Owned by prominent local developer and real estate manager Jack Louie , the 52-acre parcel between Jasper Road and the former Weyerhaeuser/Booth- Kelly logging truck road appears to be one of the largest undeveloped residential -zoned properties within Springfield’s urban growth boundary . Louie declined to comment on the plan, calling it preliminary. A Hayden Homes official listed as the project applicant didn ’t return a message seeking comment . Redmond- based Hayden Homes has built hundreds of houses and developed more than a half- dozen large subdivisions across Eugene and Springfield in the past two...