The 234 Apartment

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...

BMW’s flagship Southbank site is on the international developer market . TWIN towers could rise above BMW’s flagship Melbourne showroom , with a $100 million-plus deal around the corner for the luxury car brand ’s prominent Southbank site . Local and international developers are putting together huge offers for the 6191sq m corner property at 58 Southbank Blvd before a CBRE campaign hits the brakes next month. Architecture juggernauts Fender Katsalidis have designed a plan for the triple-fronted City Rd corner site, comprising dual buildings with more than 800 apartments, 600 hotel rooms and 10,000sq m of retail space joined by a sky bridge. The Karl Fender and Nonda Katsalidis -led firm is responsible for some of the city’s most iconic buildings, including the Eureka Tower and the under construction Australia 108 nearby , which will claim the title for Melbourne’s tallest building at 312 metres when completed. RELATED: Melbourne Square , Southbank, ’vertical village’ gets plan...