AAA starts construction on new Springfield office.Byline: Development Report by The Register-Guard GATEWAY-BOUND: Yet another Eugene business is opening an office in Springfield's Gateway area - but this one is retaining its Eugene presence. AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. Oregon/Idaho has broken ground on an 11,450-square-foot outlet at 939 Harlow Road, between the SELCO SELCO Southeastern Libraries Cooperating SELCO Ships Electronic Configuration File Credit Union building and the Pacific Continental Bank building. AAA will occupy 5,000 square feet and seek tenants for the balance, said John McDonald John McDonald may refer to:
Over the years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time Lane County area membership of AAA has steadily increased, as has the staff at the Willagillespie office, which AAA owns, McDonald said. The office has a staff of 25. The Lane County area has 51,000 AAA members. "We've grown so rapidly that we need additional space to fulfill ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. the needs of our many members," McDonald said. The Gateway office will enable AAA to better focus on Springfield members, he added. Portland-based AAA Oregon/Idaho has been eyeing Gateway for several years. The agency bought the 1.6-acre Harlow parcel from McKenzie-Willamette Hospital in June 2000 for $617,712, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a deed deed, in law, written document that is signed and delivered by which one person conveys land or other realty (see property) to another. A deed may assure the extent of the conveying party's ownership or, if the party is uncertain of the precise extent, he issues a filed with Lane County. The hospital had owned that land - plus the land it previously sold to SELCO and Pacific Continental for their buildings - for several years. McKenzie-Willamette had intended to build medical facilities on the land but then scrapped those plans and put the land up for sale. "We spent quite a bit of time looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. sites and settled on that particular piece because of all the development in Gateway and being able to serve Springfield," McDonald said. Once AAA had the land, it took a while for the agency to move ahead with construction plans. In the pipeline ahead of the Springfield office was a new office in Boise, McDonald said. The Gateway building will be AAA's 16th district office in Oregon. At current construction prices, the new one-story AAA building would cost about $1.2 million, although McDonald said he was uncertain about the exact price tag. McDonald said he expects construction to be done by mid-June. At that point, some of the Willagillespie staff will move into the new digs. Also, AAA may add a few positions, he said. The new office will offer all the same services as the Willagillespie office: travel agency service, maps and travel-related books, travelers checks and insurance, and a travel products store. AAA has not yet begun marketing the vacant space to tenants, McDonald said. By business editor Christian Wihtol. Development Report runs Tuesdays. To include items, call 338-2381, or e-mail cwihtol@guardnet.com. |
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