Article: Resident develops Friendly plan.(Real Estate & Housing)(The preliminary proposal calls for a 27,000-square-foot multiuse center at the corner of 27th Avenue in south Eugene)

Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard

Mel Bankoff, founder of salsa maker Emerald Valley Kitchen, is thinking about trying his hand at real estate development in his own south Eugene neighborhood.

Bankoff will meet with city development officials later this month to discuss his idea to build a roughly 27,000-square-foot, two-story multiuse development at the southwest corner of 27th Avenue and Friendly Street. The project would include stores, offices, apartments, a restaurant and a neighborhood center.

The nearly one-acre development site is a high-visibility spot just north of the Dari-Mart at 28th and Friendly. The parcel is mostly ...

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