Article: Planners aim to buy more time in city deal.(City/Region)(Councilors will weigh giving a downtown developer six more months to negotiate with LCC)

Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard

In a depressed economy, with private tenants uninterested in two downtown redevelopment projects, Eugene officials are hoping the city and Lane Community College can jump-start the languishing efforts.

On Tuesday, the City Council will be asked to give Portland developer Bradley Malsin an additional six months to start the renovation of the empty Centre Court building and construction of a new building on the adjacent excavated pit, at Broadway and Willamette Street.

City Manager Jon Ruiz is hoping the extra time can help Malsin of Beam Development reach a deal with Lane Community College that will ...

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