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Four-story office building proposed for Bend crane shed site



Architects' rendering of Crane Shed Commons, planned four-story office building on site of former Brooks-Scanlon Crane Shed south of downtown Bend

BEND, Ore. - The former site of the Brooks-Scanlon crane shed building on Bend's Southwest Industrial Way has sat vacant since the historic structure's illegal, controversial demolition over a decade ago -- but apparently, not for much longer.

Last week, Crane Shed, LLC last week submitted site plans to the city to develop Crane Shed Commons, which the developers say will be "a state-of-the-art, Class A, four-story building consisting of 50,000 square feet of flexible office and creative space."

The 67-year-old big, red building that stored large amounts of lumber for decades had sat idle for years. Developers who acquired the property with plans for a mixed-use, five-story replica of the structure. But they tore it down one night, without a permit, in August of 2004, frustrated by rejection and delays by city officials. Court fines followed later.

...continues at KTVZ.