Roseburg Forest Products to buy credit union headquarters in Springfield
By Edward Russo, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. | |
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The credit union no longer needs the 50,429-square-foot building.
Roseburg will use part of the
"We are very excited about having them as a buyer and landlord for the branch," he said. "Everything fell into place. They have been very good to work with."
Roseburg has more than 3,000 employees in
The firm makes several wood products, such as plywood and laminates, and owns and manages more than 600,000 acres of timberland.
About 22 of the 30 information technology employees who eventually will be located in
Some of the employees already lived in
"We do have some new hires, but there are some retirements in the mix, and normal (job) attrition," Daley said.
The tech employees will move to the
The move will leave about 135 corporate employees in
There were several reasons for Roseburg's decision to buy the
The firm rents space for its corporate data center at a
Roseburg's attorneys, health insurance consultants, bankers and others are based in
The
The building was originally constructed in 1994 for Smith's Home Furnishings. Five years later, the credit union bought the vacant building, located on a 3.6-acre parcel, for
The credit union, formerly called
"We opened a branch in 1976 in Roseburg," he said.
Meanwhile, the credit union's employees are looking forward to moving to their new headquarters, on
The
square-foot building with an underground parking garage will have a credit union branch on the first floor that should open by
"The carpet is going down, and work stations are going up," he said. "It's starting to look like real office space."
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