There might not be a plot of land in Corvallis that has inspired more discussion than the acreage along the now-extended Northwest Circle Boulevard between Witham Hill Drive and Harrison Boulevard.
It took eight annexation votes, the final one in 2004, to get the 95 acres of property into the cityâs stock of land. It took until 2015 for city land use actions and state court battles to wind up, with the final decisions allowing the construction of 900 bedrooms of student housing.
Along the way the project changed hands twice and morphed from Campus Crest to College Crest to the Domain Corvallis before it was built by Corvue Holdings, a Chicago-based privately held national real estate and development company that specializes in purpose-built student housing.