About Springfield's Hayden Bridge

HAYDEN BRIDGE

(North Springfield)

market area of Springfield, OR

New Listings may include properties previously listed by the same or a different brokerage.
Cancellations or Expired Listings may, therefore, by duplicated in the active category.
Pending Sales are those subject to a new sale agreement within the month.
Active Listings are those for sale on the last day of the month.
Closed Listings are those that closed in escrow within the report month.

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Because real estate market data always varies seasonally during any year,

the following charts better relect the significance of this month's data.

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A decade's worth of supply (Active Listings) and demand (Closed Sales)
for the

Months of September

2001-2009:

And a decade of Average Price of Closed Sales
for the

Months of September

2001-2009:

Caution: The average for a small number of total sales may be drastically distorted by just or or two sales that depart significantly from the data median. That is clearly true for September 2009 above.

These average sales prices represent the arithmetic mean for those residential closed sales in this RMLS market area. The mix of homes sold varies over time. An arithmetic median would make for a better comparison but is unavailable from RMLS.

(NORTH SPRINGFIELD)

market area of Springfield, Lane County, OR

New Listings may include properties previously listed by the same or a different brokerage.
Cancellations or Expired Listings may, therefore, by duplicated in the active category.
Pending Sales are those subject to a new sale agreement within the month.
Active Listings are those for sale on the last day of the month.
Closed Listings are those that closed in escrow within the report month.

Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend, Springfield, OR, is the newest, most state of the art hospital in Oregon. It has to be the newest, because it doesn't open until tomorrow. The staff has been working to get everything ready for the opening, including doing dry runs to transfer patients.

There will be an explosion of ambulance and helicopter traffic tomorrow as the approximately 200 patients are moved from the current hospital location in the University District of Eugene to the Gateway area of Springfield.

As part of the construction, Pioneer Parkway in Springfield was extended to the RiverBend location. It has the distinction of having one of the few roundabouts in Lane County, and the only one that is two lanes each direction.

"The move day plan allows for moving up to 300 patients over 10 hours, although the hospital has attempted to decrease its census by stopping elective surgeries so a more likely number is 150 to 200 patients," said Jill Hoggard Green, chief operating officer and administrator of Sacred Heart at RiverBend.

The hospital will have large, comfortable private rooms, many with outstanding views. There will also be in-room sleeping accommodations, so a family member can be close by for support.

The medical center is named after a bend in the McKenzie River that adjoins the property, hence "RiverBend." They have worked to keep the beauty of RiverBend through architecture and landscaping. It is set on 181 acres and blends the best of hospitality and health care design to create a place that promotes healing and wellness.