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In what must feel like a case of deja vu, Merritt Paulson‘s minor league baseball team is again searching for a potential site for a baseball stadium in Beaverton.

Working with Beaverton Mayor Denny Doyle, the Beavers were eying BG Plaza on Cedar Hills Boulevard as the team’s new home, even going so far as to release a rendering of what the stadium might look like. But a Friday afternoon meeting arranged by Washington County’s Tom Brian sidetracked the plan, at least as it hinged on talk that the city would try to condemn the property, which is owned by the Biggi family.

The city’s decision to set aside talk of condemnation hinged, in part, on the testimony of 14 tenants of the Plaza, which the Biggi family says is 85 percent leased. Some of the Plaza’s tenants said they would be hard pressed to find other retail and office locations in Beaverton that offered the same combination of affordability and visibility as their current location.

A press release issued by the Biggis indicates they’ve agreed to take a closer look at the proposed stadium and will work with the city “… to help bring the Beavers to Beaverton at an alternate site.”