The Portland Design Commission voted Thursday to approve Block 216, a 35-story tower that will transform Portland’s skyline, disband the city’s largest collection of food carts and set a precedent for the much-discussed and so far unbuilt Green Loop. Commissioners approved the project Thursday despite objections from Public Works and the Portland Bureau of Transportation, whose ...

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A new 12-story office tower is proposed for the same block as the 12-story Weatherly Building near the eastern approach of the Morrison Bridge.

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Dear Mr. Berko: I’m going to buy my wife a $225 Fitbit watch for Christmas. I’m also looking at the stock, which sells for about $5 a share. Do you think buying 1,000 shares of the stock would be a good investment? C.L. Springfield, Ill.   Dear C.L.: Fitbit (FIT-$5.30), during the summer of 2015, ...

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General contractor LMC Construction is seeking sub-bids for work on Halsey 106 – a new multistory, mixed-use building in the Gateway area of Northeast Portland.

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A hotel has been proposed for a prominent downtown Portland property, across from the iconic Powell’s Books store.

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A federal tax advantage has led real estate investors to flock to opportunity zones, including in Portland’s Central City.

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Bremik Construction is seeking subcontractors to carry out roofing and sheet metal work for classroom additions at both Hall and Hollydale elementary schools in Gresham.

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In October, a panel of the California Court of Appeals decided a challenge to some amendments to the San Francisco Administrative Code and rendered a decision that California local governments will find troubling. And given California’s influence in land use matters and the nationwide search for solutions to the homelessness problem, this ruling’s implications may ...

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Building permits issued for Dec. 3-9 A $2,242,074 institutional addition permit was issued for an 8,453-square-foot addition to a skilled nursing facility at 1475 S.E. 100th Ave. The applicants are Gretchen Stone and Dylan Chavez of CB | Two Architects, the contractor is Erwin Construction Company, and the owner is Oregon Conference Education & Association. ...

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Dec. 3-9, 2018 A design advice request is pending for a new 12-story office building with ground-floor retail space and below-grade parking at 510 S.E. Morrison St. The nearly full-block site, in the East Portland / Grand Avenue Historic District, is occupied by the 12-story Weatherly Building and a surface parking lot. The applicant is ...

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