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OTOH corporate LGBT pride is apparently a thing again?

Wow it’s almost finished

I’ve been very happy with the renovations I’ve seen. I was on the max near Gresham a few weeks ago and the east county library is looking so pretty.

The Holgate library is equally beautiful

Finally checked out the new Albina Library. It’s so beautiful.

Portland is mostly single family houses? And most of the housing production in recent years has been multi bedroom townhouses??

They already have a 6 story design for the site approved, while presumably doesn’t pencil, as they haven’t broken ground

Back in 2011, I did drafting on the nearby Benevento Apartments (now home to restaurant St Jack). Nothing was then breaking ground, but it turned out to be an early sign of the return of the multi family housing market.

Hopefully this project, also by owner CE John, is a sign of the same.

I’m at the age where nothing makes me happier than a quick walk through my garden to see what’s emerging from the ground

IDK that the city had much influence here, and it was a really good opportunity for the UO; they can do a lot of things at the new campus that they couldn’t at the old. The conditions in Old Town in 2022 probably made the decision very easy too.

Even though I’m a bit sad to see the demolition of the historic buildings on the Park Blocks, I do think the new PSU Housing for first year students (PSU’s first such building!) will make a real positive impact.

UO is now entirely in Concordia, no?

@senkhanhpham.bsky.social on the senate floor today carrying SB 1567; puts $20 million in a newly created construction revolving loan fund for mixed income housing, based on the model pioneered in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Bill passes 22-3 #orleg

olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/M...

That’s my experience too. Generators are de-facto required for midrise construction.

But also compare the rents at the a new building in downtown (left) with those in Slabtown (right).

Right now there’s no new market-rate construction happening anywhere, but when it restarts it will restart in Slabtown before Downtown.

It does, in that a) high rise structures cost more per sq ft than medium rise and b) contractors face higher costs due to difficulties around finding lay down space, parking, site offices, etc.

Yes, absolutely. But the big challenge is for downtown to be desirable enough that people are willing to pay rents that are sufficient to support new construction. Right now, they’re not.

There a Biggs Junction?

Eggs and Salmon for the finale of the Traitors

After slurred remarks during budget hearing, WA House majority leader admits to drinking • Washington State Standard The Seattle Democrat admitted to drinking around the time of the House Appropriations Committee hearing.

Members of the British Parliament are wondering why this is even a story washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/after...

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Euphoria, but it's just Sydney Sweeney now -The Whiter Lotus -Last Week Tonight with Jim Breuer -Heated Rivalry, starring Glen Powell and Erika Kirk -The Last of You -(Political) Hacks

Not sure about HBO's new lineup

Stunning building that really needs to find a new use

Yes, we all love Powell's, and maybe some percentage of former customers at Barnes & Noble at the Lloyd Center will now go to Powell's.

Most of them will go to Cascade Station or Bridgeport Village.

A well-known independent bookstore that has long co-existed with B&N!

Lloyd Center’s Barnes & Noble will shutter ahead of Portland mall’s closure The Lloyd Center is expected to shut down by the end of the year.

Barnes & Noble is a good example of a retailer that should be lured to Downtown. They have been in the central city for decades and nationally they're expanding. www.koin.com/news/busines...

I’m not a skateboarder, but I’m very excited for this project, that will effectively extend and reinvigorate Waterfront Park

Congratulations!

GUS J SOLOMON COURTHOUSE - First floor tenant improvement for new offices, no change of use; demolish interior non-bearing partitions, doors, windows, finishes, lighting, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical; install new non-bearing interior partitions, doors, windows, finishes, lighting, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical *** MECHANICAL PERMIT SEPARATE ***

A tenant improvement at the former Gus Soloman Courthouse, recently purchased by developer SKB, is under review. www.portlandmaps.com/detail/permi...

I heard they're moving their own offices into the building, so this may or may not be that

Harder than I thought it would be!

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