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In some cases below; there are lots of small apartment buildings in inner SE that couldn’t be rebuild under the current zoning.

I highly recommend Brunch Portland at Bar Cala

Tonight I saw a drag queen lip sync to “In These Shoes” by Kirsty MacColl, a song a hadn’t heard in maybe twenty years, but which my late mother loved.

I’d never noticed that the song mentions Guadalajara, the city where the man I’m now married to is from.

Welcome home ♥️

A Portlander is someone who lives in Portland, and your attempt to narrow that is exclusionary.

And browsing through your recent posts, where you post the individual names of Design Commissioners, mostly people of color, to threaten them is… wow.

Your definition of what constitutes a Portlander is very exclusionary. Do better.

Screenshot from Portland Maps with aerial view and text "PDOX PS: TI FOR NEW TENANT. INCLUDES CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY FROM B TO A ON FIRST FLOOR AND B TO S ON BASEMENT, INTERIOR MODIFICATIONS THROUGH ALL FLOORS, ACCESSIBLE UPGRADES TO ENTRIES AND EXITS, AND EXTERIOR MODIFICATION."

There's also a permit review for what appears to be the conversion of the ground floor into restaurant use. www.portlandmaps.com/detail/permi...

Owners of Portland restaurant Luc Lac buy historic downtown building - Portland Business Journal The team behind Luc Lac Vietnamese Kitchen have bought a building in downtown Portland.

Another really good bit of news for downtown: the owners of Luc Lac have bought the historic Mikado building, one block away from the existing restaurant. www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...

Not sure if that's still happening or not; there haven't been any updates on it in years.

The former Greek Cusina building has sold for $1.2 million to Gilman Holdings LLC. multcorecords.com/Document/Det...

I _think_ that LLC is controlled by one of the people behind the bars LULU, Silk Road and Pretty Ugly; if so, that would be very good news.

Fantastic to see a new bar, backed by Damian Lillard, opening in a space in the heart of Downtown that hasn't been used for as a bar since 2011 www.oregonlive.com/dining/2026/...

This is a largely a fault of different parts of the city not speaking to each other. The bike lane has been planned since 2018; the building went through the design review process in 2020.

There's no good reason why the bike lane wasn't been as part of the Public Works Permit for the building.

Indeed. I think a lot of this is a relic of the old Commissioner-in-Charge system, but it’s puts the current council in a really difficult position. They’re meant to have final say over the budgets, but are clearly not getting the information they need to set priorities.

...and come away with the impression that all but $21 million in funds was "largely committed". bsky.app/profile/trry...

Office of the City Administrator Raymond C. Lee III, City Administrator Memo: Portland Housing Bureau Unbudgeted Balances Date: February 6, 2026 From: Raymond C. Lee III To: City Council CC: Mayor Wilson Chief Financial Officer Jonas Biery Deputy City Administrator Donnie Olivera This memo provides an overview of City of Portland housing fund balances as we begin budget development and continue to work together to stabilize the city’s finances – while continuing our essential work to create stable, long-term housing opportunities for Portlanders. Some of this information has been released over the past several months; other information is newly available. Taken together, it provides a clearer picture of the resources available within the Portland Housing Bureau. We are selecting outside counsel to conduct an independent investigation of the City’s housing funds. This moment reflects the City’s ongoing shift from bureaus and offices developing budgets independently to the City of Portland managing its finances holistically under our new form of government. I am prepared to support the Council, as the City’s legislative body, in making fully informed decisions. A total of approxima

Another thing that irritated me about the work session: there was reference to the idea that $106 in funds available for council to spend was inaccurate reporting by the press.

But I don't know how you would read the Feb 6th memo... (www.portland.gov/hello/docume...)

Direct City Administrator to develop accelerated timeline for the Inner Eastside Area Planning Project and identify future area planning and zoning actions to advance housing production goals WHEREAS, Mayor Wilson has publicly articulated a goal of permitting and enabling the development of approximately 20,000 new housing units within the next eight years, recognizing that achieving this level of production is necessary to address Portland's housing shortage, stabilize housing costs, and support the City's long-term economic and fiscal health; and WHEREAS, achieving this housing production goal will require near-term and sustained regulatory and zoning actions that expand long-term housing capacity, provide regulatory certainty, and reinforce clear pro-housing market signals, rather than reliance on business-as-usual planning timelines that delay structural planning improvements; and WHEREAS, over 50 percent of Portland households who rent were cost-burdened in 2023, and 25 percent paid 50 percent or more of their income in rent, according to American Community Survey data; and WHEREAS, the 2023 State of Housing in Portland report shows that of the 24 neighborhood profiles assessed, none were considered to be affordable overall for Black Portlanders, and fewer than 15 were considered affordable overall for Latine and Native American Portlanders; and WHEREAS, in December 2023, the Council, through Ordinance 191547, adopted the 2045 Housing Needs Analysis, which states that the City needs to produce about 6,000 units of housing per year to align with Governor Kotek's statewide housing production goals; and

Anyway, the Morillo / Green resolution is now posted online www.portland.gov/council/docu...

The Residential Infill Project took 6 years to get through the process. www.sightline.org/2021/08/06/t...

We're now almost 2 years since the Inner Eastside Area Planning Project to the Housing Production strategy. I don't know if BPS has yet realized the new council doesn't want to wait another 4.

Probably not!

North bypass at PDX is now closed. Passengers can again walk directly from security to Concourse E, without detouring via Concourse D.

I'm pretty sure that if the mall ownership thought they could find enough tenants who were willing to pay market rate, they wouldn't be going through the effort of trying to redevelop the mall

Many other jurisdictions charge impact fees dedicated to funding affordable housing--but Portland does not. SDCs, when in effect, should be all going to BES, PP&R, PBOT and PWB. www.portland.gov/ppd/current-...

Haven't yet listened to all of this work session re: Portland Housing Bureau's unspent funds, but isn't this statement, that SDCs fund the IH program, incorrect? www.portland.gov/auditor/coun...

Design Commission approves Lloyd Center redevelopment plan - Portland Business Journal The Portland Design Commission unanimously approved the Lloyd Center master plan despite concern about the lack of a redevelopment timeline.

The master plan for the Lloyd Center redevelopment was approved this afternoon, by a unanimous vote of the Design Commission www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...

Screenshot from Portland Maps with aerial view and text "SINGLE PDF PROCESS/ PERRY ELLIS STE 100 1ST & 2ND FLRS TI; DEMO WALLS, NEW WALLS TO CREATE 1ST FLR - BREAKRM, CONFERENCE RMS, OPEN OFFICE AREAS, RECEPTION AREA, IT RMS, STORAGE RMS, 2ND FLR - SEW RM, CHANGE RM, FIT RM, REMODEL OFFICES, CONFERENCE RMS, OPEN OFFICE AREA, CEILING, FLOORING, FINISHES, PLUMB AND ELEC"

Perry Ellis opening a Portland office / design studio? There's a TI under review with their name, over two floors in an existing office building in Goose Hollow. www.portlandmaps.com/detail/permi...

I feel like I smell weed a lot less now? Legal edibles have become so common that it seems they’ve displaced a lot of smoking?

Congratulations! (Mostly on the first part…)

Yes; I was complaining about the bus service on the yellow line, which was not enough to pick up all the passengers that would have used the MAX were it running.

I love how outlandishly unserious this program is about locations, this is alleged to be literally Iowa