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Sep 2, 2010

Ladd Tower deal coming soon

Word around the coffee pot is that the 322-unit Ladd Tower apartments, which went on the market in early July, could be sold in the next 30 days. While nothing […]

Sep 1, 2010

What to do with the Wapato Jail?

The Wapato Jail in the St. Johns Neighborhood of Portland has sat empty since it was first constructed in 2004. After costing tax payers $58 million to construct and more […]

Aug 31, 2010

PDX goes to Abu Dhabi

The Portland Center for Architecture this September will feature the work of local architecture firm Otak Inc. in the United Arab Emirates. The exhibit, being curated by local architecture expert […]

Aug 30, 2010

‘Probably got histoplasmosis, got no gun…’

Even Johnny Cash correctly referenced Histoplasma Capsulatum in his song, "Beans for Breakfast."

Aug 27, 2010

U.S. energy use takes record drop

Well, we must be doing something right. An analysis of federal energy use data by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shows that Americans have reduced their energy consumption by 5 percent […]

Aug 27, 2010

Talking transportation and Twitter with the mayor, via Twitter

I first started noticing the number of tweets directed to Adams a while back, but when I started following the hash tag for Portland transportation, #pdxtrsp, I was shocked how many times I saw people using Twitter to ask for the mayor's help in resolving a transportation issue.

Aug 26, 2010

King County Housing Authority says keeping plan holders lists too time consuming

The King County Housing Authority has informed the 91ÊÓÆµ that it does not keep Plan Holders lists for any of its projects out for bid.

Aug 24, 2010

Did the wind farm blow me away?

Despite writing about wind nearly every week, I had never visited a wind farm until today. I’m currently in Union County interviewing locals about wind farms. In 2007, Horizon Wind […]

Aug 19, 2010

Moths could keep bats from colliding with wind turbines

Dead bats have been found at nearly every wind farm in North America, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Fort Collins Science Center. Scientists now are trying to determine why […]

Aug 19, 2010

Portland development picking up all at once

It’s funny how things work. I started this job nearly six months ago. Fresh off the general business beat, I jumped right into the more focused real estate and development […]

Aug 19, 2010

Tell us what you think

What do you think about the built industry and related topics you read about in the 91ÊÓÆµ? Send us your gripes, your compliments, your conspiracy theories, whatever you'd like. We'd like to publish your thoughts in the paper and on djcorprod.wpengine.com.

Aug 16, 2010

Intel rumored to be building Hillsboro fab facility

Over the past three weeks, I’ve heard rumblings of the construction of a new fab facility (“fab” is industry speak for factory) on the Intel campus in Hillsboro. Intel uses these fab […]



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