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Affordable housing complex renovation nearly finished
The 28 affordable three- and four-bedroom apartments at the Villa de Suenos Apartments are getting new roofs, siding with rain screens, porches and interior finishes.
Pavilion to match iconic Lewis & Clark chapel
The octagonal shape of the Diane Gregg Memorial Pavilion on the campus of Lewis & Clark College in Southwest Portland matches the attached Agnes Flanagan Chapel designed by architect Paul Thiry. The open design and seating of the pavilion will accommodate campus activities and community gatherings for up to 150 people.
PDX north runway extension finished
The construction team that recently completed the rehabilitation and extension of the north runway at Portland International Airport gathered with others involved in the 11-month project for its official dedication.
Career Day held at ZGF Architects
Fifty students from the Portland area participated in the sixth annual ZGF Career Day at the Portland architectural firm's downtown offices. During the daylong event, students were given a tour of the firm's offices and then taken on a walking tour highlighting the various types of architecture and design used in downtown buildings.
Buildings renovated for Oregon Route 99W work
A 3,000-square-foot space on Southwest Pacific Highway will become a Brake Team store. A tire store in the same commercial development is being remodeled after it yielded some space so that Southwest Greenberg Road could be widened as part of the Oregon Route 99W project for the city of Tigard, Washington County and the Oregon Department of Transportation.
Children鈥檚 hospital at Emanuel topped out
Ironworkers from Local 29 set the beam after a ceremony attended by dozens of supporters of the nine-story, 330,000-square-foot Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel in North Portland. The hospital is expected to be completed in 2012 and hold 165 private rooms, a 22-bed day surgery unit, a pediatric intensive care unit and a neonatal intensive care unit.
Law firm renovating Grand Stable and Carriage Building
Law firm Hitt Hiller Monfils Williams LLP is expanding into a 4,400-square-foot space of the historic Grand Stable and Carriage Building in downtown Portland, at 415 S.W. Second Ave.
Teachers train in construction
Eighty high school teachers from Oregon and Southwest Washington on Friday gained hands-on training while being exposed to different career opportunities in the construction industry at the NECA-IBEW Training Center in Northeast Portland.
Parking lot going in at Rivermark Credit Union
Now that the Rivermark Community Credit Union in Southeast Portland has a new building, a parking lot is being built on the site of the demolished structure.
Social service building under way in East Portland
The three-story, 75,000-square-foot steel and wood-frame Rockwood Building on Southeast 181st Avenue is expected to be completed in summer 2011 and have 47 residential units, a kitchen and facilities for eight social service agencies.
Outside In building out
Outside In is a nonprofit organization in downtown Portland that helps improve the health of homeless youth and marginalized people as they move toward self-sufficiency. The organization's building at 1132 S.W. 13th Ave. will soon have another 1,300 square feet of clinic space as well as remodeled halls.
Nursing school at Adventist Medical Center expanding
The Walla Walla School of Nursing at the Adventist Medical Center in Southeast Portland now has a lecture hall, an attached lobby and a patio. The school at 10345 S.E. Market St. also has a renovated kitchen and additional storage space.
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- $960,000 office renovation in Portland building permits | Aug. 10, 2026
- Two projects in historic districts in Portland land use review intakes | Aug. 10, 2026
- Multnomah County commits up to $101.6M for Moda Center
- Portland code changes to take effect in November
- Los Colibris project approved for Portland’s OMSI District
- Pacific Northwest projects totaling $9.9 million in top bidders | Aug. 7, 2026
- Oregon opens infrastructure grant program
- Ex-TV host claps back at Detroit officials in blight case
- 31-unit multifamily project in Portland land use review intakes | Aug. 3, 2026
- $2.4 million office renovation in Portland building permits | Aug. 3, 2026
- Transportation commission weighs ODOT budget cuts
- Lam Research planning $1.7 billion investment in Tualatin
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