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New Seasons set to open in Southeast Portland
The one-story New Seasons Market specialty grocery store at 4023 S.E. Hawthorne St. in Southeast Portland will feature roof-top parking and bio-swales.
Streetcar rails tested in Pearl District
The first line on the new Portland Streetcar loop was tested successfully Friday as a streetcar rolled up Northwest 10th Avenue and crossed Lovejoy Street in the Pearl District. The Portland Streetcar Loop Project is creating a 3.3-mile extension of existing Portland Streetcar tracks that opened in July 2001.
Food company moving to Northeast Portland
Classic Foods, which manufactures and distributes specialty foods, spices and herbs, will this fall move into a renovated former warehouse at 817 N.E. Madrona St. in Northeast Portland. The space will have a large production kitchen, a cooler and a freezer as well as a retail space, offices and a patio.
Parking spaces turned green for Park(ing)
Parking spaces were turned into 30 temporary parks in the metropolitan area for five hours during PARK(ing) Day on Friday. The annual event, started five years ago in San Francisco, is focused on creating green space in dense urban areas.
Mixed-use project going up in Northeast Portland
A former retail building in Northeast Portland is being renovated to become the Windows on MLK mixed-use project, a four-story structure with 3,500 square feet of ground-level retail space and eight apartments on the upper three levels.
Wind war in Union County
An Eastern Oregon community is divided over a proposed wind development in the Grande Ronde Valley. Proponents say the wind farm could bring jobs and money to the struggling community, but a vocal group of residents say wind farms are unsightly, loud and ruinous to the landscape and wildlife.
North Portland streets upgraded
Braun Construction & Design LLC is nearing completion of a project for the city of Portland to redo the corners of six intersections along North Williams and North Vancouver avenues.
PCC Training Center gets easier access
Valley Growers Nursery & Landscaping employees are landscaping the Portland Community College Access Improvement project at the Portland Metropolitan Workforce Training Center.
Two buildings redeveloped in Vancouver
The larger of the two buildings that make up the 192nd Avenue Plaza mixed-use development in Southeast Vancouver, Wash., will house a UFC Gym. Retail businesses will fill the smaller building.
Port deicing project moving along
Work for the Port of Portland will capture anti-icing and deicing materials used on runways during cold weather and pipe them to storage tanks and a treatment plant at the west end of the airport.
Providence medical facility under construction
When completed in January 2011, the Providence Camas Medical Plaza on 192nd Avenue in southeast Vancouver, Wash., will feature a rehabilitation clinic, a family medicine clinic, an imaging area, laboratory space, exam rooms and offices.
PSU building new residence hall
A crew from Staton Cos. is demolishing all but one of the buildings on the block bounded by Southwest Jackson and College streets and Fifth and Sixth avenues to make way for a new Portland State University residence hall.
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- 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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