Developers team up in Central Eastside
The partnership between Portland developers Beam Development and Urban Development + Partners started with Slate, a mixed-use project in the Central Eastside Industrial District with 75 luxury apartments and 45,000 square feet of commercial space.
Photos: Central Eastside office building takes shape
Yorke & Curtis is building the 811 Stark project for Beam Development in Portland’s Central Eastside Industrial District.
Spark of creativity igniting change
The city of Portland is preparing to build upon success transforming the Central Eastside Industrial District into a mixed-use area.
Wood cut out of plans at Block 75
A tower planned at the Burnside bridgehead won’t feature cross-laminated timber as proposed originally.
Photos: Work progresses on Burnside Bridgehead project
The Block 75 mixed-use project at the Burnside Bridgehead, a joint development between Urban Development + Partners and Beam Development, continues to take shape. The ten-story mixed-use building  will feature […]
Portland project could be on top of the world
The second building planned at Block 75 in Northeast Portland could become the world's tallest made from cross-laminated timber.
Photos: Tower crane goes up at Block 75 site
Another tower crane was added to Portland’s skyline Monday at the site of Block 75, a 10-story mixed-use project at 111 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Crews with Ness […]
New owners and perhaps a new use
An Old Town Chinatown warehouse may soon become creative office space.
Boosting transit-oriented development
Block 75, a 10-story development under construction at the Burnside bridgehead, will host a mix of uses ideal for financial backing from Metro’s Transit-Oriented Development Program.
Where buildings become communities
Communal office spaces in Portland are attracting small startups and tech companies.
Learning to share the Central Eastside
Changing demographics in the Central Eastside Industrial District are causing transportation conflicts.
A project to move Cargo
Final touches are being applied to a renovation of a Central Eastside Industrial District building.
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