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Team close to breaking ground on Framework
Portland developer Project^ plans to break ground in early 2018 in the Pearl District on an 11-story cross-laminated timber building.
Affordable housing upgrades moving forward
Home Forward, as part of its initiative to revamp its aging low-income apartments throughout the city, is upgrading four residential towers.
Affordable housing project gets green light
The Portland Design Commission has approved plans for the St. Francis Park Apartments in the Buckman neighborhood.
Pearl District lot targeted for low-income housing
The city has acquired a 10,000-square-foot vacant lot in the Pearl District at Northwest Raleigh Street and 14th Avenue that will be developed into multifamily units for homeless or extremely poor families with children.
Height limit cramping county
Multnomah County Health Department officials want a taller building than Portland zoning allows.
Improvements coming soon for Section 8 building
Home Forward, owner of the Sellwood Center at 1724 S.E. Tenino St., has applied to the Bureau of Development Services for a permit to begin nearly $7.7 million worth of renovations at the 44-year-old apartment building.
Affordable housing improvements ahead
Home Forward and Home Forward Development Enterprises Corp. have applied to the Portland Bureau of Development Services for a commercial building permit to perform work at Hollywood East.
$20 million being invested in affordable housing
Developers have requested a design advice meeting with the Portland Design Commission for a proposed four-story building on the southern portion of a Southeast Portland superblock.
Sober treatment and living facility completed
O’Neill/Walsh Community Builders recently completed work on an $18 million substance abuse treatment center and affordable substance-free housing facility in Northeast Portland. The three-story building’s east wing, called the Center […]
Creating kinetic stormwater sculptures
A KPFF engineer demonstrated in his backyard that stormwater treatment for an affordable housing development could be art.
Substance abuse treatment and housing facility rising in NE Portland
O’Neill/Walsh Community Builders is building a drug and alcohol treatment and living facility in Northeast Portland for Home Forward and LifeWorks Northwest. The three-story treatment wing of the facility will […]
Affordable housing complex moving forward
General contractor R&H Colas is building the $52 million Stephens Creek Crossing project for Home Forward. The affordable housing complex will feature 122 residential units, community gardens, an Opportunity Center […]
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- 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
- Pacific Northwest projects totaling $10.6 million in top bidders | July 31, 2026
- Many Oregon counties struggling to maintain their fairgrounds
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