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Businesses heading for Lents area, with help from PDC
Two new commercial businesses are poised to open in the Lents Town Center Urban Renewal Area.
Deadline nears for PDC-owned sites in Lents
The Portland Development Commission is looking to reactivate three commercial properties in Lents by offering them up for sale or lease, but the deadline is nearing. In November, the PDC […]
Lents building unwrapped after years of uncertainty
Woodstock Plaza, a mixed-use complex at Southeast Woodstock Boulevard and 93rd Avenue, no longer is covered with the wrap that was placed on it in 2009.
Latino-focused nonprofit working with PDC to create a ‘mercado’
Latino-focused affordable housing nonprofit Hacienda CDC is working with the Portland Development Commission to acquire a Southeast Portland property for to house a Latino mercado.
Walmart in Lents neighborhood to expand
Wal-Mart officials have submitted plans for a project to renovate and expand the store in Lents, on Southeast 82nd Avenue. Part of the work will include adding a grocery department.
Wattles Boys & Girls Club renovated
The Wattles Boys & Girls Club in Portland is getting an interior renovation and a 3,000-square-foot addition. When work wraps up in about a month, the building at the corner of Southeast 92nd Avenue and Harold Street will have a new weight room, dance studio, yoga room and maintenance facility.
PDC awards $250K in grants
The Portland Development Commission has awarded $250,000 in Community Livability Grant funds to five different organizations within the Lents Town Center Urban Renewal Area.
3 concepts released for Lents Park
Portland Parks and Recreation and landscape architecture firm Walker Macy have released three concept designs for a master plan to revitalize a 38-acre park in the Southeast Portland neighborhood of Lents.
Last house rolls out of Lents floodplain
While other Lents residents agreed to leave their homes in the floodplain if the city of Portland built them new ones, Wes Wolfe refused to see his house demolished. Instead, he negotiated a deal that allowed him to move his house.
Better streetscape needed in Lents
The city of Portland and residents in the Lents neighborhood hope a project to improve streets and sidewalks will attract future retailers.
Modular housing project a first for Portland
A Lents neighborhood project would be Portland's first use of modular construction in multifamily affordable housing. The Portland Housing Bureau on Tuesday announced a $922,000 grant to the Holgate House project, which will provide nine units in the 9600 block of Southeast Holgate Boulevard.
Lents a key area for eco-district potential
Studies are in the works that will look at the possibility of planning eco-districts in five Portland areas, but debate in the Lents neighborhood has made it the most critical.
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- 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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- Clarifying the reach of a law regarding prevailing wage | Opinion
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