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Dec 9, 2011

Redevelopment under Burnside Bridge could take the skeeze out of Old Town

The area beneath the Burnside Bridge has been most strongly associated with Saturday Market. For years, the weekly craft market brought life and vitality to the sheltered area and turned what was normally an empty lot into one of Portland's most active mercantile areas.

Nov 21, 2011

Forecast calls for another partly insane Black Friday

This Friday is that most hallowed of American economic holidays – Black Friday, so named because of retailers that supposedly move from being in the red to being in the black, for the year, on the day after Thanksgiving.

Nov 15, 2011

Sad-looking Galleria building was once Portland’s lifeblood – and could be again

Nothing says "Christmas" like projections as to how retail is going to do. This year, things actually look fairly non-terrible, as consumers are expected to spend about 3 percent more than last year. But local malls are not that optimistic. They have a huge, somewhat-empty reminder of what happens to failed malls: the Galleria.

Nov 7, 2011

Picnic table-strewn ‘Ankeny Alley’ to remain closed to cars

Earlier this June, the stretch of Southwest Ankeny Street between Second and Third avenues was cut off to cars and filled with picnic tables. Initially, the experiment was only to last until the end of October, but the autumnal deadline came and went, and the tables remain. The businesses will continue to pay for the space throughout the winter, and they like it that way.

Nov 4, 2011

Nike Portland grand opening today in downtown

The renovation of the new Nike Portland is complete, and the store's grand opening is today. The new 26,000-square-foot store is in the historic Kress Building at 638 S.W. Fifth Ave. near Pioneer Courthouse Square.

Oct 7, 2011

Ladd Carriage House sells to California couple who want to make it a restaurant

The Ladd Carriage House, the historic property that was saved from demolition and refurbished, has sold after being on the market for almost three years.

Sep 21, 2011

3 potential tenants in ‘preliminary discussions’ for Oregon Sustainability Center

The Oregon University System has to answer some big questions at the legislature – most of them marked with a capital "$." One of the significant questions that Rep. Bruce Hanna, R-Roseburg, asked when he single-handedly delayed re-authorizing the projects' bonding authority in June was about private tenants and rents: Who will pay more for office space, just because it's green? If the private s[...]

Aug 11, 2011

U.S. government thinking about renting out all our foreclosed homes

In an effort to make money while at the same time improve the housing market by getting rid of foreclosed homes that are stunting home sales, the United States government is thinking about renting out the properties.

Jul 29, 2011

Too poor for dreams? Try the Street of Affordable Dreams

Well, for those of us that still can’t even dream of buying a home in the reduced price range, there is another home show going on through the weekend with homes in the range of $440,000-$485,000, located on Bull Mountain, only a mile and a half away from Street of Dreams.

Jul 22, 2011

Thank goodness, another Starbucks!

According to design review documents filed with the Bureau of Development Services, Starbucks is planning to put in a new location at Southwest Fourth Avenue and Morrison Street, in the historic S. H. Kress Building.

Jul 13, 2011

Wanted: Young, sustainably minded condo buyers

If you are a young professional, student or creative type working at the North Portland New Seasons, the developers of the Killingsworth Station condominium complex think they’ve built the perfect home for you – even if your bank account is still being drained by student loans.

Jul 7, 2011

New signs for US Outdoor, Beaver Store

According to city documents, two new projects by Security Signs are on their way to downtown Portland.



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