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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 […]
Photos: Southeast Portland gaining mixed-use building
A four-story, 30-unit mixed use project under construction at the former site of an Ethiopian restaurant is being erected聽on Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard. After operating the restaurant for 31 years, owners […]
Carrie Strickland, Principal, Works Partnership Architecture
When Carrie Strickland and her business partner William Neburka opened Works Partnership Architecture, according to Architecture Magazine, they wrote down their dream number of employees: 15. Nine years later, the […]
Third Place Renovation: Eastside Exchange
SUBMITTED?BY: BREMIK?CONSTRUCTION The Powers Warehouse and factory, constructed in 1925, is one of Portland’s oldest surviving industrial structures. It survived seismic events, floods, a temporary conversion to workers’ barracks in […]
Southeast Portland apartments proposed
An Ethiopian restaurant on Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard may soon be making way for development.
Slideshow: Overton 19 takes shape
General contractor Rainier Pacific is expecting to complete work in late February on Overton 19, a development featuring seven live/work units and a retail space in Northwest Portland.
First Burnside Bridgehead project gets rolling after securing loan, anchor tenant
The Portland Development Commission鈥檚 board has approved an agreement with Beam Development for the company to move forward with the renovation of the historic, 96,000-square-foot Convention Plaza building. The PDC has signed memorandums of understanding with three additional development companies to look into projects on other blocks of the Burnside Bridgehead properties.
The Bunk Bar
A new eatery is taking shape in Southeast Portland. The Bunk Bar, at the corner of Southeast Water Avenue and Taylor Street in the Water Avenue Commerce Center, will feature food, drink and pool when it opens soon.
Beam Development pitches affordable live-work
The second phase of the Milepost 5 development will offer live-work studios not for purchase, but for rent. And the rental rate - starting at just $185 per month - is an even rarer find in Portland.
TandemDUO
Travis Alexander one of the partners of general contractor Tamarack Development, works on the AIA award-winning TandemDUO, a new housing project in Southeast Portland. The unique two-home building at the […]
News
- 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
Commentary
- Beware of when the debt collector comes calling | Opinion
- Assembly of a future workforce begins with an invitation | Opinion
- Beware of overlooking legal requirements for remote workers | Opinion
- Become a critical thinker and transform a workplace | Opinion
- Managing construction risks with international suppliers | Opinion
- A rally with many engines: the lesson of 2026’s first half | Opinion
- Oregon housing challenges persist despite sound and fury | Opinion
- When does an employee’s bullying become harassment? | Opinion
- Ditch disorganization 鈥� the cost of deferred decisions | Opinion
- Consider 10 common risks for healthcare construction projects | Opinion
- Clarifying the reach of a law regarding prevailing wage | Opinion
- Adjust to legal changes now to ensure compliance later | Opinion
