Real Estate
Beaverton downtown plan takes cues from Portland
City mulls design guidelines that emphasize density and walkability.
- by Caleb Diehl
Editor's Note: 16,000 vacant apartments, redux
A short item I posted two days ago about 16 thousand vacant apartments in the Portland metro area has attracted an outsize amount of attention.
- by Linda Baker
Winners and losers as Oregon's population ages
As investors flock to the red-hot elder-care market, long-term care bills loom for consumers and Medicaid.
- by Lynne Terry
Updated: Long-awaited Capital One Cafe to open in late August
It's been almost a year since we learned a Capital One Cafe would open in the space formerly occupied by Abercrombie and Fitch on the corner of Southwest Broadway and Morrison.
A rural city's aggressive push for more housing
In rural Oregon, a lack of new and good quality housing hampers economic development in communities that are desperate for investment.
- by Kim Moore
Photo of the Week: Prices drop amid glut of new construction
The Portland apartment rental market may be tapping out.
- by OBM
Airbnb responds to affordability concerns
A conversation with Airbnb's public policy director for Oregon.
- by Caleb Diehl
City kickstarts Joyce Hotel design and renovation process
Two years after the Portland Housing Bureau purchased the Joyce Hotel, a low cost housing option for homeless and low-income residents, the city is moving forward with plans to redevelop the property.
- by OBM staff