Airbnb responds to affordability concerns
A conversation with Airbnb's public policy director for Oregon.
- by Caleb Diehl
Real Estate
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
An ambitious effort to combat gentrification in Seattle offers lessons for Portland
A coalition of developers and nonprofits aims to restore community and add affordable housing in a historic black neighborhood in Seattle.
- by Caleb Diehl
New kid on the block: The urban gated community
Portland's newest crop of luxury apartment buildings reshape relationship between public and private space.
- by Caleb Diehl
Small businesses ask city for help with landlords
Amid rising commercial real estate costs, small businesses struggle to navigate disputes with landlords.
- by Caleb Diehl
Portland historic preservation rules get a revamp
Preservationists, builders and city officials aim to reconcile the tension between new development and historic preservation.
Exclusive: New Seasons Market CEO Wendy Collie steps down as chain restructures, pulls out of Northern California
The company will shift to a co-president leadership model and focus on core stores in the Pacific Northwest and Central California.
- by Linda Baker
To enliven the city, Salem opens up possibilities for adaptive reuse
For decades, much of Salem’s historic downtown had the musty whiff of underuse.
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