https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/8-million-oregon-estate-tri-193000882.html original article https://robbreport.com/shelter/homes-for-sale/oregon-estate-auto-gallery-west-linn-1235903675/ I note that the average NBA player is 6 foot 7, and doesn't need oversized doors.
Love this! Hopefully it happens quickly and successfully! If you want to get downtown Portland hopping 24/7 then get people living there. I hope they're allowing the floor level to stay as businesses. I think the smartest thing to do would be to convert the units that can't be filled with businesses or that they are having trouble filling and hopefully that will help bring traffic to the businesses that are still there, while solving a problem of limited square footage for housing.
Two Central City Portland office buildings set to be converted to housing units The first project will convert the Oregon Casket Building at 403 N.W. Fifth Ave. into a 34-housing-unit structure. The 25,000-square-foot building will also feature two live-work units on the ground floor, with one unit reserved for retail, according to PortlandMaps. While no building permits for the project have been filed, the project received $7 million from Prosper Portland via a Commercial Property Loan, according to city spokesperson Elliott Kozuch. The second project, at the Falcon Building at 321 N.W. Glisan St. will turn an 85,500-square-foot building into a 59-unit, middle-income residential apartment building. The project also received a $4.35 million construction loan from Prosper Portland last August. Neither developer could immediately be reached for comment. Read More
Thanks! I'd love to be able to tell people I live in the Casket Building! It's where a vampirate should reside. When I die, and they lay me to rest, gonna go to the place that I leased. barfo
https://www.portland.gov/council/di.../4/2/portland-city-council-unanimously-adopts Portland City Council Unanimously Adopts Groundbreaking Social Housing Resolution Published April 2, 2025 6:09 pm Portland, OR — Today Portland City Council unanimously adopted a landmark resolution to explore social housing models as a solution to the city’s ongoing housing affordability crisis and supply problem. This resolution directs the City Administrator to study social housing models and deliver a comprehensive report by May 31, 2026, with Portland Housing Bureau providing frequent updates about their progress. The completed study and recommendations presented to Council next year would pave the way for the implementation of social housing in Portland. Councilors Mitch Green (District 4) and Candace Avalos (District 1) were the chief sponsors with co-sponsors Tiffany Koyama Lane (District 3) and Sameer Kanal (District 2).
I worked in Lents neighborhood this week. Felt like I was in a foreign country. The food was good though. But holy fentanyl batman!
They are completely tearing down the building and using a building owned by UPS already which is right down the street for some areas in inner Portland. My route got moved to Tualatin temporarily. Several others were moved Alderwood. Even more were moved to Hillsboro. Those buildings are already automated. I decided not to follow my route and temporarily am working out of Alderwood by the airport that does everything east of 82nd. They’re automating the hub on Swan Island. It’s supposed to have a huge capacity. All non automated hubs are being torn down and replaced with automated buildings. Word is that in September 2026 when the new building is complete on swan island that they will tear down the Vancouver building and Vancouver routes will be ran out of the new automated swan island hub. Just in case you were interested.
I remember people proposing Lents park as an idea for a MLB stadium. That’s one of the worst ideas I’ve ever heard. Nowhere near big enough for a stadium and parking. It’s close to the airport, sure. But people slogging through the dregs of Portland to watch an MLB game would be a disservice to the city. Hey everybody let’s take the Powell exit to go see the game. The roads are already at max capacity. It’s in the middle of a neighborhood, that while there’s pockets, is an absolute dump. East of 82nd Portland proper has progressively gotten so bad just in the last 10 years. It’s the abyss.
Lents park wouldn't even have the space to build an entertainment spot that's needed for newer ballparks. It's only a city block! The parking is atrocious for PICKLES games and there's nowhere to build any type of parking structures and you'd have to get light rail out there (which in fairness it does need to get there) which would take years. That is way worse than having it at Lloyd center, at least Lloyd center you can build all around that, take out the movie theater, etc. But the traffic nightmare would be brutal. You just can't make a fenway/Wrigley set up like before. It requires an entertainment district.
The max has a stop on Holgate 2 blocks from Lents park. It's been there for years. Lents park is 38 acres. Bigger than the Zidell Yards spot, which, admittedly has its issues. Most baseball stadiums sit on like a 15-20 acre plot. So more than enough space to build some parking, while encouraging far more max riders. As well as space for a 10+acre entertainment district. All that said, being in the middle of a neighborhood would suck, and traffic would be atrocious, for sure. Maybe eminent domain claims up all the housing on 92nd...
What about the cemetary on 82nd and Holgate? That location is already so popular people are dying to get in there.
