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News Roundup: Veritas Place, Big Pink, Legin Commons, and more www.nextportland.com/2026/09/11/n...
News Roundup: Veritas Place, Big Pink, Legin Commons, and more - Next Portland
Veritas Place is part of a larger plan from the Dominican Friars to redevelop four of its five church-owned blocks.
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SE Division Median Island Planned at 77th As residents begin moving into the recently completed Legin Commons apartments, road crews prepare to add an enhanced pedestrian crossing at the adjacent intersection of SE Division Street and SE 77th Avenue....
SE Division Median Island Planned at 77th
As residents begin moving into the recently completed Legin Commons apartments, road crews prepare to add an enhanced pedestrian crossing at the adjacent intersection of SE Division Street and SE 77th Avenue. Contractors working with the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will construct new curb ramps at the northwest and southwest corners, leading to a new concrete median island placed along a painted, high-visibility crosswalk.
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The Portland Design Commission has approved the modernization of Portland Public Schools’ Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School www.nextportland.com/2026/09/04/i...
Reconstruction of Ida B Wells High School Gains Full Approval (images) - Next Portland
The Portland Design Commission has approved the modernization of Portland Public Schools’ Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School.
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News Roundup: PSU Performing Arts Center, Moda Center, Lloyd Center, and more www.nextportland.com/2026/08/14/n...
News Roundup: PSU Performing Arts Center, Moda Center, Lloyd Center, and more - Next Portland
A rendering of the Performing Arts and Cultural Center proposed by Portland State University. As well as a smaller academic theater, the center would include a replacement for the aging Keller Auditor...
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News Roundup: The Low End, Darcelle XV Plaza, UO Tykeson Child Behavioral Health Building, and more www.nextportland.com/2026/07/07/n...
News Roundup: The Low End, Darcelle XV Plaza, UO Tykeson Child Behavioral Health Building, and more - Next Portland
A rendering of the 1803 Fund's vision for The Low End. The organization has now acquired the former manufacturing campus belonging to Streimer Sheet Metal Works, Inc as well as property from Widmer Br...
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1803 Fund has purchased the site it plans to redevelop as The Low End neighborhood. www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...
1803 Fund acquires industrial campus for redevelopment - Portland Business Journal
The acquisition is in line with plans to create a mixed-use neighborhood that will shape the next chapter of Portland's historic Albina neighborhood.
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The Portland Parks and Recreation Steel Bridge Skatepark project moved forward earlier this month, with a second community gathering held on June 4th. www.nextportland.com/2026/06/30/d...
Designs for Steel Bridge Skatepark Design Evolve (images) - Next Portland
The Portland Parks and Recreation Steel Bridge Skatepark project moved forward earlier this month, with a second community gathering held on June 4th.
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A 14-story affordable housing building has been approved for Parcel 4A of the Broadway Corridor www.nextportland.com/2026/06/25/b...
Broadway Corridor Parcel 4A Moves Forward (images) - Next Portland
A 14-story affordable housing building has been approved for Parcel 4A of the Broadway Corridor
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Construction is nearing completion on the Ukandu Loft for families impacted by childhood cancer. www.nextportland.com/2026/06/17/u...
Under Construction: Ukandu Loft (images) - Next Portland
Construction is nearing completion on the Ukandu Loft for families impacted by childhood cancer. The two story building is designed by Gensler.
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A design review has been approved for the Portland State University New Housing Building, a 526-bed student residence hall on the South Park Blocks. www.nextportland.com/2026/06/10/p...
PSU New Housing Building Approved (images) - Next Portland
A design review has been approved for the Portland State University New Housing Building, a 526-bed student residence hall on the South Park Blocks.
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Two Portland housing development projects that have become a “political football” in recent months crossed into the end zone after city councilors finally approved their funding.
After Months of “Political Football,” Council Funds Housing for Black Portlanders - Portland Mercury
Two Portland housing development projects that have become a “political football” in recent months crossed into the end zone after city councilors finally approved their funding. In a 10-2 vote Wednes...
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A future U-Store with over 100,000 sq ft of self storage space is nearing completion at the north end of the Pearl www.nextportland.com/2026/06/02/u...
Under Construction: Pearl District U-Store (images) - Next Portland
A future U-Store with over 100,000 sq ft of self storage space is nearing completion at the north end of the Pearl.
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Portland State University has entered into exclusive negotiations with Colas Development Group to build a 150-room hotel and conference center downtown, PSU announced today. It'll be a more than $70 million project and is expected to open in 2030. More to come on this.
Broadway Corridor Parcel 6 would bring 200 middle-income housing units to the Broadway Corridor site in the Pearl District www.nextportland.com/2026/05/29/b...
Broadway Corridor Parcel 6 Receives Design Advice (images) - Next Portland
The Portland Design Commission offered for Broadway Corridor Block 6, one of the first projects planned for the 14-acre former USPS site.
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News Roundup: Center for the Arts, The Callback, Portland Botanical Gardens, and more www.nextportland.com/2026/05/26/n...
News Roundup: Center for the Arts, The Callback, Portland Botanical Gardens, and more - Next Portland
The vision for the Center for the Arts at Columbia Palisades includes a main stage theater with 1,250 seats, a black box theater for 300 viewers, an iteractive art space and a restaurant.
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The Portland Design Commission got its first look Thursday at Related Northwest's plans for a 13-story tower in the Broadway Corridor. Design by Mithun: djcoregon.com/news/2026/05...
Portland Design Commission offers advice for tower project
A 13-story mixed-use building is designed for the Broadway Corridor's Parcel 6, in Northwest Portland. More than 200 residential units are planned, according to the proposal presented on Thursday.
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The former McCormick & Baxter creosote facility may be transformed into educational botanical gardens with Willamette River access pending EPA approval.
Superfund site is big step closer to becoming Portland’s most expansive botanical gardens
The former McCormick & Baxter creosote facility may be transformed into educational botanical gardens with Willamette River access pending EPA approval.
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The Steelhead music venue is rising in the Central Eastside www.nextportland.com/2026/05/15/u...
Under Construction: Steelhead Music Venue (images) - Next Portland
A new concert hall advances under the name Steelhead in Portland's Central Eastside. The project is being developed local developers Beam Development and Colas Development Group, for tenant by Live Na...
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The James Beard Public Market, set to open in 2027, recently received design review and historic resource review approvals www.nextportland.com/2026/05/12/d...
Designs for James Beard Public Market Approved (images) - Next Portland
Construction on the James Beard Public Market is moving forward in downtown Portland. The new market is planned to include a restaurant, cookbook store, teaching kitchen, common space for community ev...
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The remodeled POD 28 will include space for ten food carts and four distinct seating areas www.nextportland.com/2026/05/05/r...
Remodel of POD 28 Approved (images) - Next Portland
A design review has been approved for a remodel of the food carts at POD 28, with design by Scott Edwards Architecture.
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The new nature park would include a portion of the North Portland Greenway and a river-sand beach www.nextportland.com/2026/04/22/w...
Willamette Cove Nature Park Moves Forward (images) - Next Portland
The Willamette Cove Nature Park cleared two major hurdles in March, as Metro passed a resolution to establish a master plan for the nature park and a draft of a remedial design/remedial action work pl...
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Portland area development update: ground breaks on the Sunnyside Medical Center, designs are revealed for the North Portland Aquatics Center, the new East County Library opens next month, and more www.nextportland.com/2026/04/17/n...
News Roundup: Sunnyside Medical Center, North Portland Aquatics Center, East County Library, and more - Next Portland
The new Kaiser Sunnyside will replace the existing facility, to be torn down afer the new hospital opens in 2029.
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The new concert and event in the Lloyd District is expected to open in 2027 www.nextportland.com/2026/04/07/u...
Under Construction: Lloyd Center Venue (images) - Next Portland
A new venue with capacity for 2,000 to 4,250 attendees is under construction in the Lloyd District.
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The new Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design is set to open in Fall 2026 www.nextportland.com/2026/03/26/u...
Under Construction: PSU Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design (images) - Next Portland
Construction is in progress on the Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design at Portland State University.
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News Roundup: Lloyd Center, Williams and Russell, Alaska Airlines Hangar, and more www.nextportland.com/2026/03/17/n...
News Roundup: Lloyd Center, Williams and Russell, Alaska Airlines Hangar, and more
The future of the Lloyd Center was sealed by a vote of approval by the Design Commission, reports The Oregonian. The Portland Mercury asked whether Portland should try to save the mall. Vertical const...
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The Design Commission has weighed in on proposals for the new Ida B. Wells High School www.nextportland.com/2026/03/12/i...
Ida B. Wells Modernization Receives Design Advice (images) - Next Portland
The proposed modernization for Ida B. Wells High School has been presented to the Design Commission for feedback.
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Lake Oswego has officially re-zoned 13 acres in the Kruse Woods office park from "office campus" to "high density residential." All 3 buildings at 4000 Kruse Way Place will likely be torn down. The owners of the office park are considering a redevelopment with townhomes and apartments.
The bill has been a top priority in the legislature's short session and is the cornerstone of a $600 million remodel.
Oregon lawmakers approve $365 million contribution to Moda Center renovations
The bill has been a top priority in the legislature's short session and is the cornerstone of a $600 million remodel.
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Portland's three-year SDC waiver comes with a series of regular progress reports. The first one is out: www.oregonlive.com/business/202...
