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Downtown Portland Foot Traffic Hits Post-2020 High as Weekend Visits Near 2019 Levels

Downtown Portland drew 22.2 million pedestrian visits through August, its busiest summer since 2020, as weekend crowds and event-goers climbed back toward pre-pandemic...

Trail Blazers Owners Select PCL Construction for Moda Center Overhaul

Trail Blazers ownership taps PCL Construction, ENR's No. 14 U.S. contractor, to lead the proposed $573MM Moda Center renovation.

Stratacache Shops 852,000 SQFT Former Hynix Fab and 198 Acres in Eugene

A campus SK hynix built with $1.5 billion is looking for its next owner, as Stratacache sells off the fab space, power capacity...

Habitat for Humanity Breaks Ground on 50-Home True North Homeownership Community in North Portland’s University Park

Habitat for Humanity Portland Region and a coalition of public and nonprofit partners will formally launch True North, a 50-townhome development in University...

Washington Ranks Sixth Nationally for Real Construction Pay as Seattle, Portland Climb

A Construction Coverage analysis of federal wage and cost data ranked Washington sixth among all states for cost-adjusted construction pay, with the Seattle...

Three International Teams Advance in Portland’s $40MM Waterfront Park Redesign

Portland Parks & Recreation has narrowed a global field of more than 150 firms to three finalist teams competing to reimagine Governor Tom...

Amazon Files to Add Prime Air Drone Delivery Center at North Portland Fulfillment Hub

Amazon has asked Portland's permitting bureau to sign off on a Prime Air drone delivery hub at its North Portland fulfillment building, a...

251-Key Embassy Suites Portland Airport Hits Special Servicing After Missing $49.7MM Loan Maturity

A 251-room airport hotel that its sponsor has quietly propped up for years finally ran out of runway at maturity, handing Rialto Capital...

Oregon and Washington Host 139 Data Centers and 6,444 MW, but Texas Is Winning the Next Wave

The Pacific Northwest built one of the nation's largest data-center footprints on cheap hydropower, but new figures show Oregon and Washington capturing only...

Menlo Digital Acquires 185,000 SQFT Union Bank Tower for Downtown Portland Data Center Conversion

Menlo Digital has filed permits to carve a five-floor data center into downtown Portland's 15-story Union Bank Tower, an acquisition that pairs with...

UCLA Flags Debt Risk Hanging Over the Pacific Northwest’s Data-Center Boom

A September 2026 UCLA Economic Letter warns that the debt financing the AI data-center surge, the same surge that has turned eastern Oregon...

Avangrid Expands Montgomery Park Lease to 55,000 SQFT in Portland

An energy company that relocated its Portland operations into Montgomery Park four years ago is growing rather than shrinking its footprint there, a...