Recent News for Portland Neighborhoods and Uptown
How do businesses orient themselves? Exploring the Twin Cities' 'psychocommercial geography'
MinnPost illustration by Andy Sturdevant It rained all weekend, as you probably know, and as much as I wanted to stroll through Whittier and see the tour of the Artists in Storefronts project, or report on the May Day Parade, it just couldn't be done. I like listening to rain, like any dreamy, impractical romantic, but I don’t like walking around in it wearing canvas shoes and carrying a camera ...xxx
Whole Foods is coming? Time to buy
If you ask Whole Foods why it's breaking ground on a store in Midtown Detroit this month, it'll say it wants to be part of "an incredible community" and "make natural foods available to everyone." And that may be. But it's also true that the Austin, Texas-based retailer has made a science of putting down roots in urban locations at what often seems to be just the right moment. In Washington, D.C ...xxx
Pick of the week: An early-’60s hipster time capsule
A time capsule loaded with smack from the bohemian underbelly of JFK-era America, Shirley Clarke's 1961 film "The Connection" is an illustration of how much things change, and how much they stay the same. I'd be stretching to call "The Connection" a great film -- it's mannered and edgy, in a way that's partly deliberate but also distinctive to its period -- but it's an important one in cultural ...xxx
Is the old destined to become the new, again? The push to raze the Claiborne overpass
Preservationists in New Orleans have a dream. The I-10 Claiborne Ave raised Expressway will one day come down, and the historic neighborhoods of the Tremé and Faubourg St. John will be re-linked, as they once were, by a tree-lined boulevard.xxx
Bitter rift over family trusts splits prominent Portland real estate family, the Schlesingers
A three-year legal fight that reflected a bitter rift in the prominent Schlesinger family took a major turn this week when a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge has sided with 25-year-old Jessica Schlesinger. She sued her father and two uncles, claiming the Portland real estate developers failed to adequately safeguard family trust funds. Judge Diana Stuart ruled in preliminary findings and ...
In downtown Portland, Business Alliance report says real estate, development is picking up
The report says downtown will grow, with strong employment, residential housing, a growing tourism base and retail sales. The report took note of the incoming cityTarget and the arrival of H&M, Sephora and the new Nike store.
Beaverton and ScanlanKemperBard Companies complete $22 million combined purchase at the Round
The city of Beaverton bought the Coldwell Banker building, also known as the South Office building, for $8.65 million. Portland-based real estate equity firm ScanlanKemperBard Companies bought a second three-story building.
New version of United States Football League aims to succeed where others have failed
A proposed new professional football team in Portland would include NFL hopefuls from area colleges such as Oregon, Oregon State and Portland State
Urban Airship Unveils Next-Generation Infrastructure for Real-Time Push Notifications
PORTLAND, OR-- - Urban Airship, the leading platform provider for high-performance push messaging, today detailed significant performance improvements to its infrastructure to be released with Urban Airship ...
Urban Airship Unveils Next-Generation Infrastructure for Real-Time Push Notifications
PORTLAND, OR-- - Urban Airship, the leading platform provider for high-performance push messaging, today detailed significant performance improvements to its infrastructure to be released with Urban Airship ...
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