Metro's $652.8M housing bond produced thousands of units, but regional estimates show Portland remains tens of thousands of homes short and many renters are cost-burdened.

A California investor paid $30.7M for the 167-unit Grant Park Village Quimby in Northeast Portland as local rents cool and new construction slows.

Portland’s bond manager Procedeo has hired two former school board members as consultants, renewing questions about oversight as multimillion‑dollar school modernizations ramp up. Community advocates and some board members say the move undercuts local staffing at a fragile moment for the bond program.

A 40‑acre slice of Terminal 2 is being redeveloped into a mass‑timber campus anchored by Swiss Zaugg and a University of Oregon lab, with hundreds of jobs promised.

Landlords and a PSU survey say a proposed vacancy fee could scare off buyers and chill investment as Portland studies penalties for empty buildings.

A Vancouver developer has pitched a nightclub inside Portland’s Centennial Mills, proposing to reuse the Mounted Patrol building and complicating a recently approved $80M redevelopment.

A hearings officer approved Portland Public Schools’ plan to tear down and rebuild Cleveland High with a four‑story, 64‑foot main building near SE Powell. The decision includes noise curfews and a short appeal window.

A long‑vacant Chuck E. Cheese on SE Powell is being renovated into Rose City Pickleball, a five‑court indoor club that will keep the building’s façade and aim for a mid‑July soft opening.

High Street Residential plans to replace Cedar Hills parking with a 369‑unit, transit‑oriented development that includes ground‑floor retail and new pedestrian space.

A Portland Business Journal ranking shows builders in the metro started 4,368 single-family homes in 2025, a 4.2% pullback from 2024 with local implications.

McMenamins will reopen the Taft Home as a 63-room hotel that gives overnight guests exclusive early access to the Crystal Ballroom.

Clackamas Web Academy is under contract to buy Bob’s Red Mill’s former Milwaukie store and wants to convert the building into a K‑12 campus. The proposal faces zoning review and a May planning hearing.

Fruit Loop businesses are pushing back against a proposed 49,000‑sq‑ft Amazon last‑mile hub near Odell, saying added van and truck traffic would strain narrow tourist roads.