Inside Travel Portland’s Rescue Plan
The city’s tourism agency sets out a plan to salvage the hospitality sector.
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Portland to Seattle in 35 Minutes
Charter jet service JSX will offer short flights from Portland to Seattle starting in April.
Icelandic Hotel To Compete With Airbnb Market
With so many hotels being built in Portland, KEX hopes to defy the odds with a new model that can compete with short-term rental
Editor’s Note: 16,000 vacant apartments, redux
A short item I posted two days ago about 16 thousand vacant apartments in the Portland metro area has attracted an outsize amount of attention.
Portland historic preservation rules get a revamp
Preservationists, builders and city officials aim to reconcile the tension between new development and historic preservation.
Power Chord: Portia Sabin
The president of the record label Kill Rock Stars talks about the evolution of Portland as a music city.
WeWork expansion offers glimpse of Portland’s changing business scene
If there has been one obvious newcomer to Portland’s commercial office market this year, it’s WeWork, says Kevin Joshi, senior vice president and partner at real estate firm Kidder Mathews. WeWork, a New-York based company that leases shared office space to individuals, start-ups and even large companies with more than 1,000 employees, is on a … Read more
BY THE NUMBERS: Portland’s residential housing boom
Big modern houses and accessory dwelling units are a fixture of Portland’s new housing stock.
Smoky weather clouds downtown PDX businesses
Falling ash and poor air quality meant there were fewer people than usual on the streets of downtown Portland.