Advocating for a Jade District Park
In July 2025, Oregon Metro purchased a 1.46-acre property at the intersection of SE 90th Place and SE 89th Avenue for planned Transit-Oriented Development (TOD). For over a decade, community advocates have envisioned the large, sloped property as a neighborhood park and are now seeking support for that project ahead of Metro’s RFP (Request for…
House and Two ADU Condo on NE Multnomah
A novel condo project is nearing completion at 6909 NE Multnomah Street, where developer Neil Heller added two Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) next to a 1,234 square foot 1951-era home. This approach seems similar to other infill housing projects, but its focus on reducing city-paid fees and lessening infrastructure buildout should produce a more affordable…
Harrison Community Village Shelter Public Meeting Feb 26
As the Multnomah County Homeless Services Department (HSD) readies the Harrison Community Village Shelter at 1818 SE 82nd Avenue for future residents, they invite people to attend a Public Meeting on February 26th. Nonprofit provider Do Good Multnomah will operate the alternative shelter under a “clean and sober” model. Interested community members can attend the…
Four Townhomes on E Burnside Street
Work is underway on four townhomes at 8426 E Burnside Street, built in clusters of two massings joined by a common trash room. The project is occupying a previously undeveloped parcel that once served as the extended yard of the adjacent home to the west of the property. Recently, cement masons erected the foundations for…
Sixteen Detached Homes Complete on East Burnside
Recently, crews completed paving work on the NE 92nd Place-94th Avenue Alley off East Burnside Street, leading to 16 new two-story homes. Each of the back 15 units has attached garages, and the front home features a wide parking pad. This development project transformed a former automotive storage and wrecking yard into an urban subdivision…
Home with ADU Sprouting Up Along New Sidewalk
Crews recently built the foundation for a new home and attached Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) at 2701 SE 85th Avenue and will soon begin framing on the three-story structure. This lot has remained vacant since the previous property owner demolished the original single-story home in 2018. In 2021, Ernie Jette Construction bought the 1,936-square-foot corner…
Home Builder Ramping Up but Still Facing City Headwinds
Leaders across Oregon want developers to build more homes. Governor Tina Kotek set a statewide housing production goal in 2023, aiming to add 36,000 units per year, and although that goal was not met, it remains a key talking point for the administration. Locally, past and present Portland City Council members, along with the Mayor,…
Buildings Arrive at Harrison Community Village
On December 2nd, crews working with a crane unloaded prefabricated mobile buildings that will support the residents and site operators of Harrison Community Village at 1818 SE 82nd Avenue. This installation marks a significant milestone as the Multnomah County Homeless Services Department (HSD) prepares the site to house a new sober shelter operated by nonprofit Do Good Multnomah.…
Four Affordable Townhouses on NE Hassalo
Crews will soon begin work preparing the vacant lot at 8425 NE Hassalo Street for a quartet of new townhouses. The seller will offer the new homes under an affordability program that exempts buyers from paying reassessed property taxes for a decade, cutting their monthly escrow payments. The developer will use the Middle Housing Land Division…
Four Townhouses Joining 1908 Home
Work is underway to prepare the property at 8413 NE Hassalo Street to support four new townhomes. Demolition specialists recently removed a garage on the large corner lot, clearing the way for the new housing on NE 84th Avenue. The developer will utilize a Middle Housing Land Division (MHLD) process to split the 4,825-square-foot parcel into…
Metro Acquires Over an Acre for Affordable Housing
In late July, Oregon Metro purchased a 1.46-acre property at the intersection of SE 90th Place and SE 89th Avenue. Crews recently installed a chainlink fence around the sloped lot and cut back the overgrown greenery that dominated this parcel. Over the next two years, Metro’s Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) team will collaborate with partner developers…
Jade Apartments Progress on SE 89th
Framing crews have made significant progress on the 40-unit complex at 2905 SE 89th Avenue. This joint venture between APANO and Gorman & Company will transform a 1.1-acre property into affordable family apartments in a dual courtyard configuration. Construction will continue on The Jade apartments throughout the year, with an anticipated opening date in 2026. The developers intend…
MHLD Approved on Tabor North 70th Cottages
On July 31st, the City of Portland approved a Middle Housing Land Division (MHLD) application at 1004 NE 70th Avenue, creating four new lots. Rees Bettinger Properties recently constructed three single-family homes behind the 1950-era single-story house at this address. Each new two-story structure offers an open-concept main level with two bedrooms and a stacked laundry closet…
Construction of Three Townhouses on SE 93rd
Work is underway on three connected townhomes along a cul-de-sac section on SE 93rd Avenue. The two-story buildings took the developer over three years to start work, with plans dating back to May 2022. Demolition crews removed the existing 1944-era single-family home at 2421 SE 93rd Avenue in early 2023, and the site sat vacant behind…
1818 SE 82nd Sober Shelter Construction Starts August
Starting August 4th, demolition crews working with Multnomah County’s Homeless Services Department will begin preparing the site at 1818 SE 82nd Avenue to support a new sober shelter that Do Good Multnomah will operate after construction completes in the 2025-2026 winter season. With the reconstruction of SE Mill Street adjacent to the property complete, and road…
Eight NE 78th Townhomes Take Shape
Framing is near complete on eight townhomes along NE 78th Avenue as the developer readies the property for a Middle Housing Land Division (MHLD) that will create independent properties with a shared center driveway that dips below grade. The six homes in the back stand three stories tall and have attached garages. However, the off-street…
Duplex with Parking on SE 84th
On April 24th, demolition crews began removing the modest 1956-era single-story home at 1542 SE 84th Avenue to make way for a duplex with onsite parking. Developer Ethan Knudson is on the second iteration of redevelopment plans, adjusting designs around Portland’s rules to include attached garages in the new housing. Knudson bought the deteriorating property…
Glisan Landing Opening to Residents
On April 11th, project leaders and development participants gathered to celebrate the opening of Glisan Landing at NE 74th Avenue and Glisan Street. The event occurred as residents continued to move into the two buildings offering 137 affordable housing units. Transforming a 1.65-acre underutilized commercial property into housing required many partner organizations, and the 2018…
NE Holladay ADU and Townhouse Update
Crews are nearing completion on the accessory dwelling unit (ADU) at 8358 NE Holladay Street Unit # B as other workers conclude framing work on the four townhouses next door. On January 22nd, Portlands Permitting & Development (PP&D) staff approved a Middle Housing Land Division (MHLD) application to create four distinct lots for the new…
SE Clay Townhomes Underway
Heavy equipment recently leveled the 35-by-100-foot lot at 8416 SE Clay Street, which has remained vacant for years awaiting development. In 2021, Provision Investments purchased the property, intending to construct a three-story apartment building containing nine residences. That multifamily project never broke ground, and in 2023, the owner listed the project for sale with city-approved…
New Slender House on NE 74th
Cement masons are at work creating the foundation for a new single-family residence at 114 NE 74th Avenue. Crews will construct this 15-foot-wide two-story home on the side yard split from a 1925-era house in 2022. The site of the three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom home is only 25-foot-wide and requires a skinny house design often used for…
Oak Street Village Sneak Peek Feb 19
On February 19th, the Joint Office of Homeless Services (JOHS) will host a “Sneak Peek” of the Oak Street Village sleeping pod shelter at 333 SE 82nd Avenue. Organizers invite the public to tour the facility before residents move in. Invited speakers will provide brief remarks and participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Organizers ask people wanting to…
3 Homes Behind Existing Unit on NE 70th
Later this year, Rees Bettinger Properties will construct three single-family homes behind the 1950-era single-story house at 1004 NE 70th Avenue. Each new two-story structure will offer an open-concept main level with two bedrooms and a stacked laundry closet on the second floor. Each bedroom has an ensuite bathroom with a walk-in shower. The architect…
Beacon at Glisan Landing Welcomes Residents
In the final weeks of 2024, support staff readied 41 units of Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) in the recently completed Beacon at Glisan Landing apartments. The four-story building at 7450 NE Glisan Street, run by Catholic Charities of Oregon, welcomed its first four residents ahead of the new year and will gradually bring in more…
Securing the NE 102nd and Pacific Development
On November 13th, Prosper Portland’s Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to purchase a 5.18-acre vacant property at the southwest corner of NE 102nd Avenue and Pacific Street. This $10.6 million investment from the Gateway Tax Increment Financing District funds will hold the property while the developer restructures financing for a planned middle-income complex that will…
NE 91st Ave Townhomes on the Hill
This Fall, Trinity Construction & Design completed work on a five-unit townhouse development at 716 NE 91st Avenue. Each home offers three bedrooms, two full bathrooms, and one main-floor powder room. The property owners have these nearly 1,100-square-foot two-story homes listed as condos on individual lots. However, an additional listing offers all five homes as…
Work Begins on Seven NE Glisan Townhomes
This November, crews will lay the foundation and begin framing a seven-unit townhouse project at NE Glisan Street and 72nd Avenue. This three-story building replaces a single-family home at 7132 NE Glisan Street, which workers demolished in the summer of 2022. Crews broke ground nearly a year after DEZ Development started the permitting process on…
Timberview VIII Apartments Lifts Gateway
The eight-story Timberview VIII Apartments at 540 NE 99th Avenue will open to new residents in October. Currently Gateway District’s tallest building, this mass timber affordable housing project brings environmentally forward construction to a prominent section of NE Glisan Street. The bar-shaped structure elevates income-restricted housing design and features apartments for households of varying sizes…
Demolition Gives Rise to Oak Street Village
On Thursday, October 10th, demolition crews with Buildskape razed the single-story auto sales building on the Multnomah County-owned property at 333 SE 82nd Avenue. As they prepared the site for an alternative outdoor shelter, workers removed the signage and high-intensity light poles used by RV and automotive sales tenants over the last several decades. In early…
Apartments at NE 57th and Flanders Stirs Neighbors Concerns over Area Development
A group of 43 residents of the North Tabor neighborhood signed their names in opposition to the 2020 zoning change that has ushered in several apartment projects without off-street parking. The group feels the street parking congestion will create unsafe conditions for pedestrians and cyclists using the east/west greenway running through the neighborhood. Representatives of…
Montavilla 80 Residents Movein
In mid-August, residents began moving into the newly completed Montavilla 80 Apartments at 241 SE 80th Avenue. This three-story, 11-unit multifamily building is the tallest residential building in the surrounding blocks and offers convenient access to the historic Montavilla downtown. The modern-styled building features a double-gabled roof evenly split over conjoined rectangles framing the second…
3 New Townhomes on SE Salmon
BW Construction plans to add three sub-1,100-square-foot townhomes behind the small 1953-era home at 7820 SE Salmon Street. The father-daughter development and construction team purchased the 638-square-foot home in May 2023 and will create a four-home condominium property, preserving the original north-facing building. Each rear row home will face east, and residents will access the…
PCC Legin Apartments on Division
The affordable housing project slated for the southwest corner of Portland Community College’s (PCC) SE campus moved to its next phase of development, with project team members submitting building permits and selecting a name for the 124-unit apartment building. The Legin Apartments’ name honors the landmark Chinese restaurant demolished after closing in 2012 to make…
Faster ADU Development with Pre-Approved Plans
The newly renamed city agency Portland Permitting & Development (PP&D) recently released a collection of pre-approved plan sets for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) that could save people time navigating the pre-construction process. Portland based its implementation on City of Eugene created plans and a program that works to remove barriers for people adding housing units…
SE 78th and Washington Rehab
Last May, Rose City Reimagined purchased the 1925-era single-family residence at 604 SE 78th Avenue and the adjacent 50-foot by 50-foot lot that served as the home’s backyard. Development team Dallis Raynor and Antoine Dean began work to restore the original home, which had suffered years of neglect and damage from squatters. Crews will spend…
SE 92nd and Alder Townhomes
The new owner of a corner lot at 9144 SE Alder Street will construct three new townhomes on the backside of an existing 1947-era single-family residence. Each new townhouse will offer residents around 1,400 square feet of living space spanning three levels. The new homes will contain three bedrooms with two-and-a-half bathrooms. Units will face…
Eight Townhomes on NE 78th
After a two-year delay, the new owner of 37 NE 78th Avenue will continue the eight-unit townhome development first proposed in 2022. The new homes will span two buildings, flanking a shared center driveway. The six off-street units will stand three stories tall and have an attached single-car garage. The two street-facing units offer two…
Dual Duplex on SE Washington
Recently, crews completed framing work on a four-unit development along SE Washington Street east of SE 86th Avenue. The pair of duplexes offer each home around 1220 square feet of living space spread across two levels. Over the coming weeks, work will progress to roofing and sealing up the exterior. The two buildings have separate…
5 Townhomes on NE 91st Sloped Lot
Update: Construction is underway on five new townhouses at 750-758 NE 91st Avenue. Crews completed wall framing and recently installed the gable roof trusses, defining the structure’s shape. The project is owned by J&I Properties, a Limited Liability Company (LLC), which took ownership of the property in March. Provision Investments transferred the property into the LLC,…
Work Underway on New NE 94th Home
Work is underway on a new single-family residence at 817 NE 94th Avenue. The four-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom home offers 1,355 square feet of living space spanning two floors. The upper level extends over the full-width front porch in an architectural nod to the Craftsman homes seen through this area. This infill development replaces a detached garage and…
Lot Division on NE Holladay Brings More Housing
The new owners of 8358 NE Holladay Street recently submitted a request to replat their double lot, making way for a new four-home development and Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) while preserving the original 1940-era home. Rees Bettinger purchased the corner property through a Limited Liability Company in September 2023 as he was in the process of building a new cottage cluster across the…
Holladay Cottage Cluster Nears Completion
Four new houses now surround 8404 NE Holladay Street in what was once the 1931-era home’s expansive yard. Each two-story building is on one of five lots created by a new Middle Housing Land Division technique. This multi-structure project is one of Montavilla’s first cottage cluster land divisions, and it demonstrates the housing density possible with the 2022 enacted…
Hoyt Manor Now Leasing
The recently completed apartment buildings at 9050-9060 NE Hoyt Street are available to lease. The three-story complex, collectively known as Hoyt Manor, offers 24 one-bedroom and two-bedroom residences. Upper-level homes are accessed by external stairwells, while ground-floor units provide at-grade entrances. One curbside parking space is reserved for people with Disabled Person Parking Permits. Provision Group bought this property in…
SE Clay Apartments Become Townhomes
Plans have changed again for the 35-foot wide lot at 8416 SE Clay Street. Provision Investments purchased the property in April 2021 after the previous owners split it from the parcel to the west. In early 2022, the new owners proposed a nine-unit, three-story-tall apartment building. By March 2023, the owners listed the property for sale with approved…
Glisan Landing Buildings Become Montavilla’s Tallest
This week, the two low-income buildings at NE 74th Avenue and Glisan Street became Montavilla’s tallest structures. Construction crews recently completed the roof framing atop the fourth floor, redefining the neighborhood’s skyline. Future residents of the upper floors will have unobstructed views of Mt. Tabor and the mostly low-slung streetscape surrounding this site. This development marks a…
Workforce Family Apartments on SE 89th
Sometime this spring, the joint venture between APANO and Gorman & Company will finalize a purchase of a 1.1-acre property at 2905 SE 89th Avenue. The group will create affordable family apartments in a dual courtyard configuration. Construction of the 40-unit complex will begin in fall 2024, with an anticipated opening date in early 2026. The developers intend to create…
40 Unit Complex on Unimproved SE 89th
Update: A February 8th article covers new information on this project. Over the last two decades, Argonaut Group purchased four lots along an unimproved segment of SE 89th Avenue north of SE Brooklyn Street. This month, the owners of the properties submitted an Early Assistance request to build a 40-unit residential building that would span three of those…
Three Home Infill on NE 73rd
This week, NW Development Inc. began the Middle Housing Land Division process to create four distinct properties at 26 NE 73rd Avenue. Each of the three new two-story homes will receive a house number from 92 NE 73rd to 96 NE 73rd Avenues, with the existing 1940s-era house renumbered to 98 NE 73rd Avenue. The new homes…
Three Affordable Townhomes on NE 92nd
Construction crews working at 825 NE 92nd Avenue recently completed the foundation for three affordable townhomes. The two-story building will occupy an area once used for a detached garage belonging to the corner 1925-era home. The building’s design hides the two rear units behind the street-facing home, giving the appearance of a large single-family house, blending into…
Two New Homes Added to NE Hoyt Subdivision
Work is underway on two new detached condominiums in the Gracelyn Commons subdivision atop a massive retaining wall. These three-story homes are the sixth and seventh units built by developer Todd Spencer after a year-long pause in construction. These buildings feature similar layouts to four of the five existing houses built two years prior. Each residence has…