Sophie Peel

A Pearl District landlord filed a tort claim notice with the city of Portland this week, threatening to sue the city over the emergency overnight shelter city officials opened last fall at the direction of Mayor Keith Wilson. John DiLorenzo, the attorney ... See more

Questions have swirled around Home Forward, Portland’s housing authority, since WW reported late last year that 955 of its nearly 7,000 subsidized units were vacant, about 14% of the agency’s total portfolio. More recent figures from Home Forward suggest ... See more

The executive director of Made in Old Town, the shoe manufacturing project that’s struggled to deliver on the promises it made to revitalize a wide swath of the Old Town neighborhood, has resigned. Liz Rodgers, a longtime Nike executive who joined Made In... See more

The Portland City Council submitted written testimony last week urging the state legislature to pass Senate Bill 1501, which would provide a mechanism for the state to form a plan to fund an overhaul of the Moda Center in an effort to keep the Portland Tr... See more

Gary Opel thought himself a lucky man when he first moved into the Dawson Park Apartments in 2007. “I was like, damn, I lucked out. Look out my window,” says Opel, 62, pulling back gauzy blue shades. “A beautiful park.” It’s Dawson Park, a North Portland ... See more