Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland articles from April 2003

Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland archives from April 2003

North Plains gets green light to expand urban growth boundary.
April 1, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl After nearly a decade of increasing growing pains, North Plains has been granted 150 acres to expand north and east of its current city limits. The Land Conservation and Development Commission voted unanimously...

Commentary: Behavioral trends: Is there rhyme or reason to the madness?
April 1, 2003... Byline: Jim Penn There seems to be stranger-than-usual behavior taking place today. Let's explore five examples. I can't comprehend the first group, I partially understand the second and I really understand the third. Making the big...

Port of Portland steams ahead in face of challenges.
April 1, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga As the world struggled with the war in Iraq and Oregon battled its sagging economy, Port of Portland executive director Bill Wyatt's day on Friday started with a phone call that carried a disaster message of...

Dinner with an Architect Program to begin.
April 1, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough With spring weather attempting to warm up the Portland area, the time has come for the sixth annual Dinner with an Architect Program, which will attempt to warm up architecture conversation around the city. The...

Ashforth Pacific to purchase automatic defibrillators.
April 2, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl In keeping with a trend growing nationwide, Ashforth Pacific Inc., which manages four properties totaling 1.1 million square feet in Portland's Lloyd District, plans to purchase 30 Automatic External Defibrillators to...

Rail advocates face tough fight for funding.
April 2, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga Advocates of passenger rail service in Oregon were at the State Capitol last week, hoping to convince legislators to avoid a funding derailment for a commuter train program that runs in the state. "The bottom...

Renovated Portland church offers unique design.
April 2, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough In October 1925, Raymond G. Clifford, a Portland architect, filed plans with the city for the construction of a church to be located in Ladd's Addition at 2003 S.E. Larch Ave. The cost of building was to be $7,500....

Electricians donate expertise, materials to build homes.
April 2, 2003... Byline: Rich Riegel Portland Habitat for Humanity recently honored contractor members of the National Electrical Contractors Association and the electricians of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 48 for their role...

Port of Portland grants benefit environmental programs.
April 2, 2003... Byline: Daily Journal of Commerce Seventeen nonprofit groups are the recipients of more than $56,000 in environmental partnership grants recently presented by the Port of Portland. The grant program, now in its second year, supports...

Police Activities League auction planned.
April 2, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough With a Wild West theme and a herd of water buffaloes up for auction, the seventh annual Police Activities League Auction will provide lots of entertainment Saturday evening at the Multnomah Athletic Club. The...

Commentary: Listen up government: Learn something from business, apply it.
April 2, 2003... Byline: Bernard Levy In discussing business principles and building a blueprint for responsible funding of services in the state of Oregon, we have to change our paradigm. For years, legislators, governors and taxpayers have paid...

Portland's Hotel Lucia interior design getting noticed.
April 3, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough With a collection of more than 600 black and white photographs by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly, the Hotel Lucia might just be the best place to spot a celebrity in Portland. From...

Groups lobbying for more industrial land in Oregon.
April 3, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl "Shovel-ready" is the buzzword in the Oregon state Legislature these days as issues of land supply take center stage in Salem. A term commonly used by planners, it has become a rallying cry for advocates of making...

Commentary: Forces at work for your investments in 2003.
April 3, 2003... Byline: Judith McGee Investors are wondering what lies ahead. Let's focus on opportunities and concerns. If you understand the forces at work and the basic financial principles, you may be able to pursue financial goals in the current...

Region's top innovators honored at event.
April 4, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough Approximately 100 people gathered yesterday morning in the Portland Hilton's Pavilion Ballroom for the Innovator of the Year 2002 competition. The competition, which was sponsored by the Daily Journal of...

Schweiger Memorial scholarship recipients selected.
April 4, 2003... Byline: Daily Journal of Commerce The Schweiger Memorial Scholarship Fund and Advanced American Diving Service Inc. of Oregon City have selected 13 men and women to receive scholarships this year. From a field of 39 applicants, the...

Oregon-Columbia Associated General Contractors wins national award.
April 7, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough The Oregon-Columbia Chapter of the Associated General Contractors recently received the Large Chapter of the Year Award at AGC's national convention. The award was announced at the Aon Build America Awards...

Creative Services Center snags first retail tenant.
April 7, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl It may be a small chunk of space, but it's a significant step for Portland's Creative Services Center, which will soon have some life on its ground floor with the arrival of Ceros. The locally owned coffee shop and...

ODOT project focuses on highway safety.
April 7, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga The Oregon Department of Transportation is gearing up to begin $4.7 million worth of safety work along Oregon Highway 212 in eastern Clackamas County. The bulk of the project focuses on adding a median turn...

Port of Portland welcomes environmentally friendly ship.
April 8, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga To the untrained eye, the ship berthed in Terminal 6 at the Port of Portland Saturday night looked like any other vessel filled with a cargo of shiny new vehicles. But for those with oceanic experience, the...

Progress Quarry's mixed-used project gets green light.
April 8, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Progress Quarry, a proposed master-planned, mixed-use development slated for Southwest Beaverton, skated through the process to win unanimous approval from Beaverton officials last week. The plan for the 110-acre...

Commentary: Inside scoop on new business opportunities.
April 8, 2003... Byline: Jim Penn I hadn't heard from Shallow Trachea, Deep Throat's cousin, for some time when she contacted me 2:05 a.m. last Thursday when our bedroom telephone woke me from a deep sleep. "Meet me in 35 minutes. Lower parking level at...

Washington agency cited for withholding public records.
April 9, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga A Thurston County Superior Court judge has ruled the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries must pay $13,109 in attorney fees and penalties for violating the state's Public Records Act. The order,...

Proposed lien bill splits brokers, property owners.
April 9, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Brokers, property owners, in your corners. It should be quite a bout in Salem Thursday when the House Judiciary Committee holds a public hearing on a proposal that's dividing the commercial real estate community...

Loaves & Fishes service organization holds grand opening.
April 9, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough With a symbolic breaking of bread ceremony, Loaves & Fishes, the service organization that provides meals to people 60 years of age and older, officially opened its new $7.2 million building in Southwest Portland's...

Russian Far East beckons businesses.
April 10, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga Svetlana Kuzmichenko was in Russia packing for a trip to Portland when her phone rang. The caller was a representative of a Russian company looking for American architecture firms interested in designing office...

Portland firm values Columbia Gorge projects.
April 10, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough With the construction industry slowing down over the past couple of years in Portland, local construction companies have looked to areas outside of Portland and the Willamette Valley to find new projects. ...

Metro considers Michael Jordan for new COO.
April 10, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Michael Jordan, who calls himself an "old city manager guy," can't wait to get his feet wet as Metro's new chief operating officer. The 46-year-old Clackamas County Commissioner is looking forward to being the...

Team Construction completes expansion, remodel in Longview.
April 10, 2003... Byline: Rich Riegel It's a job that required both toughness and sensitivity. The tough part was substantially renovating over 5,000 square feet of existing space in a 20-year-old building, while adding two stories and nearly 7,000...

Construction Specifications Institute to make changes.
April 11, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough The decision by a national construction organization to make major revisions to its specifications numbering system has raised some concerns locally. The Construction Specifications Institute, an Alexandria...

Columbia Corridor positioned for recovery.
April 11, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Get ready for the analysis and the predictions. It's time again to crunch the numbers. Following the close of first quarter 2003, members of the Columbia Corridor Association gathered this week to hear the latest...

Society for Mktg. Professional Services event examines tram design competition.
April 11, 2003... Byline: Daily Journal of Commerce Staff The Oregon Chapter of the Society for Marketing Professional Services will present a behind-the-scenes look at the competition that led to selection of a final design for the Portland Area Tram. ...

St. Mary Medical Center approves master plan.
April 11, 2003... Byline: Rich Riegel St. Mary Medical Center has approved a three-phrase expansion plan that calls for "wrap-around" additions on three sides that will give the 1970s-era complex a more contemporary look. Construction cost for the...

Bill to tax Oregonians fails in House committee.
April 11, 2003... Byline: Cami Joner The House Local Government Committee did not pass a bill sponsored by Sen. Don Benton to tax out-of-state workers last week. Senate Bill 5841 would have allowed Washington counties to tax individuals who work in...

ODOT: Work zone fatalities could increase.
April 14, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga It's no secret that Oregon likes to lead the national pack. But when it comes to fatalities in highway work zones, the state doesn't mind taking a backseat to the rest of the country. While deaths in highway...

Oregon Environmental Council members receive update on stormwater management.
April 14, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Members of the Oregon Environmental Council gathered last week to get national and local perspectives on techniques and incentives for sustainable stormwater management. "We've turned our rivers into gutters and...

Miller Nash law firm's remodel project complete.
April 14, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough Almost a year and a half after signing a 12-year lease to stay in downtown Portland's U.S. Bancorp Tower, Miller Nash LLP, a multi-service law firm, has completed a project to remodel its offices. Miller Nash is...

Coho Construction wins Green Project of the Year Award.
April 15, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough Complete with a variety of salvaged materials and a rainwater catching system that provides drinking water, a custom-built Northeast Portland home has netted a local construction company national honors. ...

Historic Armory building may become performing arts center.
April 15, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Gerding/Edlen Development Co. is considering a performing arts use for the historic Armory building, located in Block 3 of the Brewery Blocks development in Portland. Gerding/Edlen plans to ask the Portland...

ODOT projects close highway, bridge lanes.
April 15, 2003... Byline: Daily Journal of Commerce Staff April showers may bring May flowers for most of the country. But in Oregon the month also brings a healthy dose of highway lane closures -- both daytime and nighttime -- as crews continue to work...

Commentary: Talks with a wise man: Wisdom on the Oregon Coast.
April 15, 2003... Byline: Jim Penn (Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series.) I was feeling so low that I considered writing obituaries to cheer up when my friend, Professor Von Rumproast, called with a line on a "wise man." "How are...

Wright Construction picked for second phase of mixed-use project.
April 16, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough Hard-hat crews will move back into The Round, a mixed-used development taking shape near the Beaverton Central MAX Light Rail Station, next week signaling the start of the project's second phase. The new...

Power Engineers tabbed to build infrastructure in Afghanistan.
April 16, 2003... Byline: Rich Riegel Power Engineers Inc., a leading U.S. provider of engineering services with offices in Portland and Longview, Wash., will assist Perini Corp. to re-build facilities in the U.S. Central Command's area of operations. ...

Commentary: Government accountability and the American people.
April 16, 2003... Byline: Bernard Levy Our government has lost accountability. Most of us would gladly pay reasonable taxes but, frankly, we don't have the vaguest idea of how much is being spent for what. Specifically, the Bush administration has lost...

Oregon Convention Center opens, prepares for 'The Big Bash'.
April 17, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough Over 200 people came out yesterday morning for the dedication ceremony of the recently completed $116 million expansion to the Oregon Convention Center in Northeast Portland. "We are done, on time and on...

Dollar Tree inks deal for distribution center.
April 17, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Dollar Tree announced this week it will construct a $40 million, 650,000-square-foot distribution center as part of the Union Ridge development in Ridgefield, Wash. The building will be the company's first...

Home Builders Assn. helps to remodel home of injured police officer.
April 18, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough As the condition of Clackamas County Sheriff Sgt. Damon Coates progresses, so has work to remodel his West Linn home. Coates, who was shot in the head while on duty responding to an emergency call in Milwaukie...

Concrete projects lauded at awards banquet.
April 21, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough The world of concrete took center stage last week at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland as building industry players gathered to pay tribute to 58 projects entered in the 23rd Annual Excellence in Concrete...

11th annual Business for an Environmentally Sustainable Tomorrow awards held Friday.
April 21, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Portlanders gathered Friday to recognize the bright lights in a variety of industries that are working diligently to conduct business that's sustainable and mindful of the environment. The 11th annual BEST awards --...

Big box retail proposed for coliseum site.
April 22, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Principals from Gerding/Edlen Development Co. will meet with Mayor Vera Katz today to discuss renovating the Memorial Coliseum to accommodate large retail users. Dubbed the "Urban Home Center," the proposed...

Rain garden showcased at celebration.
April 22, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough With more than 500 different native plants and a pair of waterfowl now calling it home, a water garden located at a Northeast Portland middle school has been completed, and was officially dedicated over the weekend....

Natural rainwater management system planned for Villebois.
April 23, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough As the planning phase for Villebois, a proposed 500-acre urban village planned for the Wilsonville area, continues to progress, so have plans to include an environmentally sound rainwater management system into the...

Electric work to Burnside and Morrison bridges complete.
April 23, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough A project to replace outdated wiring that had deteriorated and caused operational malfunctions on both the Burnside and Morrison bridges was recently completed. The $1.2 million electrical renovation of the...

Plans for Costa Pacific's Villebois taking shape.
April 23, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Costa Pacific Communities, known best for creating Orenco Station in Hillsboro, is busy moving forward on its next master-planned urban community, a European-inspired village called Villebois. "With Villebois we're...

BetterBricks to help renovate Oregon icon.
April 24, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough Eighty-four years worth of erosion to a structure perched on a high bluff overlooking the Columbia River Gorge can take its toll, and it certainly has in the case of the Vista House at Crown Point. Known as the...

Portland port offers last chance for public input.
April 24, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga The Port of Portland will round out a year's worth of gathering public input for its 2020 Marine Terminals Master Plan with a final open house tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. at the agency's headquarters at 121 N.W....

Portland-based ScanlanKemperBard buys San Diego office building.
April 24, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Portland-based ScanlanKemperBard Cos. recently purchased a 235,209-square-foot office building portfolio in the Mission Valley area of San Diego, Calif. for $36,725,000. The company bought the 108,477-square-foot...

Cascade General making room for new tenants.
April 24, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Frank Foti, Cascade General's chief executive officer, has a vision for turning the shipyard's underutilized space into a leasing opportunity for manufacturing, industrial and other potential commercial users. ...

North Marine Drive gets official dedication.
April 25, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga Heralded by honking truck horns, local port and government agencies turned out yesterday morning to dedicate a more than 2-mile stretch of North Marine Drive in Portland, a $15.6 million road widening project...

Paving awards recognize top Oregon companies, projects.
April 25, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough Approximately 180 people gathered last month to honor the top paving projects from around the state at the 33rd Annual Excellence in Paving Awards. The awards, which have been coordinated for nine years through...

Broker lien bill advances to House.
April 25, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl The broker lien bill, a contentious proposal that's divided the real estate community, is alive and well and on its way to the floor of the House of Representatives in the Oregon Legislature. The measure passed...

CONVENTION CENTER: Expansion allows convention center to compete on a larger scale.
April 25, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough With its expansion now complete, the Oregon Convention Center, which now encompasses nearly 1 million square feet, is expected to compete with comparable facilities in the Western United States and throughout the...

CONVENTION CENTER: Convention center expansion a boost to Lloyd District.
April 25, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl With its opening this month, the expanded Oregon Convention Center is the latest development in a neighborhood that continues to come into its own. The Lloyd District, an eclectic, vibrant area, is in large part the...

CONVENTION CENTER: Convention center designed for easy cleaning.
April 25, 2003... Byline: Daily Journal of Commerce Staff From plush carpets to a vast skylight overhead, the new expansion of the Oregon Convention Center caters to the senses. What's eye-catching for convention center visitors, however, can add up to...

CONVENTION CENTER: Center's expansion offers a unique yet similar design.
April 25, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough Complete with its trademark glass towers, the original Oregon Convention Center opened in 1990. The convention center, designed by Portland's Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, took home five top architectural...

CONVENTION CENTER: Second time around is a charm for Portland designer John Thompson.
April 25, 2003... Byline: Daily Journal of Commerce Staff Things have finally come around full circle for John Thompson, at least where the Oregon Convention Center is concerned. As a senior designer for the Portland firm of Zimmer Gunsul Frasca...

CONVENTION CENTER: SMERFs at convention center add to bottom line.
April 25, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl No, not the little blue guys with the white hats and white pants that like to sing and live in mushroom houses. It's a mnemonic device that describes the groups that don't always make the headlines, the little known...

CONVENTION CENTER: Public arts creates seamless effect at convention center.
April 25, 2003... Byline: Daily Journal of Commerce Staff By their very nature, artists have a tendency to step beyond traditional boundaries into the unknown realms of creativity. But when it came to creating art to fill the expansion of the Oregon...

High Five tournament benefits high school students.
April 25, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga Knee-deep in the second decade of his career as a reporter for a Portland television news station, Wayne Faligowski became convinced that high school students were getting a raw deal from the media. He...

CONVENTION CENTER: Oregon Convention Center continues to contend with security issues.
April 25, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough Times have changed since the original Oregon Convention Center was built in 1990, especially when its comes to security precautions. "It is a feature that you have to think about today," said Karl Schulz, senior...

Tournament brings new tradition to Oregon golf scene.
April 25, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga Behind the buzz of Blazermania and the coffee talk about bringing Major League Baseball to Portland, a new Oregon sports franchise waits patiently in the wings. At least that's how the staff at Peter Jacobsen...

CONVENTION CENTER: Center's Rain Garden cleans rainwater beautifully.
April 25, 2003... Byline: Dan Carter "The Rain Garden is more than a bioswale that demonstrates how urban storm water can be effectively and efficiently handled," said Carol Mayer-Reed, a principal at Portland landscape architectural firm Mayer/Reed....

Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club to host U.S. Women's Open.
April 25, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl For the second time in six years, Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club will host the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament. The national championship will be held between June 30 and July 6. "For Pumpkin Ridge to host this twice...

Portland City Commissioner promises cultural change at city hall.
April 28, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl The room was full of chuckles, under-the-breath "Amens" and nodding heads during Jordan Schrader's real estate breakfast Friday morning. Panelists were talking about navigating the city's complex permitting process...

Pacific University project receives $1 million grant.
April 28, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough A project to build a $6 million professional studies building at Pacific University in Forest Grove appears to be moving forward after receiving a much needed boost to its fundraising efforts. The additional...

Lease Crutcher Lewis nabs Portland-area contracts.
April 28, 2003... Byline: Rich Riegel Lease Crutcher Lewis recently secured two new contracts, one to construct Tualatin Valley Water District's operations center expansion and another for Portland State University's new student health center. The $4...

ODOT seeks public input on I-5 project.
April 28, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga The Oregon Department of Transportation is moving ahead with the first stage of a proposed plan to widen Interstate 5 in the area of Delta Park, even though the construction portion of the project is still...

SRG Partnership completes initial work on crime lab.
April 28, 2003... Byline: Rich Riegel SRG Partnership Inc. has completed pre-design and schematic design of a new $10 million Southwest Washington Regional Crime Laboratory for the Washington State Patrol to be located in Vancouver, Wash. Funding for...

Volunteers repair homes, nonprofits' buildings.
April 29, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough More than 1,300 volunteers came together over the weekend to repair 60 homes and six nonprofit buildings located throughout Portland. The effort was part of the Portland Chapter of Rebuilding Together, which is...

Interest building for site near Klamath Falls Airport.
April 29, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Hal Wight, director of the Klamath Falls Airport, has a deal he thinks developers can't refuse. It's a master lease on a 24-acre parcel, complete with water, sewer, power and fiber optics infrastructure already in...

Law week offers public a look at system.
April 29, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga Portland attorney Heather Decker has a passion for the law. Now she hopes to pass on her interest in the subject to the public. Decker is the head of the committee that organized Community Law Week, a series...

Commentary: America, the eatery: A country of contrasts, choices.
April 29, 2003... Byline: Jim Penn I used to be a fast-food junkie, a true believer in bad-fat-laden goodies. Before I met Kathy, I had memorized the menus (and prices) of the "good guys," you know, Arby's, Carl's Jr., Wendy's and the time tested (but less...

Ceremony honors 77 workers killed.
April 30, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga Kit Baldwin. Judith Beeson. Michael Blades. Jessie Blanton . . . One by one the names rang out under the cloudy Salem sky as employers, employees and state safety officials bowed their heads Monday in memory...

Renovations to transform Telegram Building.
April 30, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough With its signature red brick and 48-foot-tall clock tower, Southwest Portland's Telegram Building has stood out architecturally ever since it was built in 1922. However, more than seven decades after the...