Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland articles from January 2003

Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland archives from January 2003

SeaMark Properties buys units at The Legends.
January 2, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Residents at The Legends will soon have some long-awaited neighbors. The nine-story condominium building, located in Goose Hollow near the Multnomah Athletic Club, was developed in the mid-1990s as a high-end,...

SKB acquires three historic downtown buildings.
January 2, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Portland-based ScanlanKemperBard Cos. has acquired three of the city's signature downtown buildings. In a deal that closed earlier this week, the company purchased the American Bank Building, Jackson Tower and the...

Portland metro area library nabs award for wood design.
January 2, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga A Portland metro area library that's become a building industry favorite for its innovative use of wood is one of 15 projects from the United States and Canada named winners in a national competition. The...

Ambiguities of industrial materials focus of PSU lecture.
January 3, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough Approaching architecture, and the uses of industrial materials, in new and abstract ways is something that award-winning architect Elizabeth Ranieri prides herself on. Industrial materials and their ambiguities,...

Orenco Station: One of world's 'Great Planned Communities'.
January 3, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Orenco Station, Hillsboro's award-winning super community, has received yet another notable designation. The nearly 200-acre, mixed-use development located adjacent to the Orenco TriMet MAX light rail station, has...

Commentary: 'Twas the day before the New Year and all through the market.
January 7, 2003... Byline: Jim Penn We now take you to Craxouer Financial News and Howard Roughed. "Happy New Year, Howard." Howard Roughed: "Thank you, Wayne. Although it's the last day of the year, it's an auspicious one because the New York-based...

Contractors complete specialized health care course.
January 7, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough The health care industry has specific needs and concerns when it comes to construction projects. According to the American Society for Healthcare Engineering, "environmental disturbances associated with health...

Study, survey to outline strategy for Midtown.
January 7, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl A study and a survey focused on the Midtown area of Portland's Central Business District both hope to create a vision that will spur future economic development while retaining the area's unique and historic character....

Home Building Assn.'s new director hired to boost membership.
January 7, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga The Home Building Association of Metropolitan Portland hopes Diane Sparks can make lightening strike twice. As the newly hired director of membership services for the Lake Oswego-based association, Sparks has...

Todd Hess Building Co. celebrates 20th anniversary.
January 7, 2003... Byline: Rich Riegel The construction industry is not for the weak at heart. It's cyclical in nature, the hours are long, the work is demanding and the uncertainties are rampant. So, what would compel an individual during the...

Gov.-elect Kulongoski views bridge fixes as priority.
January 8, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga Amid an agenda piled high with long-term issues such as reforming the Public Employee Retirement System and streamlining government spending to reclaim the public's lost confidence, Oregon Gov.-elect Ted...

Downtown Lake Oswego: growing into vibrant retail, office mecca.
January 8, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl A barrage of retail leases toward the end of last year and a new mixed-use development on the horizon spell future vibrancy and growth for Lake Oswego's downtown. Lake Oswego Village, located at State Street and...

Commentary: The need for action, not blind allegiance to politics.
January 8, 2003... Byline: Bernard Levy I've been taking long walks in the Molalla River State Park to inhale the invigorating late fall air and ponder the economic and political crises plaguing us. Employing primordial screaming, Zen meditation and serious...

Opinions differ on Mount Tabor reservoir solution.
January 8, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough While the water in the reservoirs at Mount Tabor Park in Southeast Portland may soon be buried, differences between two opposing groups on the issue are still firmly above ground. The Portland Water Bureau,...

Construction on RedTail golf center continues.
January 9, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough Two years after upgrading its 18-hole golf course to championship status RedTail Golf Course, formerly known as Progress Downs, is in the midst of building a state-of-the-art golf center. Construction of the $4...

Commentary: Investing in a brighter future for Latinos in the U.S.
January 9, 2003... Byline: Judith McGee Carlos and Brenda have lived in the U.S. for more than 10 years. They moved here from Santiago, Chile when they were in their 20s. Both from upper-middle class families, they sought educational and career...

Krispy Kreme leases Waddle's diner space.
January 9, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl The familiar "Eat Now" sign that looms above Waddle's diner, greeting motorists with the time as they speed by on Interstate 5, won't light up the landscape much longer. After 58 years in the same Jantzen Beach...

Committee takes input on bypass project.
January 10, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga A steering committee is expected to hand down a recommendation later this month on the preferred location for a four-lane bypass to ease traffic congestion in the downtown areas of Newberg and Dundee. ...

American Council of Engineering Cos. honors engineering excellence.
January 10, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough A project designed to clean up algae, garbage and debris from Lake Oswego took home Project of the Year honors for AMEC Earth & Environmental Inc. at the 2003 Engineering Excellence Awards. The event was held...

New program launched to promote use of energy efficient windows.
January 10, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance has launched a new program to increase the use of energy efficient windows in small- to medium-sized commercial buildings. According to the alliance, the commercial building...

Vancouver school wins national award.
January 13, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough Vancouver's Fruit Valley Community Learning Center, which was designed by Portland-based LSW Architects, is not your traditional school. The multi-functional community learning center and elementary school was...

New program evaluates stormwater products.
January 13, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga As the federal government has required that more communities create programs to protect their rivers and streams from pollutants carried into waterways by stormwater runoff, states around the county have...

Land deal would yield new Southeast Portland development.
January 13, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl The Portland Development Commission hopes to finalize a deal this month that would spark the first commercial redevelopment in the inner Southeast neighborhood in nearly 30 years. PDC closed late last year on a...

Real estate recovery could be year away.
January 14, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Listening to last week's release of fourth quarter statistics at Cushman & Wakefield of Oregon was a little like sitting at the round table during a group therapy session. "I've been here 30 years and this is the...

Portland urban design firm wins national award.
January 14, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga A Portland urban design firm has earned a national award for its work on a plan to revitalize neighborhoods near a light rail line currently under construction along Interstate Avenue in the northern portion of...

Commentary: 'Research companies'' stock tips are pure humor.
January 14, 2003... Byline: Jim Penn Nowadays, my fax junk mail has been reduced to a few unsolicited travel suggestions and hot tips for investment in the over-the-counter market. The latter is the subject of this column today. I've saved the tip sheets for...

Council of Carpenters comes through again for annual toy drive.
January 15, 2003... Byline: Rich Riegel History does repeat itself. In 2001, union carpenters and contractors with the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters donated more than ever to the annual Carpenters Christmas Toy Drive. During the...

Metro takes on construction waste.
January 15, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough With construction and demolition debris still piling up in area landfills, the regional government known as Metro is taking a new approach to solving the ongoing problem. "We're working with the industry on how...

Brokers seek deals for Airport Way flex space.
January 15, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl In an economic climate that isn't producing a lot of speculative development, one project, Airport Way Commons, is quietly getting started. The first 40,000-square-foot building of the three-building development...

Mall expansion plans feature cinema.
January 16, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Century Theaters has announced it will build a 16-screen multiplex at Cedar Hills Crossing in Beaverton. The company, which owns and operates 850 screens in 11 states in the Western U.S., has just one other theater...

Dull Olsen Weekes Architects wins $75M school project.
January 16, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough The West Linn-Wilsonville School District recently announced the selection of Portland-based Dull Olson Weekes Architects as the architect for the school district's new $75 million bond program. "We are very...

American Council of Engineering Cos. of WA holds Engineering Excellence Awards.
January 16, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough The American Council of Engineering Companies of Washington held its 35th Annual Engineering Excellence Awards banquet in Seattle Jan. 8. Twenty-eight projects were recognized in the statewide competition. Five...

Stipends empower Lewis & Clark law students to reach out.
January 17, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga Katie Jo Keppinger started her legal studies at Lewis & Clark College Law School in Portland with the idea of eventually becoming an environmental lawyer. But two years and one stipend later, Keppinger is...

Portland residents wary about skating rink proposal.
January 17, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Portland residents got their first opportunity to comment this week on a proposal that could change the face of what is arguably the city's most prime piece of real estate, its living room. The Pioneer Courthouse...

Yost Grube Hall Architecture chosen for Western Culinary Institute project.
January 17, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough With a lease still in the works, the Western Culinary Institute has taken a major step in its plans to consolidate its downtown operations, by selecting Portland-based Yost Grube Hall Architecture as the architect...

ODOT offers plan to begin fixing bridges.
January 17, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga The Oregon Department of Transportation wants to spend at least $1.7 billion to fix and replace cracked and failing bridges located on heavily-used freight routes throughout the state, breaking the work into five...

Turner Construction to manage $450M of work in Indianapolis.
January 17, 2003... Byline: Rich Riegel The Indiana office of Turner Construction Co. has been chosen as construction manager to oversee approximately $450 million of work for the Indianapolis International Airport's new Midfield Terminal, part of a nearly $1...

Commentary: Make your financial resolutions while year's still young.
January 21, 2003... Byline: William Lockwood Now that we are in 2003, you may be focused on organization and new resolutions. You may decide to exercise more, travel, become better informed on world events or simply spend more time with your family. All...

Tenants taking advantage of low rents, opting for premium space.
January 21, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl It's no secret that today's market favors the savvy tenant. Recent numbers show lucky lessees are taking advantage of depressed rents to move into premium space, sometimes paying the same price as before. "You see...

Hart Crowser to provide environmental consultant services for state.
January 21, 2003... Byline: Rich Riegel Hart Crowser has been selected by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to provide environmental consultant services for up to five years. The DEQ's Land Quality Division awarded contracts to three firms...

Commentary: Seeking solutions to stimulate the economy.
January 21, 2003... Byline: Jim Penn Following our CPA Superhero after he was signed by Hollywood producer Sigmund Thalbergerhofer to star in a major film and employed by Harvey Pitt in August 2002 as a member of President Bush's Financial SWAT team (remember...

Westside Economic Alliance elects president.
January 22, 2003... Byline: Rich Riegel In December, the Westside Economic Alliance board of directors elected Mike Schmid of KPFF Consulting Engineers as 2003 president for the Westside Economic Alliance. Schmid takes over for 2002 President M. James Mark of...

Commentary: The great debate over President Bush's stimulus plan: The real world.
January 22, 2003... Byline: Bernard Levy This column is one of a series on President Bush's plan and alternatives to stimulate the economy. Some parameters on my commentary: * I will not take part in the "class warfare" arguments that dominate news...

Retail space holding steady in metro market.
January 22, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl As fourth quarter numbers and forecasts roll in, retail space has emerged as a bright spot in today's uncertain commercial real estate market, with vacancies dropping slightly at year's end. "If you believe what you...

Stormwater giving campaign bestows cash to nonprofits.
January 22, 2003... Byline: Rich Riegel The holidays may be over, but the giving continues. In lieu of holiday cards, Stormwater Management Inc. donates a portion of its profits to environmentally focused nonprofit organizations. Stormwater employees...

Associated General Contractors members convene for conference.
January 22, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough With "The Changing Faces of the Industry" as its theme, the Associated General Contractors Oregon-Columbia Chapter held its annual conference over the weekend. Members convened at the Westin Salishan Lodge and...

Commentary: What's your money management discipline?
January 23, 2003... Byline: Judith McGee Wonder where words come from? The internal meaning of words fascinates. For instance, look at the word "enthusiasm." It means, "God within action." Of course, we are attracted to those energies that are enthusiastic....

Pendleton bridge's history saved, displayed.
January 23, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough For over 60 years the 10th Street viaduct Bridge in Pendleton allowed traffic to flow across its architecturally-unique design. "From my understanding the old viaduct bridge was one of the New Deal projects,"...

Film on inventive architecture of the Rural Studio to be screened at PSU.
January 23, 2003... Byline: Rich Riegel In 1993, Auburn University architecture Professor Samuel Mockbee set out to change the way students learn their craft and, in the process, to dramatically improve people's lives. Mockbee founded the Rural Studio,...

Wilber-Ellis Co. to leave the Pearl District.
January 23, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl One of the last industrial stalwarts in the now chi-chi hamlet Portlanders call the Pearl is leaving the neighborhood. After nearly six decades downtown, Wilbur-Ellis Co. Co which sells ground bone and fish meal in...

Associated Builders and Contractors celebrate 30th year.
January 23, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga Guests donned masquerade masks and danced the night away as the Pacific Northwest chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors kicked off their thirtieth year as a local organization with a banquet and...

Police officer warns real estate mgrs. about tenants making meth labs.
January 24, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Institute of Real Estate Management and Accredited Residential Manager members got a wakeup call from Portland Police Bureau Officer Jim West this week. "I'd be real careful with whom I rent to these days," he told...

Arbitration award one of Oregon's largest.
January 24, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga Waves from the bankruptcy of Enron washed up in Portland last week in the form of an arbitration hearing that resulted in a $100 million award, believed to be one of the largest arbitration amounts ever handed...

$35.7 million secured for brewery condos.
January 24, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Union Labor Life Insurance Co. will provide a $35.7 million construction loan to finance The Henry condominiums under construction on Block 3 of the Brewery Blocks project in Northwest Portland. The investment comes...

Portland to offer green building curriculum.
January 24, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough The city of Portland Office of Sustainable Development's Green Building Division recently announced that it will offer a green building training series for both commercial and residential design and construction...

Deadline extended for filing urban growth boundary objections.
January 27, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl Citizens who have previously testified before the Metro Council will have an additional three weeks to file objections to the council's final decision on the urban growth boundary expansion. The extension was...

Portland YouthBuilders begins construction project in Sellwood.
January 27, 2003... Byline: Rich Riegel It's a project that's going to help kids grow up with a sense of responsibility. Portland YouthBuilders, a nonprofit organization providing education, construction and computer career training, along with...

Washington County road project progressing.
January 27, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough A $12 million Washington County plan to improve several roads around the unincorporated Cedar Mill Town Center area just north of Beaverton appears to be moving ahead with recently completed preliminary engineering...

Commentary: 'Stretch' IRAs - A strategy for managing retirement assets.
January 28, 2003... Byline: Bob Stein Who should benefit from your retirement assets - you and your family or the federal tax coffers? The answer is easy: you and your family, of course. Achieving that goal is more difficult. These days, very few people...

Washington County planners approve West Hills development.
January 28, 2003... Byline: Rich Riegel Washington County approved a West Hills Development town home residential development plan at a hearing Jan. 16. Approved by hearings officer Larry Epstein were Arbor Custom Home's 35-acre, 290-home Arbor Reserve,...

Tram design team finalists tour Portland.
January 28, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl The four teams vying for the chance to design the people-mover that supporters believe will become Portland's "calling card" got their first look at the Rose City last week. The proposed aerial tram would connect...

Commentary: News headlines lead to some laughs.
January 28, 2003... Byline: Jim Penn I needed a stiff belt to believe the hardcopy before me. Barley, my beloved but departed Golden Retriever writing partner, would have howled with disbelief. After intermittent shots of single-malt Oban and mugs of...

Work continues on Sylvan Interchange project.
January 28, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough With phase two of the Camelot to Sylvan Interchange project on Highway 26 nearing completion, the Oregon Department of Transportation recently announced plans to combine phase three of the project with a separate...

Profiles of Excellence honors best employers.
January 29, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl "When someone asks you what you do for a living, you generally talk about what you produce," said Keith Lyons, master of ceremonies at The Daily Journal of Commerce's annual Profiles of Excellence Awards. "The DJC is...

Commentary: How many homes does it take to get a good night's sleep?
January 29, 2003... Byline: Bernard Levy My curiosity was piqued by an item in The Oregonian's Jan. 11 "The Edge," titled "Just a Place to Hang his Head." It commented on the Palm Beach, Fla. mansion being built by former WorldCom Chief Financial Officer...

LaunchPad seminar features T.V. personality.
January 30, 2003... Byline: Daily Journal of Commerce As any viewer of Small Business School - the Public Broadcasting System's series profiling successful small businesses - will tell you, Hattie Bryant is a bundle of energy and enthusiasm. And with her...

Builders take hit over system development fee.
January 30, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga Portland area homebuilders will likely continue their fight opposing a development fee charged for new construction in unincorporated areas of Washington County, despite losing a recent battle related to the fees...

Army Corps of Engineers releases Columbia River project report.
January 30, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough Federal plans to deepen the Columbia River came one step closer to becoming a reality this week, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its supplemental integrated feasibility report and environmental impact...

'Playground' sculpture no longer in running for new Portland park.
January 30, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl After months of debate over whether her "Playground" sculpture would fit the contemplative vision for Portland's River District's next park, Maya Lin has taken her proposal out of the running. "This is a Class A...

Portland attorneys take on a case of conscience.
January 31, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga For most people, professional mid-life crises come at exactly that time: mid-life. So maybe Chris Winter and Ralph Bloemers were a little ahead of the rest of their age group when the two Portland attorneys,...

Vancouver port to send out request for proposals.
January 31, 2003... Byline: Aimee Curl The Port of Vancouver will soon send out a request for proposals for a 12-acre parcel of land known as 1-A. The property, which has 10 buildable acres, is zoned heavy industrial. The RFP Co for planning and design...

Earth Advantage program looks to future.
January 31, 2003... Byline: Cody McCullough With the emergence of green building as an increasingly common practice in Portland's commercial construction industry, Portland General Electric's Earth Advantage program continues to move ahead even in tough...

U.S. Supreme Court won't hear project labor agreement issue.
January 31, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Basalyga A federal appeals court's decision to uphold a White House ban on project labor agreements for federally-funded construction projects will stand, after the U.S. Supreme Court last week turned down a request to...