Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland articles from January 2004

Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland archives from January 2004

Portland-based George Morlan Plumbing opens new upscale location.
January 2, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl Admit it. The tune has echoed now and again in the recesses of your head and suddenly, for no apparent reason, you're driving down the street humming that simple but catchy slogan, "George Morlan, the Water Heater King."...

Portland-based UpholsteryShop teaches students old-world skills.
January 2, 2004... Byline: Jessica Swanson Mike Lanowski is a third-generation upholsterer, having first learned the trade from his grandfather who immigrated to New York from Eastern Europe. He developed a specialty in old-world techniques and a love for...

Multnomah County seeks neighborhood input on fate of building.
January 2, 2004... Byline: Ray Hughey Multnomah County officials will meet with members of the Buckman Neighborhood Association Jan. 21 regarding the future of the county's failing Morrison Building. The 50-year-old county building at 2115 S.E. Morrison...

Oregon's construction industry officials express cautious optimism about 2004.
January 5, 2004... Byline: Jessica Swanson Oregon's construction industry is poised for a happy new year, or at least a happier one, industry experts say, with work slowly on the rise in most sectors. "We haven't seen a real big push yet," said Cindy...

Commercial real estate professionals believe market is poised for recovery.
January 5, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl As they dive headlong into the new year, commercial real estate professionals are eager to look ahead, optimistic that 2004 will bring the marked change they've been patiently waiting for. "The consensus this year...

Portland-area architects and engineers expect 2004 to be better.
January 5, 2004... Byline: Ray Hughey Strong housing, health and education markets kept many Portland-area architects and engineers busy through 2003 and have buoyed their expectations for 2004. The new year, they say, will be better than the year past -...

Adversity breeds success for Portland-based Hennebery Eddy Architects Inc.
January 5, 2004... Byline: Rich Riegel "It was the hardest Monday morning I ever had. It felt like a Monday morning that lasted six months." When Tim Eddy's friend, fellow architect and business partner Steve Hennebery died the Sunday after Thanksgiving...

Portland-based Bethany Village Centre has two new tenants.
January 5, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl U.S. West Coast Taekwondo and Sunset Cycles recently set up shop in Bethany Village Centre, Bethany Village's mall complex. Bethany Village is a master-planned, 135-acre, mixed-use development that began with a...

New office, industrial space sprouts in Hillsboro.
January 6, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl Despite legions of nearly new buildings still standing vacant in the Sunset Corridor, the city of Hillsboro is reviewing plans for the construction of new office and industrial space. Two projects near the...

Wandell Industries develops new air filtration system.
January 6, 2004... Byline: Ray Hughey A small firm in Washington hopes to clear a lot of air with its new filtration system. The air remediation system, developed by Wandell Industries of Clinton, Wash., uses a combination of filtering methods, including...

Transportation conference to showcase Oregon innovations.
January 6, 2004... Byline: Jessica Swanson Next month's Northwest Transportation Conference at Oregon State University will showcase Oregon's innovations in transportation and pull together the region's top authorities in the field. The conference, which...

Lloyd Center Mall seeking connection between neighborhoods, public transportation.
January 7, 2004... Byline: Rich Riegel It's all about connectivity. WaterLeaf Architecture is helping the Lloyd Center Mall in Northeast Portland create a connection between surrounding neighborhoods and public transportation. Bill Bailey, WaterLeaf's...

Goodwill Industries takes 107,850 square feet in Milwaukie.
January 7, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette has signed on for 107,850 square feet at the Heleco Distribution Center in Milwaukie. The company, which collects clothing and household goods to sell at its retail...

Online or off, GlassHut finds path to success.
January 8, 2004... Byline: Rich Riegel For Bruce Burggraf, owner and founder of GlassHut, business couldn't be better. The firm offers custom-built greenhouses, enclosed garden spaces and spa enclosures manufactured to any size and painted any color the...

Laser system puts company on cutting edge.
January 8, 2004... Byline: Ray Hughey When Jim Hanset, president of Hanset Stainless Inc., looked to the future, the light he saw was a laser. His Portland custom stainless steel fabrication company just invested $1.2 million in its future with the...

Seattle interior designer to speak at International Interior Design Assn. Oregon forum.
January 8, 2004... Byline: Staff Seattle interior designer Rysia Suchecka will speak on "Kindness in Design" at a Jan. 15, educational forum presented by the Oregon chapter of the International Interior Design Association Oregon. The forum will be held...

Portland Development Center cuts its losses on center.
January 12, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl After more than two years of trying to find takers for the Creative Services Center, the Portland Development Commission has thrown in the towel. As a means of stopping the money hemorrhaging from the project, PDC...

Winter storm may cause flurry of home repair scams.
January 12, 2004... Byline: Ray Hughey Any damage from last week's snow and ice might make Oregon homeowners attractive targets for home repair frauds. If the weather takes a heavy toll, construction fraud artists will be drawn like flies, according to...

Portland offers look at 'Big Pipe' project.
January 12, 2004... Byline: Staff Portland's Bureau of Environmental Services will host four presentations offering a look at the city's West Side Big Pipe project. Presentations will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Jan. 13 and Feb. 17, and from 5:30 to 5:30...

Thin is in for Portland condominium.
January 12, 2004... Byline: Staff Gray Purcell Inc., a commercial general contractor that has completed more than 500 construction projects in the Portland metro area, is calling its latest work - a tall, skinny condo project with quirky color combinations...

Catholic Charities partners with St. Vincent de Paul on project.
January 12, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl Catholic Charities and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Portland will work on their first collaborative affordable housing project to be built later this year. Dennis Keenan, executive director of Catholic...

Oregon OSHA scholarship deadline is March 1.
January 13, 2004... Byline: Jessica Swanson The Oregon division of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, also known as Oregon OSHA, is offering the Workers' Memorial Scholarship to Oregon students for the 2004-05 academic year. The...

Port of Portland to study more harbor Superfund sites.
January 13, 2004... Byline: Jessica Swanson The Port of Portland has voluntarily signed agreements with the state Department of Environmental Quality to investigate contamination at two upland sites along the lower Willamette River at the Portland Harbor...

1201 Lloyd Boulevard Building in Portland lands large tenant.
January 13, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl The 1201 Lloyd Boulevard Building, which has towered virtually empty above Interstate 84 for more than a year, will soon be home to some more warm bodies. Integra Telecom, a locally based telecommunications carrier,...

Tanger Factory Outlet purchases Factory Stores at Lincoln City.
January 13, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl Greensboro, N.C.-based Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc. has purchased the Factory Stores at Lincoln City. The 270,312-square-foot center's name is now Tanger Outlet Center. The acquisition was part of a larger deal...

Legal assistance panel serves those who serve.
January 14, 2004... Byline: Jessica Swanson Shortly before Thanksgiving, Southeast Portland attorney Susan Ford Burns received word from friends in the Seattle area of plans to celebrate an early holiday because of their son's imminent deployment overseas. A...

P.F. Chang's signs on for Bridgeport Village.
January 14, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl P.F. Chang's is the latest taker for space at Bridgeport Village, a more than 400,000-square-foot, open-air mall planned for what was once the Durham Quarry in Tigard. The upscale chain Chinese restaurant will take...

City of Portland sues designers over garden's pond leak.
January 14, 2004... Byline: Ray Hughey The city of Portland has arranged to repair a long-standing leak in the Garden Pond at the Portland Classical Chinese Garden and is suing its designers to recover the costs. The leak at the 8,000-square-foot...

Designers get extension on aerial tram schematics.
January 15, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl Portland Aerial Transportation Inc. announced Tuesday it will give Angelil/Graham/Pfenninger/ Scholl a two-week extension to complete schematic designs for the tram that will connect Oregon Health & Science University...

Eco-Logical Business Program expands to include landscapers.
January 15, 2004... Byline: Ray Hughey Area public agencies are looking to recruit the landscape industry in the Eco-Logical Business Program to reduce and prevent air, water and solid waste pollution by small businesses. The landscapers are the second...

KPFF Consulting Engineers awarded Project of the Year award for Brewery Block project.
January 16, 2004... Byline: Jessica Swanson KPFF Consulting Engineers took away the Project of the Year award from this year's American Council of Engineering Companies of Oregon Engineering Excellence competition. The honor was announced during an ACEC...

Plans progress for relocation, redevelopment of Fire Station No. 1 in Portland.
January 16, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl The Portland Development Commission has taken another step toward moving the city's main fire station to make way for a major redevelopment of the block adjacent to Old Town's Ankeny Plaza. The commission gave PDC's...

Students at Portland's Lewis & Clark College make global difference.
January 16, 2004... Byline: Ray Hughey From their small campus near Portland, students at Lewis & Clark College found a way to make their own difference in worldly matters such as global warming. This past fall, the students raised $16,400 to reduce...

Port of Portland votes to sell two properties.
January 20, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl In keeping with its real estate plan to free up nonstrategic industrial properties, the Port of Portland Commission voted unanimously last week to sell two parcels to private companies. In one deal, the port sold 18...

Portland's Allied Works' design helps Seattle Art Museum reach for the sky.
January 20, 2004... Byline: Ray Hughey The Seattle Art Museum will sweep to new heights with a 16-story expansion designed by Allied Works Architecture of Portland. Construction is expected to start in the summer or early fall on the 350,000-square-foot...

Gov. Kulongoski appoints new members to state Land Conservation and Development Commission.
January 21, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl Gov. Ted Kulongoski has named five Oregonians to the state Land Conservation and Development Commission, the policy making panel that oversees the state Department of Land Conservation and Development. New LCDC...

Port of Portland plan includes channel work, rail access.
January 21, 2004... Byline: Jessica Swanson The 2004 Port of Portland transportation improvement plan has identified 73 road, rail, transit, environmental and waterway projects to be considered for state and regional dollars, totaling $716.5 million in work...

Fourth-quarter real estate numbers show glimmers of hope.
January 21, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl The fourth-quarter numbers are in, and it appears an upturn forecasters have been touting may be slowly getting under way. Office vacancy rates in all classes of space marketwide dropped to 16.1 percent at the end of...

Oregon ski resort gives green energy a lift.
January 21, 2004... Byline: Ray Hughey Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort has established itself as a leader in the ski industry's support of renewable energy. The nonprofit Bonneville Environmental Foundation ranks the Oregon resort as the leading ski-industry...

Ashforth Pacific to launch investment fund.
January 22, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl Building on 107 years in the real estate brokerage and development business, The Ashforth Co. is now laying the groundwork to launch its own real estate investment fund. Scott Langley, West Coast president of...

Deadline nears for 2004 ODOT prequalification.
January 22, 2004... Byline: Ray Hughey For contractors seeking work on Oregon Department of Transportation projects, the time has come - again. ODOT awards contracts only to bidders who are prequalified. The prequalifications are good for one year and...

Electronic data, community dominate new $4.1M Hillsdale Library design.
January 22, 2004... Byline: Jessica Swanson Just 50 years ago, library design had to accommodate bulky card catalogs and rows of tables for hushed reading rooms. Today, computers have taken over the cataloging system, Internet and Ethernet infrastructure...

Ed Quesenberry opens new engineering firm in Lake Oswego.
January 23, 2004... Byline: Staff After more than a decade of working for engineering firms in California and Oregon, Ed Quesenberry has started his own Lake Oswego-based company, Equilibrium Engineers LLC. A graduate of California Polytechnic State...

Profiles of Excellence awards honor employers.
January 23, 2004... Byline: Ray Hughey Things are looking up in the workplace. The competition among 30 businesses seeking recognition as the best company to work for is getting heated. Judging for the Daily Journal of Commerce's seventh annual Profiles...

Engineers mop The Dalles Dam oil spill.
January 23, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl Cleaning up a large oil spill is not unlike cleaning up a glass of spilt milk, where you isolate the substance and use absorbent materials to mop it up. This task - on a much larger scale - has been keeping crews...

Portland couple, B.U.L.L. Session recognized for philanthropy.
January 23, 2004... Byline: Staff Jim and Pat Moss, along with B.U.L.L. Session, have been named recipients of the 2004 Heart of Gold Award by the Providence Child Center Foundation Board of Directors. The Mosses serve as organizers of an annual golf...

Clackamas County experiences commercial boom, especially among big-box retailers.
January 26, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl Development is booming in Clackamas' commercial corridor, and big-box retailers are taking each other's spots faster than you can say "trading spaces." Last week, the Clackamas County Planning Department hearings...

Oregon's Hammurabi awards recognize excellence in masonry and tile.
January 26, 2004... Byline: Jessica Swanson The 2003 Hammurabi Awards, sponsored by the Masonry & Ceramic Tile Institute of Oregon, recognized eight outstanding Oregon structures at a ceremony Thursday. The buildings, chosen from 41 projects scattered around...

Ashland-based Jefferson Public Radio will blend future and past in its new office building.
January 26, 2004... Byline: Ray Hughey Jefferson Public Radio in Ashland will build for the past as well as the future of radio broadcasting. The larger part of the new $10 million office building that JPR plans to build on the Southern Oregon University...

Portland-area marketers publish first directory about design and construction contests.
January 26, 2004... Byline: Rich Riegel Call this idea a real prize-winner. Michelle Winningham and Patti Mertz, two Portland-area marketing professionals, have published the first comprehensive collection of information about design and construction...

Portland-Vancouver's housing market ends 2003 with more sales but fewer listings.
January 26, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl In the housing market, the fourth quarter of 2003 brought more closed and pending sales, to the Portland-Vancouver, Wash., metropolitan area. However, there were fewer listings compared to the same time in 2002,...

Measure 30 tax package defeat could spell court delays.
January 27, 2004... Byline: Jessica Swanson Oregon courts could receive yet another blow should the much-debated $792 million tax package, Measure 30, fail at the polls Feb. 3. If the measure fails, the state Judicial Department would lose $13 million and the...

Smart growth conference held in Portland.
January 27, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl Portland last week welcomed more than 900 participants to the third annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference. Planners, developers, architects, builders and staff from cities and counties from all over the...

Bachofner Electric president named 2003 Outstanding Member by Associated Builders and Contractors.
January 27, 2004... Byline: Ray Hughey Bill Bachofner, president of Bachofner Electric Inc., has been named 2003 Outstanding Member by the Pacific Northwest Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors. The chapter presented Bachofner, its 2004...

Pyramid Breweries on tap to buy Portland Brewing.
January 28, 2004... Byline: Ray Hughey Seattle-based Pyramid Breweries Inc. is buying the Portland Brewing Co. for $4.2 million. The sale includes Portland Brewing's brewery and Tap Room restaurant at 2730 N.W. 31st Ave. in Portland's Northwest...

ODOT expanding, updating conflict resolution methods.
January 28, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl Employing alternative dispute resolution on the front end of construction projects is increasingly becoming a crucial way the Oregon Department of Transportation does business. As a result of the $1.3 billion the...

Bybee Boulevard Bridge project incorporates stormwater treatment, recycling.
January 28, 2004... Byline: Jessica Swanson The nearly century-old Bybee Boulevard Bridge that connects Eastmoreland and Westmoreland across McLoughlin Boulevard and the Union Pacific Railroad closed this week for replacement. The bridge will remain closed...

Portland's small business owners divided over Measure 30.
January 29, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl As Feb. 3 nears, small business owners are contemplating how they will vote on Measure 30. Ben Davis, president of Grand Central Baking Co., said he will vote "yes." "Our business is sitting on the foundation of...

Portland's green building program offers training series.
January 29, 2004... Byline: Ray Hughey G/Rated, the city of Portland's Green Building Program, will present its second green building training program for construction professionals starting next month. Local, regional and international environmental...

North Portland-based UpholsteryShop finds warehouse space.
January 29, 2004... Byline: Jessica Swanson Starting a new business - especially a nonprofit with a mind to bolster the economy - means adhering to a grueling schedule of tasks and priorities. The UpholsteryShop, a North Portland-based nonprofit that aims to...

Dinner train operator sees development possibilities for rural Clark County.
January 30, 2004... Byline: Aimee Curl Clark County sent out a request for proposals last fall for a freight company to update the railroad and operate along 33 miles of track that begins in Vancouver, Wash., and heads north paralleling Washington State Route...

Firm keeps carpets, environment clean.
January 30, 2004... Byline: Ray Hughey After the death of his sister, Rebecca, four years ago, Jaym Wolfe considered abandoning the carpet-cleaning trade in which he had worked for more than two decades. Instead, his sorrow led him in another direction....

OR Dept. of Environmental Quality's manager, section takes integrated approach to harbor cleanup.
January 30, 2004... Byline: Jessica Swanson Jim Anderson has been named manager of the new Portland Harbor section of the state Department of Environmental Quality's Northwest Region office. The new section was formed as way to focus DEQ staff energy on the...