Business Journal-Portland articles from July 1997

Business Journal-Portland archives from July 1997

Zell scoops up Tanasbourne apartments. (Equity Residential Properties Trust's Sam Zell; The Club at Tanasbourne apartment complex)
July 4, 1997... One of Portland's dominant landlords has shelled out $19.75 million for a Sunset Corridor apartment complex. On June 19, Chicago-based Equity Residential Properties Trust, formed by financier and real estate guru Sam Zell, paid the sum - about...

'The Scott Thomason of veterinarians.' (Medical Management International Inc. Chmn. and CEO Scott Campbell)
July 4, 1997... From the inauspicious Portland headquarters of Medical Management International Inc., veterinarian-turned-businessman Scott Campbell is quietly building an empire of vet clinics and hospitals. Campbell is chairman and chief executive officer of...

Fire districts kill AMR's sweet deal for backup aid. (Clackamas County, Oregon; American Medical Response)
July 4, 1997... Three Clackamas County fire districts are pulling out of their deal to provide backup emergency transports for American Medical Response-Northwest, leaving AMR scrambling to beef up its own transport services. Oak Lodge Fire District, Lake...

Union, Nature's clash over truck drivers. (United Food and Commercial Workers International Union; Nature's Fresh Northwest)
July 4, 1997... If union organizers have their way, Nature's Fresh Northwest's five truck drivers will soon head to the union election booth followed by the rest of the grocer's 360 hourly workers. An attempt to unionize Nature's work force, started in...

Hanjin to ship Northwest cargo to northern China. (Hanjin Shipping Company Ltd.)
July 4, 1997... Hanjin Shipping Co. will soon begin making weekly stops at the Port of Portland, establishing a direct shipping link between the Northwest and ports in northern China. Exporters will no longer have to transfer container cargoes from ship to...

Blues traveler. (Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon Pres. and CEO Don Sacco)(Interview)
July 4, 1997... A 30-year veteran of BlueCross, Don Sacco discusses Oregon affiliate's changing role in the market Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon President and Chief Executive Officer Don Sacco joined the company in April 1996 as insurance profits...

The bridge builder. (F.E. Ward)
July 4, 1997... Vancouver's F. E. Ward builds a reputation for bridge construction work More than 30 years ago, Ted Aadland broke into the construction business by resurfacing cement with a hand grinder. After a week of the back-breaking labor, he graduated...

Cache to build a dream on. (Portland, Oregon)(Focus on Architecture & Engineering)
July 4, 1997... Architects ride development boom, but what happens when the party's over? The metro area's building boom has Gary Reddick constantly speculating about when the white-hot excitement could burn out. Reddick's firm, Sienna Architecture Co., has...

Drainage district budgets could go down the drain. (Portland, Oregon)(Focus on Architecture & Engineering)
July 4, 1997... Officials try to engineer plan to preserve maintenance funding Tim Hayford knows all about fighting floods after spending 18 years watching over levees and pumphouses that protect a large portion of the Portland area from the Columbia River...

Assisted Living Concepts Inc. (Proxy Report Excerpts)(Company Profile)
July 4, 1997... AMEX: ALF 9955 S.E. Washington St., Suite 201, Portland, Ore. 97216 Assisted Living Concepts Inc. develops and operates assisted living residences. At the end of February 1997, the company operated 78 residences (2,806 units) in Oregon,...