Many businesses in Portland have been waiting to hear the results of Mayor Charlie Hales' proposed business tax fee for months. As Jon Bell reports for the Portland Business Journal, that tax is all but considered dead after commissioners Nick Fish, Steve Novick, and Dan Saltzman made their opposition clear.
The old U.S. Customs House in Portland's North Park Blocks has been sitting empty for over a decade, since the government left it in 2005. Now, this beautiful old building has been given new life, thanks to a renovation by shared-office provider WeWork.
During a growth period in Portland’s tightly controlled market, WYSE evaluated alternative existing buildings and urban land parcels in specific business-oriented locations suitable for a destination corporate headquarter facility. WYSE had to understand the timing requirements of its client and communicate the differences in available market timing prospects covering lease versus…