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By: Clifford A. Hockley, President Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services, Executive Director, SVN | Bluestone and Hockley Most residential Landlords in the Portland, Oregon marketplace are more concerned about... View Article

We live in an exciting time of change in the consumer retail market. As technology continues to advance and as consumers get more comfortable with making the majority of their... View Article

Apartment developers took out fewer building permits in September, stymied by rising interest rates and construction costs.   Apartment building developers may finally take a breather in their rush to build... View Article

Portland has added some 15,000 new apartments since 2015, but most are designed for luxury. PORTLAND, Ore.  — It’s good news for renters — though perhaps a bittersweet moment for the... View Article

Industry Spreads Across the Country in Search of Talent. While all eyes have been on Amazon’s astronomical growth and it’s imminent decision on where to locate a second headquarters, the rest... View Article

Three Charitable Giving Solutions to Consider for Year End Strategies Your Clients Can Use Right Now It may seem too early to talk about year-end planning. But the 2017 Tax... View Article

Downtown Portland May Lose Four MAX Light Rail Stations TriMet, a mass transit operator in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, is considering closing four MAX light rail stations in Downtown... View Article

The SVN | Bluestone & Hockley corporate office at 9320 SW Barbur Blvd. Suite 300, Portland, Oregon will conduct a class taught by Attorney, Leah Sykes. In this presentation, Leah... View Article

The Revenue Stream What 199A Regulations Mean for Your Clients Tax-Saving Opportunities for Business Owners Are any of your business-owning clients curious about the new Section 199A deduction? Although the... View Article

The quest for short-term lodging is taking the hospitality market in unlikely places – even floating atop the Columbia River. The Portland Bureau of Development Services recently received an early assistance request... View Article

Metro believes four suburban Portland cities should be granted urban growth boundary expansions. The regional planning agency’s chief operating officer, Martha Bennett, recommends Beaverton, Hillsboro, King City and Wilsonville be... View Article

The Oregon Court of Appeals recently recognized that local jurisdictions cannot use local code to circumvent constitutional protections against the taking of property without just compensation.   In Hill v. City of... View Article

New construction has sent a flood of new apartments onto the market. A month’s free rent has become standard. Renters who can afford an apartment in one of the new... View Article

Challenges of mixing old and new A project proposal for the Historic Alphabet District calls for an update to the existing Buck-Prager Building and construction of two new buildings. Historic... View Article

Continuing good economic news this month- close to 29 thousand new jobs created in the last 12 months in the Portland region all with an unemployment rate below 4 percent!... View Article

About the property… Located in the heart of charming Multnomah Village, the property offered easy access to I-5 and US 99W, as well as numerous retail and restaurant amenities. Surrounded... View Article