"Trucking also has an imbalance; they need outbound cargo, so they sort of have the opposite issue," the port's real estate marketing manager Peggy Krause tells GlobeSt, adding that Portland's trucking and rail infrastructure could ease congestion at competing ports that is causing delays. "This could solve multiple situations."

El Segundo, CA-based CBRE is one of four firms that bid on the Port's October Request for Proposals. In the end, it was CBRE's Global Logistics Services Group – which specifically focused on the transportation logistics industry – that won the Port over.

Only 290 acres of the Port's 2,800-acre Rivergate district remain for development, including the 115 that CBRE is marketing. A point of CBRE's marketing campaign will be the lands proximity to the Terminal 6 container facility, which may provide an advantage to import distribution operations.