PORTLAND-Trouble in the office and multifamily sectors outweighs a great retail market and a so-so industrial market, according to a third quarter analysis by Moody's Investor Service, which assigned Portland the nation's third worst combined score.

PORTLAND-The submarket with the region's lowest vacancy rate, 4.2%, is the Port's 9.9-million-sf Rivergate Industrial District, which not coincidentally also has the most speculative construction underway.

PORTLAND-Trouble in the office and multifamily sectors outweighs a great retail market and a so-so industrial market, according to a third quarter analysis by Moody's Investor Service, which assigned Portland the nation's third worst combined score.

SEATTLE-Adjacent to industrial buildings and two major league sports stadiums, it's an untested location several blocks south of the Downtown core. Then again, if it works out, would-be competitors will find a high barrier to entry.

PORTLAND-The submarket with the region's lowest vacancy rate, 4.2%, is the Port's 9.9-million-sf Rivergate Industrial District, which not coincidentally also has the most speculative construction underway.

PORTLAND-The submarket with the region's lowest vacancy rate, 4.2%, is the Port's 9.9-million-sf Rivergate Industrial District, which not coincidentally also has the most speculative construction underway.

PORTLAND-The Portland City Council this week all but guaranteed that the Memorial Coliseum--the 42-year-old sports arena-slash-monument to war veterans--will not be torn down as a study last year suggested. The decision affects billionaire Paul Allen's development rights to the property.

PORTLAND-On the upside, in addition to decent renewal activity, a subtle increase in new leasing activity has occurred in the 3,000-sf-to-7,000-sf range, with traditional business services leading the way.