PORTLAND-Klein, a principal with Trammell Crow since 1987 and the No. 1 producing broker in the Portland market in 2001, will be responsible for all of Insignia's business lines in Portland, including property management, development and brokerage.

PORTLAND-Locally-based Zairmail is one of the first companies to enable large-scale convergence between the Internet and postal mail. Agents will use the direct mail service to send postcards, letters and flyers straight from their personal computer.

PORTLAND-Louis Swart is stepping down as president of the publicly traded owner-operators of senior facilities. The role is being assumed by Walter C. Bowen, the company's existing chairman and CEO.

WILSONVILLE, OR-On behalf of Our Associates of Wilsonville, Architect WRG Design submits a proposal for a three-building development on 24 acres along Freeman Drive, south of Southwest 95th Avenue.

PORTLAND-The Portland Development Commission is planning to investigate whether its urban renewal activities have a hand in gentrifying a neighborhood--forcing lower-income residents to leave the area due to factors such as rising rent or residential investors who put rentals up for sale.

PORTLAND, OR-Joseph M. Otting, the executive vice president of commercial banking for Union Bank of California, will take over as president of U.S. Bank's Portland operations in early January.

LAKE OSWEGO, OR-As part of the settlement, B.A.S.S. Construction Co. receives an option to purchase a 425-acre tract of Lincoln County land--the property at issue in the litigation--by June 28, 2002.

FLORENCE, OR-With federal objections no longer an issue, the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians--the only federally-recognized tribe in Oregon without a casino--will now work on a compact with the state.