SACRAMENTO, CA-"There's no market downturn for us; people use 1031 tax exchange as a tool regardless," says Bill Angove of Sacramento-based Asset Preservation. "We're extremely busy and having a great year.

PORTLAND- Gov. John Kitzhaber's chief of staff for the past seven years, Wyatt is taking the helm of a port suffering from the loss of its main ship repair dock and a drop in maritime trade, grain exports and air and passenger cargo, among other things.

PORTLAND-The telecom company bought three buildings and leased half of another over the past year or so. Now its real estate director tells GlobeSt.com the company is unloading them all. One sold in mid-August at a 30% discount.

SACRAMENTO, CA-"There's no market downturn for us; people use 1031 tax exchange as a tool regardless," says Bill Angove of Sacramento-based Asset Preservation. "We're extremely busy and having a great year.

PORTLAND, OR-Ashforth Pacific says it will use its management assignment for EcoTrust's innovative Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center in Portland Pearl District as a platform to demonstrate the company's own environmentally friendly approach to property management.

TIGARD, OR-Panattoni has under contract a 7.56-acre parcel sweetly situated on Highway 99, but very near the onramp to Highway 217, a major byway that connects Highway 26 and Interstate 5, and the state has been reticent about approving the project.

PORTLAND-Charlie Hales, a publicly-elected city official who once lauded the effort, urges the City Council to repeal the fee after opponents force a public vote on the fee, which would cost large building owners and high-traffic business owners upward of $1,000 per month.

PORTLAND-The Building Owners and Managers Association's event will include its annual market overview with spotlights on particular submarkets, while the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties is holding a bus tour of the Central Business District.