Greetings PearlHelp visitors, Today I am so thankful for the success this site has. To give back to, I would like to offer a sneak peak into some future updates. Most importantly, all businesses will get a description; this will typically be a one to two paragraph summary of what the place is all about.…
Developer Robert Ball plans to build a 177-unit luxury apartment building, in our Pearl District. Mr. Ball – a former mayoral candidate – is responsible for the development of The Wyatt, in 2008. After The Wyatt, his developments stopped. He now thinks it’s a good opportunity to enter the rental market. According to a Metro…
Today, Molly Hottle – of The Oregonian – featured PearlHelp on her Northwest Portland blog via OregonLive. She’s The Oregonian’s official Northwest Portland reporter. See the quote directly: “Pearl District website: Whether you can’t get enough of the Pearl District or you’re lost in it, a new website devoted to what the neighborhood has to…
Developer Simpson Housing LLLP – of Denver – had planned to construct a 15 story apartment tower at Northwest 14th and Irving Street. Late last week the proposal was sent to The City of Portland, but later this week it was officially canceled. The decision still remains unknown. Spencer Welton – vice president of the…
1233 Northwest 12th Avenue – an office building in the northern Pearl District area – sold for $10.35 to an affiliate of Unico Properties, based in Seattle, WA. The seller – C&E Propterites LLC – purchased the building in 1990 for $1.1 million. Unico currently manages some noteworthy buildings in Portland. These are, the U.S. Bancorp…
Last week a group of Portland investors purchased their second half of the block at Northwest Glisan and 14th Avenue. The $2.8 million dollar deal is said to be the grounds of a future hotel, they purchased the other half back in 2005 for the same price, or $5.6 million for the entire block. Coincidentally…
Has crime been increasing in the Pearl District? The Oregonian says so. Pearl District resident, Tom Winslow was walking at 11th and Lovejoy when an attacker came at a running rage towards him. The two scrambled on the ground for a brief time. When police arrived the perpetrator had already fled the scene, no arrests…
Date: Friday, September 16, 2011 Start: 5:00 PM End: 9:00 PM Location: Northwest 13th between Hoyt – Irving Join the Pearl District Neighborhood Association for live music, bites, beer, wine, raffle, prizes, and a great time with Pearl District residents and visitors. Local Pearl District business owners will be donating raffle prizes, food and…
Urban living has become a popular commodity in our world today, the Pearl District has been successful with precise urban planning and decades of hard work to become today’s style neighborhood. Effective neighborhoods need more than just urban renewal plans and funds, though. Dating back to the 1970s, when Portland had no innovative art neighborhoods…
Freedom Center 1 could be the Pearl’s next mixed-use building, the design panel is working around the clock to complete the plans by October. The site, in between NW 14th and 15th avenues on NW Pettygrove Street, would occupy the rest of the block where the current Overton project nears completion. The developers at this…