Member Briefing: Commercial Real Estate Distress & Downtown Recovery Recommendations

Skunkworks Committee Research: Learn and Discuss before Voting on Member Endorsement.

Over the past year, this Skunkworks team has been hard at work developing a simple guide to interventions that have the strongest potential to focus limited resources and optimize the strengths of the city, focusing on commercial real estate distress & downtown recovery.

Their report provides a new entry point for civic leaders who want to understand and act on Portland’s complex and troubled commercial real estate and economic development position. It is an invitation to reimagine our shared roles in shaping a hopeful future for our region, beginning with concrete near-term actions. These shared roles require civic leadership in multiple sectors: State and local governments, philanthropy, financial institutions, the commercial real estate sector, business leaders and community.