Latest news, folks:
Burnside Bridgehead development has been scaled way, way down and is supposed to be complete "by 2014"
New Green Line MAX extension should start construction in July 2011. Includes new cable-stayed bridge and 8 new Max stations, with ridership estimated ~20,000.
There is also a 16 story student housing apartment building under construction in downtown near Portland State University, 280 units. 900 dorm beds.
Lastly, there is a new
homeless center under construction in the northern part of downtown, next to the downtown Amtrak station.
To round out the list, but I don't have photos for, are 2 MAJOR renovations: a lowrise 5(?) story warehouse to be converted to the North American HQ for Vestas; and the renovation of a 20+ story tower downtown (including recladding) for the Feds. Not much has happened at the sites yet besides fencing around the sites and windows getting boarded up, however.
And... gosh, well thats about it. Like many other places, the construction and real estate industry is relatively dead here. Lots of small renovations...