To create the new MAX Orange Line, part of the existing light rail system in Portland, Ore., workers added seven miles of track from southeast Portland to Milwaukie.
In terms of Portland trends, “housing is going crazy right now,” Nico Larco says, adding “there is a ton” of multifamily housing projects in both the central city and inner suburbs, including North Portland.
The Framework Project LLC has tall plans for mass timber in North America. The first undertaking is a 12-story engineered-wood building in Portland, Ore., called Framework Tower.