Downtown Portland business owners excited by city’s ‘Office to Housing’ plan

[adamhering]

So instead of policing the city they are going to use would be residents as human shields? The idiocy never ends.

[billmM]

This isn't going to end well. My guess, is the building will have to be demolished within a couple of years, if that long.

[williammurray]

Property owners are looking forward to the opportunity to enjoy government contracts.

[howardhughes]

Even a cloudy crystal ball will show all the businesses leave (halfway there) and the entire city becomes section 8 housing (halfway there)

[weirdshibainu]

Until you clean up downtown, people won't live there...apparently Wheeler can't get that through his head. Sounds like some connected developers and property owners are going to do just fine

[big-daddy-o]

It won't make a differenced if you don't change the politics too.

[tomwoehle]

So they ran out the businesses and they are blessed to occupy.

[emilyholton]

those are gonna be the shittiest apartments. The walls gonna be curtain thin, be prepared to hear your next door neighbor snoring in his sleep.

[highrzr]

I doubt they'll be able to find enough people that can afford to pay the high rents that won't mind being victims.

[saintpreferred]

Stay away from Portland, and keep out of Oregon.

[-VORTEX-]

It should be for Oregonians only or another flock of homeless will come here

[claudiastarr]

More people, more witnesses, less crime . Maybe

[thymekiller]

Portland will become a giant HUD housing project till one of the bums burns it down.