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Portland State of the Market

Adapting to Market Shifts: Inside the Projects, People, and Plans Shaping the City's Future

Event Ended On: Tuesday September 16 2025

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Speakers and Panels

From Concept to Concrete: Development, Construction & Delivery

Exploring What’s Being Built, How It’s Getting Done, and Where Portland Is Headed Next

Ryan Schera

Ryan Schera

VP, Development, Schnitzer Properties
Evan Bernstein

Evan Bernstein

Partner, Pacific NW Properties
Soo Anderson

Soo Anderson

SVP, Portland Market Lead, JLL Project & Development Services

Beyond the Build: Vibrant Communities & Resilient Development

Where Developers, Builders and Designers Are Rethinking Placemaking, Resilience, and What Makes a Project Thrive Long-Term

What You'll Learn:

What You’ll Learn:

  • Analyze the current state of Portland’s commercial real estate market, with a focus on downtown vacancies, suburban momentum, and evolving tenant expectations across asset classes.
  • Explore how developers, designers, and contractors are adapting project delivery in response to economic headwinds, permitting challenges, and shifting investor criteria.
  • Learn how top firms are approaching urban revitalization and mixed-use development, with strategies centered on placemaking, flexibility, and long-term community value.
  • Gain insight into the industrial sector’s resurgence, driven by food and beverage users and logistics demand—and how design and site planning are evolving in response.
  • Discover how retail is rebounding through experience-driven design, suburban infill, and integrated ground-floor activation in larger mixed-use projects.
  • Examine approaches to future-proofing development—from sustainability innovations and adaptive reuse to collaborative delivery models that drive cost efficiency and resilience.
  • Gain insights into how design is being used as a strategic tool to differentiate projects, improve user experience, and align with community needs.

 

How You’ll Do More Business: While challenges persist—especially in Portland’s downtown core—the city’s commercial real estate landscape is showing signs of resilience and reinvention. Opportunities are emerging in suburban office, sustainable urban development, and thoughtfully positioned retail. Join us at this year’s State of the Market event to learn what’s being built, how it’s getting done, and where Portland is headed next.

 

Who You’ll Meet During Networking: Owners, developers, investors, brokers, city and government officials, business consultants, architects, engineers, lawyers, accountants and bankers.

 

Why You Should Attend This Session: Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to help you identify opportunities, build your network and expand your business. With the largest audience of commercial real estate professionals in the world, no one knows how to help your business more than we do.

 

For questions, recommendations, comments or press inquiries please email our event producer, Bora Altunay, at bora.altunay@bisnow.com.

 

Interested in Sponsorship? Contact zach.zeiner@bisnow.com to get information on sponsorship, pricing and availability at this event.

Venue

Hilton Portland Downtown
921 SW Sixth Avenue
Portland, OR 97204

Ballroom: Grand, Ballroom Level


Parking Information:

Valet Parking $32.00 first 3 hours; $9.00 per additional hour

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Agenda

Time Activity
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Breakfast & Networking
9:00 AM
9:45 AM
From Concept to Concrete: Development, Construction & Delivery
Exploring What’s Being Built, How It’s Getting Done, and Where Portland Is Headed Next
9:45 AM
10:05 AM
Networking Break
10:05 AM
10:50 AM
Beyond the Build: Vibrant Communities & Resilient Development
Where Developers, Builders and Designers Are Rethinking Placemaking, Resilience, and What Makes a Project Thrive Long-Term
10:50 AM
11:30 AM
Closing Networking

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