The underdog came out a winner on the Hillsboro City Hall project, securing a major contract to develop six acres in downtown Hillsboro, including a new city hall and library. The team of Specht Development, LRS Architects, Baugh Construction and financier Bank of America proposed a $35.4 million development and beat the two other finalist […]

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HILLSBORO—The City Council unanimously selected Specht Development of Beaverton to build the new Civic Center, but only after an hour of questioning by one council member Tuesday night.Councilor Karen McKinney said she wasn’t convinced that Specht was appreciably better than Gerding/Edlen Development. Specht Gains Contract for Hillsboro Civic Center

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Wilsonville may be losing Novellus Systems Inc., but it will get another industrial heavyweight, making up any lost ground and then some. Site work is underway on what will be a 260,000 square foot manufacturing and corporate headquarters complex for Precision Interconnect, a global supplier of cable assemblies used in medical and high-speed data applications.   […]

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