Block left vacant for 50 years in Portland’s historic Albina neighborhood to gain new life

The Williams & Russell project looks to create 85 affordable apartments, 20 townhomes for sale and a new hub for Black-owned businesses.

PORTLAND, Ore. — After nearly five decades, a block of dirt and dry grass in North Portland is being returned to Portland’s Black community and will become a site with over 100 affordable homes.

The Williams & Russell project looks to create 85 affordable apartments, 20 townhomes for sale and a new hub for Black-owned businesses, all on a block that the city of Portland once seized for an expansion of Legacy Emanuel Hospital that never fully emerged.

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