I shouldn’t have, but I went back and read the titles to my last four quarterly articles. Q3 2025 Reaching Equilibrium? Q2 2025 Back to Bad Q1 2025 Turning the Corner Q4 2024 Finishing with a Thud It’s like our Portland Industrial Marketplace is Lucy holding the football, and I’m Charlie Brown trying to kick it. Every time I think we’re getting there, the data goes south. And I’m going to save myself from the misery of reading my last four summaries. I’m sure in every one

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As we move into Q4 of 2025, we’ve created a simple tool to help you prepare and ensure your plan is aligned with current best practices and regulations. Corporate retirement plans are an important way to attract and retain top talent, but they evolve quickly. Private company owners and leaders, along with their plan fiduciaries, may not be fully aware of all the latest changes and opportunities.

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Since coming out of the Great Recession, the Portland/Vancouver Industrial real estate marketplace has grown (net positive absorption) roughly 3M sf per year.  For a 200M sf inventory, that represents a 1.5% annual growth rate in occupied space.  Not the best, but better than many locales.  While this number jumped in the middle of covid as the transition from bricks to clicks was accelerated, we have seen negative absorption in ’23 & ’24 as the market has corrected itself. 

The current federal gift and estate tax exemptions present unique opportunities for clients considering the sale of a business to engage in enhanced planning to minimize future estate taxes and increase the income tax efficiency of the sale process.

As the tax landscape shifts in 2025, organizations planning energy-efficient construction or retrofits must act quickly if they hope to capture long-standing incentives before time runs out. The recent passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) introduces a definitive sunset for the Section 179D deduction , creating both urgency and opportunity for building owners, designers, and project teams.

We will see some positive effect this year, ending with a net positive 1M sf absorption. And once the above changes (and others) continue taking effect, next year should see us back at our 3M sf annual absorption rate.

We will see some positive effect this year, ending with a net positive 1M sf absorption. And once the above changes (and others) continue taking effect, next year should see us back at our 3M sf annual absorption rate.

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