What exactly is the point of spending $2 million to reroute the streetcar? Why can't it just go around the building? Argh!

Nick Fish is right, if it ain't sustainable financially, it simply isn't sustainable.

When is the city finally going to stop kissing developer ass with free handouts?

"the Office of Management and Finance indicated the project's current cost is only a "medium confidence estimate"—meaning it could go down once engineering work happens."

Has that EVER happened?

Actually, the project's proposed price tag *has* already come down several million dollars. http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/gr…

Yes-we need more empty office space downtown. There isn't nearly enough of it now.