The Bay Area’s residential brokerage market has seen huge consolidation over the past few years. Flush with funding, brokerages like New York-based Compass have spent lavishly, buying up smaller competitors and investing in new technology. The buying sprees come as the home selling and buying landscape also shifts thanks to new startups like Reali and Opendoor, which are making inroads into the market. To weather the changes, high-end Bay Area brokerage Alain Pinel Realtors picked up boutique…

As Gov. Jerry Brown’s term comes to an end, California high-speed rail chair Dan Richard’s time leading the project — which has been slowed by lack of funding, lawsuits and a public fiercely divided in their approval of the project — may also be winding down.

The four largest Portland hospital systems changed their top leadership this year. Three of the four will be featured on a panel at the Portland Business Journal’s Health Care of the Future event next week. The event kicks off at 7:30 on Thursday, Sept. 20, and tickets are still available. The local leadership panel will feature Dr. Danny Jacobs, the newly installed president of Oregon Health & Science University; Kathryn Correia, president and CEO of Legacy Health; and Lisa Vance, chief executive…

Scott Redman worked with former Starbucks President Howard Behar to prepare to lead the Puget Sound region’s largest general contracting company.

The Portland-based software maker has been working with federal regulators for years to help establish rules around the emerging commercial drone sector.