For those many faithful followers of this feature, week after week and year after year, I’m writing this time about a home that has already been purchased, a new angle that will have you talking and thinking. It’s not the most expensive estate. It’s not the plushest pad. But it is the most energy efficient home I’ve ever seen. It belongs to software engineer John Vert, who is about to move into the brand new home he just purchased for $1.45 million. One block from Columbia City’s Landmark District…

Five years after Nike co-founder Phil Knight issued a $1 billion challenge to Oregon Health & Science University, the Knight Cancer Research Building opened on Portland’s South Waterfront. The 320,000-square-foot building will bring together 650 employees, including researchers from different scientific disciplines, under one roof to pursue work in early cancer detection, computational biology, population health, precision medicine and related fields. Most of the funding for the seven-story building,…

Jordan Schnitzer, who bought the unused jail in April, is open to ideas, but monthly costs may force his hand in another direction soon.

Delta Air Lines Inc. has renewed its popular SkyMIles program for Seattle Seahawks fans for the third consecutive season. Launched during the 2016 NFL season, Delta’s 12status program rewards Seahawks fans for how well quarterback Russell Wilson and his receivers perform on the field. 12status members get one mile for every Seahawks passing yard during the regular season and postseason. Members also get priority Delta boarding at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport during the 2018 season. But…

The Federal Transit Administration has approved a $100 million allocation toward the Lynnwood Link light-rail extension, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray’s office said Friday. The $100 million is in addition to a previously allocated $100 million through the federal Capital Investment Grant program for infrastructure projects across the country. The FTA and Sound Transit must finalize the full funding grant agreement before Sound Transit can access these first two installments of the $1.17 billion grant…

The acquisition is the latest big investment by the company.