"It's rare that developer Robert Ball sees an old building that he doesn't like. The 35-year-old Northwest Portlander wears many hats, but he's most comfortable when he gets to come up with ways to refurbish a historic building. ...
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"Robert Ball, the developer who turned some of Portland's best-known industrial buildings into some of its hippest new residences, is building his first new construction project. ...
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"The old saying, "When it rains, it pours" was more than just an unfortunate adage for The Wyatt's project team as it built the Pearl District's deepest mixed-use tower during one of the wettest winters on record. ...
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BY: Lee Fehrenbacher Bob Ball, developer, is the owner of Astor Pacific LLC. (Photo by Sam Tenney/DJC) At age 19 – when many college students are still trying to figure out their major – Portland developer Bob Ball was figuring out how to buy his first property. He...
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"Robert Ball is a different kind of developer. Instead of a suit and tie, he wears jeans to work. Rather than frequent trendy restaurants he's got part of Wendy's menu memorized. He's a small-town boy - from the tiny Oregon city of Knappa - who's...
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When Portland developer Bob Ball, principal with Astor Pacific LLC, sold his Pearl District apartment building, The Wyatt, back in 2008, he was glad to be out of the real estate game at the right time. But it didn’t take Ball long to start plotting his...
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"For the past decade, the Pearl District has been symbolic of Portland's meteoric housing and retail boom - and its subsequent recession-induced cooling-off period." ...
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Real estate developer Bob Ball opened the doors to The Parker, the Pearl District's newest apartment community, for a party where he invited neighbors, friends and a select group of very powerful Portlanders. It was a night to celebrate the Autumnal Equinox, see inside the building,...
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"A Portland developer, who laid low after the condo market crash and an aborted mayoral bid, is planning a six-story luxury apartment building on the Pearl District's northern fringe." ...
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"More than 100 of the 164 light-flooded residential spaces have already been snapped up - months before the project's expected completion in August. "Everyone's just glomming on to this project, because its a real loft," Ball says. ...
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