Developers aligned with the city of Eugene are challenging a state ruling that threatens their plan to transform an industrial property into 1,300 units of new housing.
BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Oregon Journalism Project
EUGENE — Neon-clad construction workers are scurrying around the Portal, a new 130-unit market-rate apartment building with commanding views of parkland leading the eye to the nearby Willamette River and the distant Cascade Range. They aim to finish work by next…