News Homer Williams is perhaps Portland’s best-known developer, famous for creating new neighborhoods like the Pearl District and South Waterfront. Williams—a top campaign contributor to Mayor    More

News Prominent Portland real-estate developer Homer Williams is being sued by one of the city's premier financial-litigation firms for $16,977 in alleged unpaid legal bills. A lawsuit filed last week in Multnomah County Circuit Court by the law firm Greene & Markley says Williams has failed to pay a bill sent out July 13, 2010, that included charges going back to July 2008. The billing statement ...   More

News Developer Thorndike "Dike" Dame was shot in the head and seriously wounded while fishing in Mexico over the weekend, WW has learned. Dame —along with his business partner, Homer Williams— has been heavily involved over the past two decades in high-profile developments in the Pearl District, South Waterfront, and in California and Arizona. A keen fisherman, the 72-year-old Dame ...   More