Global Sisters Report
PORTLAND, ORE. — In a project led by the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, regular working folks will have dwellings they can afford in one of Oregon’s highest rent districts by fall 2023.
The sisters have joined developer Mercy Housing Northwest on plans for 100 units of housing on Marylhurst Commons. That’s the name the sisters gave the former campus of Marylhurst University, which closed in 2018 after the nuns founded it 125 years ago.
The sisters’ property, just south of Portland within the city of Lake Oswego, already is home to Mary’s Woods, a retirement community with 600 residents.
The new apartment building is slated for groundbreaking in June.