Thunderbird Motel, Inc. v. City of Portland

In July, 1977, the City of Portland, through the Portland Development Commission (Commission), and Moran Construction Co. (Moran) entered into a contract pursuant to which the City sold Moran a block in the South Auditorium Urban Renewal Project on which Moran is constructing a hotel. The contract provides that the City is to build tennnis courts on a block adjacent to the hotel site; that the City will construct a skybridge between the hotel and a parking structure on a nearby block; that the City will subsequently reach agreement with Moran or its successors pursuant to which the latter…