Portland needed a win, and it came in the form of a $425 million donation to the University of Oregon from Connie and Steve Ballmer.

UO wants to buy the former Concordia University campus in Northeast Portland for $60.5 million. But it’s far from a done deal -- that school’s old ghosts continue to complicate the present and future of the former Lutheran school’s campus.

On the latest episode of Beat Check with The Oregonian, investigative reporter Jeff Manning talked about the proposed Ballmer institute for Children’s Behavioral Health, what it means for the neighborhood, city and the UO and how and why Concordia’s financial and spiritual past are still playing a role in that real estate deal.

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