{"id":32040,"date":"2009-05-02T11:06:47","date_gmt":"2009-05-02T16:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=32040"},"modified":"2009-05-02T11:06:47","modified_gmt":"2009-05-02T16:06:47","slug":"private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/05\/02\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\/","title":{"rendered":"Private investors to buy The Shire (in Portland)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">A private investment group is in escrow to purchase The Shire, a hobbit-themed housing development in Bend that came to symbolize the real estate excesses of the early 2000s. Terms of the deal were not available. The original developer envisioned a community of Old English style homes. Its buildings resembled the world of J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s &#8220;Lord of the Rings,&#8221; complete with thatched roofs and stone accents. Construction began in 2006 but the market crashed before sales could take off. The Shire was to boast 15 luxury \u201ccottages,&#8221; 16 townhomes and a common area including an amphitheater for community productions. After the market collapsed, the project failed. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/portland.bizjournals.com\/portland\/stories\/2009\/04\/27\/daily63.html\">Private investors to buy The Shire (in Portland)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A private investment group is in escrow to purchase The Shire, a hobbit-themed housing development in Bend that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18,495,90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-merchandise","category-miscellaneous","category-merchandise-other"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A private investment group is in escrow to purchase The Shire, a hobbit-themed housing development in Bend that came to symbolize the real estate excesses of the early 2000s. Terms of the deal were not available. The original developer envisioned a community of Old English style homes. Its buildings resembled the world of J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"xoanon\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"merchandise,miscellaneous,other merchandise\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/05\/02\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO Pro (AIOSEO) 4.9.9\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lord of the Rings &amp; Tolkien News - TheOneRing.net Fan Community, since 1999 | Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Private investors to buy The Shire (in Portland)\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A private investment group is in escrow to purchase The Shire, a hobbit-themed housing development in Bend that came to symbolize the real estate excesses of the early 2000s. Terms of the deal were not available. The original developer envisioned a community of Old English style homes. Its buildings resembled the world of J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/05\/02\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"3474\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"3121\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-05-02T16:06:47+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2009-05-02T16:06:47+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/theoneringnet\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@theoneringnet\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Private investors to buy The Shire (in Portland)\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"A private investment group is in escrow to purchase The Shire, a hobbit-themed housing development in Bend that came to symbolize the real estate excesses of the early 2000s. Terms of the deal were not available. The original developer envisioned a community of Old English style homes. Its buildings resembled the world of J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@theoneringnet\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/02\\\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"Private investors to buy The Shire (in Portland)\",\"headline\":\"Private investors to buy The Shire (in Portland)\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/xoanon\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/TORN-25-logo.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#articleImage\",\"width\":3474,\"height\":3121},\"datePublished\":\"2009-05-02T11:06:47-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-05-02T11:06:47-05:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/02\\\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/02\\\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Merchandise, Miscellaneous, Other Merchandise\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/02\\\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/merchandise\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Merchandise\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/merchandise\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Merchandise\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/merchandise\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/merchandise\\\/merchandise-other\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Other Merchandise\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/merchandise\\\/merchandise-other\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Other Merchandise\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/merchandise\\\/merchandise-other\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/02\\\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Private investors to buy The Shire (in Portland)\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/merchandise\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Merchandise\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/02\\\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Private investors to buy The Shire (in Portland)\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/merchandise\\\/merchandise-other\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Other Merchandise\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The One Ring.net\",\"description\":\"Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/TORN-25-logo.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/02\\\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":3474,\"height\":3121},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/02\\\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\\\/#organizationLogo\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/theoneringnet\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/theoneringnet\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/theoneringnet\",\"https:\\\/\\\/youtube.com\\\/theoneringnet\",\"https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Tolkien_fandom#TheOneRing.net_(or_TORn)\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/xoanon\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/xoanon\\\/\",\"name\":\"xoanon\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/02\\\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9f0150a42131d42eea75e4959b1fcbb6cd027f7c40599bb51a8ae137b85e27fe?s=96&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"xoanon\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/02\\\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/02\\\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\\\/\",\"name\":\"Private investors to buy The Shire (in Portland)\",\"description\":\"A private investment group is in escrow to purchase The Shire, a hobbit-themed housing development in Bend that came to symbolize the real estate excesses of the early 2000s. Terms of the deal were not available. The original developer envisioned a community of Old English style homes. Its buildings resembled the world of J.R.R. Tolkien\\u2019s\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/02\\\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/xoanon\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/xoanon\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-05-02T11:06:47-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-05-02T11:06:47-05:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lord of the Rings Rings of Power on Amazon Prime News, JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit and more | TheOneRing.net\",\"description\":\"Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro -->\r\n\t\t<title>Private investors to buy The Shire (in Portland)<\/title>\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Private investors to buy The Shire (in Portland)","description":"A private investment group is in escrow to purchase The Shire, a hobbit-themed housing development in Bend that came to symbolize the real estate excesses of the early 2000s. Terms of the deal were not available. The original developer envisioned a community of Old English style homes. Its buildings resembled the world of J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/05\/02\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"merchandise,miscellaneous,other merchandise","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/05\/02\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\/#article","name":"Private investors to buy The Shire (in Portland)","headline":"Private investors to buy The Shire (in Portland)","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/xoanon\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#articleImage","width":3474,"height":3121},"datePublished":"2009-05-02T11:06:47-05:00","dateModified":"2009-05-02T11:06:47-05:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/05\/02\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/05\/02\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Merchandise, Miscellaneous, Other Merchandise"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/05\/02\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/merchandise\/#listItem","name":"Merchandise"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/merchandise\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Merchandise","item":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/merchandise\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/merchandise\/merchandise-other\/#listItem","name":"Other Merchandise"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/merchandise\/merchandise-other\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Other Merchandise","item":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/merchandise\/merchandise-other\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/05\/02\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\/#listItem","name":"Private investors to buy The Shire (in Portland)"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/merchandise\/#listItem","name":"Merchandise"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/05\/02\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\/#listItem","position":4,"name":"Private investors to buy The Shire (in Portland)","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/merchandise\/merchandise-other\/#listItem","name":"Other Merchandise"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#organization","name":"The One Ring.net","description":"Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/05\/02\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\/#organizationLogo","width":3474,"height":3121},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/05\/02\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\/#organizationLogo"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/theoneringnet","https:\/\/x.com\/theoneringnet","https:\/\/instagram.com\/theoneringnet","https:\/\/youtube.com\/theoneringnet","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tolkien_fandom#TheOneRing.net_(or_TORn)"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/xoanon\/#author","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/xoanon\/","name":"xoanon","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/05\/02\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9f0150a42131d42eea75e4959b1fcbb6cd027f7c40599bb51a8ae137b85e27fe?s=96&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"xoanon"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/05\/02\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/05\/02\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\/","name":"Private investors to buy The Shire (in Portland)","description":"A private investment group is in escrow to purchase The Shire, a hobbit-themed housing development in Bend that came to symbolize the real estate excesses of the early 2000s. Terms of the deal were not available. The original developer envisioned a community of Old English style homes. Its buildings resembled the world of J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/05\/02\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/xoanon\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/xoanon\/#author"},"datePublished":"2009-05-02T11:06:47-05:00","dateModified":"2009-05-02T11:06:47-05:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/","name":"Lord of the Rings Rings of Power on Amazon Prime News, JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit and more | TheOneRing.net","description":"Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Lord of the Rings &amp; Tolkien News - TheOneRing.net Fan Community, since 1999 | Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien","og:type":"article","og:title":"Private investors to buy The Shire (in Portland)","og:description":"A private investment group is in escrow to purchase The Shire, a hobbit-themed housing development in Bend that came to symbolize the real estate excesses of the early 2000s. Terms of the deal were not available. The original developer envisioned a community of Old English style homes. Its buildings resembled the world of J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s","og:url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/05\/02\/32040-private-investors-to-buy-the-shire-in-portland\/","og:image":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png","og:image:width":3474,"og:image:height":3121,"article:published_time":"2009-05-02T16:06:47+00:00","article:modified_time":"2009-05-02T16:06:47+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/theoneringnet","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:site":"@theoneringnet","twitter:title":"Private investors to buy The Shire (in Portland)","twitter:description":"A private investment group is in escrow to purchase The Shire, a hobbit-themed housing development in Bend that came to symbolize the real estate excesses of the early 2000s. Terms of the deal were not available. The original developer envisioned a community of Old English style homes. Its buildings resembled the world of J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s","twitter:creator":"@theoneringnet","twitter:image":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"32040","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":"2026-05-16 11:45:19","breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"open_ai":null,"ai":null,"created":"2020-12-28 15:25:59","updated":"2026-05-16 11:45:19"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-8kM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}