Developer Walter Bowen, whose company developed the tower with Portland’s Ritz-Carlton, claims a former top lieutenant took advantage of Bowen’s advanced years, affixing his signature to financial documents without his consent.

Bowen and his development company, BPM Real Estate Group, made the allegation in a lawsuit filed last week against former BPM executive Barclay Grayson in Multnomah County Circuit Court. Attorneys for the company and Bowen, 83, accused Grayson in the civil complaint of conduct they characterized as elder financial abuse.

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