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MulvannyG2 Architecture, one of the 10 largest architecture firms in Portland, is closing shop – at least its one at 601 S.W. Second Ave.

The global design company will close its Portland office at the end of June, according to an email from Carla Thompson, MulvannyG2 global marketing director. In a statement issued by MulvannyG2, its decision “was based on positioning the firm to support … global clients in the most efficient and effective way.”

MulvannyG2, according to its website, is one of the 40 largest architecture firms in the world, as well as the “No. 2 retail architect” in the world. The company opened shop in 1971, and is headquartered in Bellevue, Wash.; however, it’s in the process of relocating to downtown Seattle, according to the Seattle Times. The firm’s other offices are in Irvine, Calif.; Washington, D.C. and Shanghai.

In Portland, MulvannyG2 employs 25 architects and 50 people overall – making it the eighth largest firm in town by number of registered architects, according to the 91ÊÓƵ’s “A List.” The firm employs 350 people worldwide.