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Pop-up shop program leads to 3 signed leases
Three retailers that participated in the Portland Business Alliance's pop-up shop program, a program to make use of vacant retail spaces during the holidays, have decided to stay and signed month-to-month leases.
Woonwinkel opening in downtown Portland
Woonwinkel, a modern home furnishings company that features the work of North American and European designers, will occupy a 1,500-square-foot space in downtown Portland.
Hatfield Building getting cleaned up
The Mark O. Hatfield Building in downtown Portland is in the middle of an exterior renovation. Concrete at the seven-story, affordable apartment building at 204 S.W. Eighth Ave. is being patched and cleaned.
Ladd Tower sells to institutional investor
Invesco Institutional, a Dallas-based institutional investment company, has acquired the 332-unit Ladd Tower apartment building in downtown Portland for $79.35 million.
Downtown Portland ramp rebuilt
The second floor of a two-story building at 528 S.W. 12th Ave. is used for overflow parking for a nearby hotel.
Roosevelt Hotel exterior upgraded
The exterior of the historic Roosevelt Hotel in downtown Portland is getting an upgrade. Terra cotta is being restored and cornices are being replaced on the 90-year-old building at the corner of Southwest Salmon Street and Ninth Avenue.
Portland office building turns 100
The Selling Building, a downtown Portland office building designed by notable architect A.E. Doyle, celebrates its 100th birthday this month.
Green Wyatt building begins renovation
Work has begun on the major renovation of the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building in downtown Portland. The 18-story structure, constructed in 1975, will receive structural, electrical and mechanical updates that could lead to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design platinum certification.
Portland retailers ready to pop till you drop
The pop-up shop program by the Portland Business Alliance proved successful for bother owners and vendors last year during the holiday shopping season, so this year the program is expanding.
West End retail space becoming bike shop
A former clothing store in downtown Portland is in the early stages of being transformed into a bicycle shop. West End Bikes is expected to soon move into the space at the corner of Southwest Stark Street and 11th Avenue.
URA causes rift between Portland, county
The Portland Development Commission is planning what it calls a new and improved urban renewal area for downtown Portland, but officials with Multnomah County not only question the PDC's intentions, but whether the area is necessary at all.
Commerce Building
The Commerce Building, at 225 S.W. Broadway, has been mostly vacant since 2005. Four of the building's six floors are available to lease, and the whole building recently was placed on the market. The building's owner, Michael Chu of Hong Kong, bought the building in 2001 with plans to turn it into a hotel, Beehler said. But Chu abandoned those plans and four months ago decided to start actively se[...]
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