Retail giant targets bowling alley parcel
Target has signed a lease for space currently serving as an AMF bowling alley on Powell Boulevard in Southeast Portland, the company announced Tuesday.
Portland Building architect dies at 80
Michael Graves, the prolific postmodern architect who designed the famed and often despised Portland Building, died Thursday of natural causes at his home in Princeton, N.J.
Portland construction firm renovating its current home for Target
Crews from Lease Crutcher Lewis are at work today in the Galleria Building, prepping the space for the future City Target. But the general contractor also rents approximately 12,000 square feet of the space that is set to house the popular big-box retailer, so it is literally building itself out of its own offices.
It’s official: Target’s coming to downtown Portland
After being sworn to secrecy during lease negotiations, Fletcher Farr Ayotte has gone public with the news that Target will move into space currently under construction in the Galleria Building.
New Target store under construction in downtown Portland?
The 91ÊÓÆµ wrote in October that Target was finalizing its lease for a downtown Portland store, and now it looks like it's really happening you guys!
Sad-looking Galleria building was once Portland’s lifeblood – and could be again
Nothing says "Christmas" like projections as to how retail is going to do. This year, things actually look fairly non-terrible, as consumers are expected to spend about 3 percent more than last year. But local malls are not that optimistic. They have a huge, somewhat-empty reminder of what happens to failed malls: the Galleria.
PDC strikes parking garage deal with downtown Target store
The Portland Development Commission board agreed to delay redevelopment on the parking structure at Southwest 10th Avenue and Yamhill Street to assure developers of the nearby Galleria Building that there will be parking available for an incoming Target store.
Target finalizing lease for downtown Portland store
Target is finalizing its lease agreement to open a store in downtown Portland, according to sources close to the deal. The Historic Landmarks Commission on Oct. 10 unanimously approved alterations to the Galleria Building, which occupies the entire city block bounded by Southwest Morrison and Alder streets and Southwest Ninth and 10th avenues.
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