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Portland Business Journal- March 11, 2010

Super Supplements coming to downtown

Super Supplements, a regional health supplement store, is leasing one of the most prominent empty spaces in downtown Portland.


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Portland Tribune - January 21, 2010

Road Project Worries Merchants

By Peter Korn


What do you believe? I don’t know,” DeKalb says. What he does know is that if construction isn’t finished by the end of March, he might reconsider when he will reopen...


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The Oregonian- January 14, 2010

Front Porch Top 5

By Ryan Frank

Despite real estate collapse, a revival for Northeast Sandy Boulevard?...
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Daily Journal of Commerce December 28, 2009

Real Estate Goes Back to Basics

By Nathalie Weinstein

As building sales and leasing remain sluggish in Portland this year, brokers are telling building owners, and each other, to get back to basics.
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The Oregonian- December 19, 2009

H&M Setting Up Shop in Portland by 2010

By Laura Gunderson

Avid shoppers have been known to schedule trips to big cities with Hennes & Mauritz, a Swedish chain better known as H&M whose fans have dubbed it the Ikea of clothing...
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KGW Northwest News Channel 8 - November 5, 2009

Pop-Ups Help Landlords Fill Vacant Buildings

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Portland Business Journal - October 23, 2009

Vanishing Act: Stores Sprout Briefly

By Wendy Culverwell


Awash in a sea of empty storefronts, Portland landlords are enlisting temporary tenants to occupy space as they wait for the economy to improve.

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Portland Business Journal - August 28, 2009

Merchants hope new light-rail lines bump up sales

By Andy Giegerich

After nearly two years of construction, downtown merchants and property owners hope Portland’s newest light-rail lines help revive deflated sales and perk up commercial leasing.

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Daily Journal of Commerce September 14, 2009

Block x Block: 323 N.W. 13th Ave.

By Tyler Graf

The Block 90 building, at 323 N.W. 13th Ave., was built in 1923 to serve as storage space for Meier & Frank stores.
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Portland Business Journal - September 11, 2009

Dining Dip Leaves Space

By Wendy Culverwell

As prominent restaurants close across downtown Portland, their empty shells will probably remain dark.
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Daily Journal of Commerce September 3, 2009

Recession Creates Opportunities in Nob Hill

By Tyler Graf

The recession has created a now-or-never situation for retailers looking to enter Northwest Portland’s Nob Hill neighborhood.
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The Oregonian- June 6, 2009

Retailers seek lease relief

By Laura Gunderson

When it came time for McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants Inc. to renew the lease on its original namesake eatery, the Portland company faced the classic dilemma...
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Portland Business Journal - May 22, 2009

Park Avenue Woes Don' Faze Nearby Retailers

By Wendy Culverwell

Retailers clustered around the Park Avenue West Tower site hoped the building would deliver new customers when it opened in mid-2011...
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Portland Business Journal - May 18, 2009

Real Estate Roundup

Of Note: Urban Works Blog
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Daily Journal of Commerce May 11, 2009

Percentage of Lloyd Center is For Sale

By Tyler Graf

Lloyd Center may be weathering the retail downturn better than other malls around the country, but that hasn’t prevented its owner, Glimcher Realty Trust, from putting a yet-to-be-determined percentage of the 1,400,000-square-foot property up for sale.
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Urban Works Press Release May 2009

Urban Works Announces Two New Retail Brokers
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Portland Business Journal - April 27, 2009
Charlotte Larson & Sara Daley

Real Estate Roundup

Urban Works Welcomes Two New Brokers!
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Urban Works Press Release March 2009

Urban Works Recent Transactions
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Portland Business Journal - January 5, 2009
Empty Boxes

By Wendy Culverwell

When California retailer Mervyns quit operating in Oregon and Washington in 2007, it vacated a big box store near Washington Square. The property didn’t stay empty. A new retailer, Dick’s Sporting Goods, entered Oregon by demolishing the old building and building a new big-box store of its own design.
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Western Real Estate Business - September 2008
Western Retail Update

By AMY BRIGLEY

The Westfield Group is continuing the retail redevelopment trend with the revitalization of Westfield Southcenter in Tukwila, Washington. The shopping center underwent a $240 million renovation, which included a three-level, approximately 400,000-square-foot expansion of retail space.
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Portland Business Journal - September 12, 2008
Feasting on Leftovers

By WENDY CULVERWELL

Tough times in the restaurant industry are handing growing chain restaurants an opportunity to lease high-profile locations on favorable terms.
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Western Real Estate Business - July 2008
Portland Retail Market Highlights

By CRAIG SWEITZER, DAN BOZICH, & ANDREW USHER

While there certainly has been a noticeable downturn in national markets and chain retailers, when it comes to Portland’s retail market, the overwhelming sentiment from developers and retailers is, “continue to expand, but proceed with caution.”
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The New York Times - July 4, 2008
Lax Real Estate Decisions Hurt Starbucks

By BRAD STONE

Starbucks wants to get back to its roots to help turn around its ailing fortunes. It brought back the pioneering chief executive Howard Schultz to run the coffee chain day to day, and it has introduced a new blend, Pike Place Roast, that harks back to the location of its first Seattle store.
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