A Tale of Two Cities
As downtown Portland businesses shutter, Beaverton’s Old Town is enjoying a renaissance. Will the west-side suburbs lure businesses for keeps?
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A Tale of Two Cities
As downtown Portland businesses shutter, Beaverton’s Old Town is enjoying a renaissance. Will the west-side suburbs lure businesses for keeps?
Mall Rats
Driven by bankruptcies, redundancies and the rise of e-commerce, the retail sector has been in flux for years. COVID-19 accelerated the shift. Oregon’s malls can either reinvent themselves to stay vital or they can fail.
Coronavirus: Commercial Real Estate Market Retrenches
New leases and sales volume have dropped off a cliff as the pandemic clouds a rosy economic outlook.
CVS Makes Move Into Oregon
The pharmacy chain plans to open four stores in Portland in the next few months.
Retail returns to historic Portland department store building
A Japanese retailer opens a store in the iconic Meier & Frank building in time for the holiday shopping season.
Entrepreneurial shift
A new business incubator encourages members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs to become independent entrepreneurs.
Candidates woo OBA
Chris Dudley and John Kitzhaber appeared separately before the Oregon Business Association in hopes of gaining the group’s endorsement.