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Originally Posted by PacificNW
I have never stated that Portland should demolish downtown for National Retailers.
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...Ditto, I have never said that either.
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The size of blocks and "existing" buildings are preventing many National Retailers from locating to downtown PDX.
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Sort of what I said above.
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Saving the Meier & Frank Building with Macy's is a good thing, IMO.
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Agreed!
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The same goes for the Galleria Building with Crate and Barrel moving in. A local, home grown operation wouldn't survive in that amount of square footage (with the exception of Columbia Sportswear,
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...or the exception of Powell's, or Rejuvenation Hardware, or even Kitchen Kaboodle- all local I think. But really my point ...why not incent developers to build space compatible to the national retailers on parking lots like that whole block directly to the north of the Galleria. With the Crate and Barrel there and an opportunity to redevelop the 3/4 block to the west, you'd have the type of synergy those national retails look for, wouldn't you?