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A Fire Sale of Portland's Largest Office Tower Shows How Far the City Has Fallen

16 points by kamaraju 1y ago

oldpersonintx2 1y ago
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FireBeyond 1y ago
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mikestew 1y ago
From TFA: "The property, once a premier address in the city, was afflicted with 'vagrants sleeping in hallways of vacant office floors.' They were 'starting fires in stairwells, smoking fentanyl and defecating in common areas,' according to papers the company filed in a lease-termination lawsuit." Where is building security in all of this? Card keys, visitor check-in, all the stuff that I thought was standard-issue these days? If entire floors are vacant, why do the elevators open on those floors? Stairwell doors should already be card-keyed; it's been years since I've been in a building that doesn't do that. Other than sheer neglect (and that is certainly a a reasonable hypothesis), I am at a loss as to how this would continue for long.
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- badc0ffee 1y ago
  I've been in buildings were people enter an occupied floor during office hours, go into the stairwell (no card needed to exit through the stairwell), and prop the door open with a brick or a piece of cardboard so it can be re-entered from the stairwell later. You'd think that would trigger an alarm and alert someone, but I guess not in every case. People walking by typically don't mess with a propped-open door, either, because they assume it's propped open for a reason.
- potato3732842 1y ago
  None of that matters if building security can't throw them out and the police won't.
blacksmith_tb 1y ago
"Big Pink" has also been home to New Relic's Portland office for the last decade or so, though I gather they've been switching to remote more and more. But articles like this one make me laugh, my office is about a mile away, and while the city took a beating during the pandemic, I am skeptical it's much different than most other major metros - but the conservative press love to trash Portland.
kylehotchkiss 1y ago
"He expressed a willingness to provide city permits and other nonfinancial support for the construction of a bridge from the building to a parking garage across the street. This would enable office workers to get into the building without having to go out in the street." Great solve, guys. Would it not be cheaper to just station an officer on that block?
evereverever 1y ago
If rents for commercial spaces don't reduce I welcome more of these fire sales. Portland is still great, but the future of small businesses and the tech scene is abysmal.
black_13 1y ago
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khaki54 1y ago
A lot of words to bury this being the result of "the state’s botched experiment with drug decriminalization"

16 points by kamaraju 1y ago

oldpersonintx2 1y ago

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FireBeyond 1y ago

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mikestew 1y ago

From TFA: "The property, once a premier address in the city, was afflicted with 'vagrants sleeping in hallways of vacant office floors.' They were 'starting fires in stairwells, smoking fentanyl and defecating in common areas,' according to papers the company filed in a lease-termination lawsuit." Where is building security in all of this? Card keys, visitor check-in, all the stuff that I thought was standard-issue these days? If entire floors are vacant, why do the elevators open on those floors? Stairwell doors should already be card-keyed; it's been years since I've been in a building that doesn't do that. Other than sheer neglect (and that is certainly a a reasonable hypothesis), I am at a loss as to how this would continue for long.

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badc0ffee 1y ago
I've been in buildings were people enter an occupied floor during office hours, go into the stairwell (no card needed to exit through the stairwell), and prop the door open with a brick or a piece of cardboard so it can be re-entered from the stairwell later. You'd think that would trigger an alarm and alert someone, but I guess not in every case. People walking by typically don't mess with a propped-open door, either, because they assume it's propped open for a reason.
potato3732842 1y ago
None of that matters if building security can't throw them out and the police won't.

blacksmith_tb 1y ago

"Big Pink" has also been home to New Relic's Portland office for the last decade or so, though I gather they've been switching to remote more and more. But articles like this one make me laugh, my office is about a mile away, and while the city took a beating during the pandemic, I am skeptical it's much different than most other major metros - but the conservative press love to trash Portland.

kylehotchkiss 1y ago

"He expressed a willingness to provide city permits and other nonfinancial support for the construction of a bridge from the building to a parking garage across the street. This would enable office workers to get into the building without having to go out in the street." Great solve, guys. Would it not be cheaper to just station an officer on that block?

evereverever 1y ago

If rents for commercial spaces don't reduce I welcome more of these fire sales. Portland is still great, but the future of small businesses and the tech scene is abysmal.

black_13 1y ago

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khaki54 1y ago

A lot of words to bury this being the result of "the state’s botched experiment with drug decriminalization"