Dockside Saloon owners refused to move when Field Office was designed. Six years and one pandemic later, the LEED Platinum office complex is half empty but the Dockside is again open seven days a week. Photo: Joseph Gallivan/Axios
Why it matters: This spec office building embodied design thinking and welcomed tech optimists such as Adpearance — a digital marketing agency — but stands half-empty six years later.
As Field Office was being built, the owners of Dockside Saloon & Restaurant refused to move, so the architects built around the little wooden diner from 1925.
What we're watching: With workers reluctant to return to office life post-pandemic, office vacancies in Portland's central city are at 24-29% by some estimates, while research firm Colliers thinks they could hit 40% this year as leases expire.
