Block 216

Block 216 was designed by Portland-based architecture firm, GBD Architects, and structural engineering firm, [https://www.kpff.com/ KPFF], and is the largest building by volume constructed in Portland since the U.S. Bancorp Tower.{{Cite web |date=2018-12-14 |title=Block 216 Receives Design Approval |url=https://www.gbdarchitects.com/block-216-receives-design-approval/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730001507/https://www.gbdarchitects.com/block-216-receives-design-approval/ |archive-date=2019-07-30 |access-date=2019-07-30 |website=GBD Architects}} Walter Bowen / BPM Real Estate Group was the developer.{{Cite web |last=Manning |first=Jeff |date=2023-12-06 |title=Developer of downtown Portland Block 216 tower, anchored by Ritz-Carlton, faces foreclosure of California hotel |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2023/12/developer-of-downtown-portland-block-216-tower-anchored-by-ritz-carlton-faces-foreclosure-of-california-hotel.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229234823/https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2023/12/developer-of-downtown-portland-block-216-tower-anchored-by-ritz-carlton-faces-foreclosure-of-california-hotel.html |archive-date=2023-12-29 |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=The Oregonian |publisher=Advance Publications |language=en |issn=8750-1317 |oclc=985410693}}{{Cite web |last=Effinger |first=Anthony |date=2023-06-15 |title=Closely Watched Ritz-Carlton Tower Gets Anchor Tenant for Office Floors |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/business/2023/06/14/closely-watched-ritz-carlton-tower-gets-anchor-tenant-for-office-floors/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Willamette Week |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030135446/https://www.wweek.com/news/business/2023/06/14/closely-watched-ritz-carlton-tower-gets-anchor-tenant-for-office-floors/ |url-status=live }}

File:Ritz-Carlton Hotel under construction, Portland, Oregon, 2021.jpg

The Alder Street food cart pod, Portland's largest with dozens of vendors, previously occupied this block before plans for the tower were announced. The cart pod closed in June 2019.{{cite news |last1=Ramakrishnan |first1=Jayati |date=May 31, 2019 |title=Alder Street food cart pod to close June 30 |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2019/05/alder-street-food-cart-pod-to-close-june-30.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206161536/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2019/05/alder-street-food-cart-pod-to-close-june-30.html |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |access-date=June 20, 2019 |work=The Oregonian}}{{cite journal |last1=Bell |first1=Jon |date=May 31, 2019 |title=It's official: Popular downtown Portland food cart pod to close by June 30 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2019/05/31/its-official-popular-downtown-portland-food-cart.html |url-status=live |journal=Portland Business Journal |publisher=American City Business Journals |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111202634/https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2019/05/31/its-official-popular-downtown-portland-food-cart.html |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |access-date=June 20, 2019}} The groundbreaking ceremony was held on July 12, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.opb.org/news/article/portland-ritz-carlton-groundbreaking/|title=Groundbreaking Held For Portland Ritz-Carlton At Shuttered Food Cart Site|date=July 12, 2019|last=Orr|first=Donald|publisher=Oregon Public Broadcasting|language=en|access-date=2019-12-08|archive-date=2021-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214161742/https://www.opb.org/news/article/portland-ritz-carlton-groundbreaking/|url-status=live}} A grand opening was scheduled for August 15, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Manning |first=Jeff |date=2023-06-10 |title=Ritz-Carlton tower in downtown Portland sets opening date |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2023/06/ritz-carlton-tower-in-downtown-portland-sets-opening-date.html |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2023-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611091401/https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2023/06/ritz-carlton-tower-in-downtown-portland-sets-opening-date.html |url-status=live }} The development includes one block of the Green Loop, the first portion of the in-progress linear park to be completed downtown,{{cite web |url=https://www.nextportland.com/2019/01/15/block-216/ |title=DESIGN COMMISSION APPROVES BLOCK 216 TOWER (IMAGES) |website=www.nextportland.com |access-date=19 February 2025 |archive-date=February 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250220000024/https://www.nextportland.com/2019/01/15/block-216/ |url-status=live}} though the project team requested the waiving of the requirement that buildings along the Green Loop are set back 12 feet to accommodate space for trees and other landscaping.{{Cite web |date=2018-08-17 |title=Block 216 project team faces tough questions|url=https://djcoregon.com/news/2018/08/17/block-216-project-team-faces-tough-questions/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250224174839/https://djcoregon.com/news/2018/08/17/block-216-project-team-faces-tough-questions/|archive-date=2025-02-24 |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=Oregon DJC}}

In March 2024, general contractor Howard S. Wright filed a $26 million construction lien against the project.{{Cite web |last=Manning |first=Jeff |date=2024-03-14 |title=Contractor files lien against downtown Portland's Block 216 tower |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2024/03/contractor-files-lien-against-downtown-portlands-block-216-tower.html |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2024-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329012628/https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2024/03/contractor-files-lien-against-downtown-portlands-block-216-tower.html |url-status=live }} The real estate brokerage Colliers said the completion of completion of the 11W and Block 216 projects "marked the end of downtown Portland's pre-Covid speculative office building construction".{{Cite web |last=Bach |first=Jonathan |date=2024-03-28 |title=Downtown Portland's rate of vacant office space is highest in the US, report says |url=https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-highest-vacancy-rate-downtown-office-space/283-e83e6c8b-6ba5-47b8-af1d-5df4963d83b0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329090519/https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-highest-vacancy-rate-downtown-office-space/283-e83e6c8b-6ba5-47b8-af1d-5df4963d83b0 |archive-date=2024-03-29 |access-date=2024-04-01 |website= |publisher=KGW |language=en-US}}

Ritz-Carlton manages a hotel (the first in the Pacific Northwest),{{cite news |last1=Bell |first1=Jon |title=Developer to bring the Northwest's first Ritz-Carlton to new 35-story downtown tower |journal=Portland Business Journal |date=June 20, 2019 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2019/06/20/developer-to-bring-the-northwests-first-ritz.html |access-date=June 20, 2019 |archive-date=October 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023035819/https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2019/06/20/developer-to-bring-the-northwests-first-ritz.html |url-status=live }} as well as condominium units in the building's upper floors. The lowest seven floors comprise {{convert|158,000|sqft|sqm}} of office space;{{cite news |last=Minnick |first=Benjamin |date=October 27, 2023 |title=Ritzy high-rise hotel to open on Halloween in downtown Portland |url=https://www.djc.com/news/co/12160131.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |url-access=subscription |accessdate=October 27, 2023 |archive-date=October 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028015218/https://www.djc.com/news/co/12160131.html |url-status=live }} one major tenant is the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine, who will occupy 19,100 square feet.{{cite news |last1=Effinger |first1=Anthony |title=Closely Watched Ritz-Carlton Tower Gets Anchor Tenant for Office Floors |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/business/2023/06/14/closely-watched-ritz-carlton-tower-gets-anchor-tenant-for-office-floors/ |access-date=15 June 2023 |work=Willamette Week |date=14 June 2023 |language=en |archive-date=30 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030135446/https://www.wweek.com/news/business/2023/06/14/closely-watched-ritz-carlton-tower-gets-anchor-tenant-for-office-floors/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Dorsey |first=Hilary |date=2023-06-17 |title=Law firm to become anchor tenant in Block 216 tower |url=https://djcoregon.com/news/2023/06/16/law-firm-to-become-anchor-tenant-in-block-216-tower/,%20https://djcoregon.com/news/2023/06/16/law-firm-to-become-anchor-tenant-in-block-216-tower/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=Daily Journal of Commerce |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409034026/https://djcoregon.com/news/2023/06/16/law-firm-to-become-anchor-tenant-in-block-216-tower/ |url-status=live }} Packouz Jewelers{{Cite journal |last=Bach |first=Jonathan |date=February 10, 2022 |title=Century-old downtown Portland retailer to move to Ritz-Carlton tower |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2022/02/10/downtown-portland-jeweler-move-into-ritz-carlton.html |journal=Portland Business Journal |access-date=April 9, 2024 |archive-date=July 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702225427/https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2022/02/10/downtown-portland-jeweler-move-into-ritz-carlton.html |url-status=live }} and Rolex will reportedly occupy retail storefronts.{{Cite journal |last=Wallace |first=Hannah |date=2023-09-10 |title=The opening of a luxury hotel in downtown Portland has divided the city |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90948107/ritz-carlton-portland-luxury-hotel-city-divided |url-status=live |journal=Fast Company |issn=1085-9241 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028181631/https://www.fastcompany.com/90948107/ritz-carlton-portland-luxury-hotel-city-divided |archive-date=2023-10-28 |access-date=2023-10-30}}

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Flock is Block 216's ground floor food hall with indoor and outdoor seating for approximately 130 people.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-17 |title=FLOCK Is The New Face of Portland's Food Cart Scene |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/sponsored/2023/05/flock-is-the-new-face-of-portland-food-cart-scene |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028180408/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/sponsored/2023/05/flock-is-the-new-face-of-portland-food-cart-scene |archive-date=2023-10-28 |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Portland Monthly |language=en-US |issn=1546-2765}} The space accommodates ten vendors, including one designated for hosting pop-ups. The approximately 8,000-square-foot food hall was designed by Woodblock Architecture.

The company operating Flock received a $3 million loan for the project from Prosper Portland, following approval by the board of commissioners in 2023.{{Cite web |last1=Manning |first1=Jeff |last2=Russell |first2=Michael |date=2023-10-12 |title=Portland agency to loan $3 million for Flock food hall in Ritz-Carlton tower |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2023/10/portland-agency-to-loan-3-million-for-flock-food-hall-in-ritz-carlton-tower.html |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028181338/https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2023/10/portland-agency-to-loan-3-million-for-flock-food-hall-in-ritz-carlton-tower.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Andrews |first=Garrett |date=2025-04-21 |title=Ritz on the Fritz: Downtown High-Rise Appears Headed For Sale |url=https://oregonbusiness.com/ritz-on-the-fritz-downtown-high-rise-appears-headed-for-sale/ |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=Oregon Business |language=en-US |quote=Flock, the food hall at the bottom of the tower, received $3 million from Prosper Portland, the city’s economic development arm.}} Flock was slated to launch with the following nine BIPOC-owned businesses:{{Cite web |last=Jackson-Glidden |first=Brooke |date=2023-04-06 |title=These Are the Restaurants Opening Within Downtown's Star-Studded Food Hall |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2023/4/6/23673045/flock-food-hall-portland-ritz-carlton-vendors |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407001347/https://pdx.eater.com/2023/4/6/23673045/flock-food-hall-portland-ritz-carlton-vendors |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=Eater Portland |publisher=Vox Media |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=2023-04-10 |title=Ritz-Carlton developers announce vendors for upcoming food hall, Flock |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2023/04/ritz-carlton-announces-vendors-for-upcoming-food-hall-flock.html |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030135447/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2023/04/ritz-carlton-announces-vendors-for-upcoming-food-hall-flock.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Pettigrew |first=Jashayla |date=2023-04-08 |title=Here's what we know about the new Flock food hall opening in Downtown Portland |url=https://www.koin.com/local/ritz-carlton-new-flock-food-hall-opening-in-downtown-portland/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028172925/https://www.koin.com/local/ritz-carlton-new-flock-food-hall-opening-in-downtown-portland/ |archive-date=2023-10-28 |access-date=2023-10-28 |website= |publisher=KOIN |language=en-US}}

• Artly Coffee, which serves coffee and other drinks via robots
• Birrieria La Plaza, an outpost of the Mexican restaurant most known for birria
• Kim Jong Grillin' (Korean cuisine)
• Magna Kusina presents Sun Rice (or Sunrice){{Cite web |last=Jackson-Glidden |first=Brooke |date=2023-01-10 |title=Blockbuster Birria Cart Birrieria La Plaza Will Open a Southeast Portland Restaurant |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2023/1/10/23548908/birrieria-la-plaza-restaurant-opening |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111201515/https://pdx.eater.com/2023/1/10/23548908/birrieria-la-plaza-restaurant-opening |url-status=live }}
• Prime Tap House, the food hall's main bar
• Queen Mama's Kitchen (Saudi Arabian cuisine){{Cite web |last=Jackson-Glidden |first=Brooke |date=2023-11-01 |title=Queen Mama's Kitchen, Portland's Only Dedicated Saudi Arabian Restaurant, Celebrates the Country's Culinary Influences |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2023/11/1/23942377/queen-mamas-kitchen-portland-restaurant-opening-saudi-arabian-food |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2023-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101215137/https://pdx.eater.com/2023/11/1/23942377/queen-mamas-kitchen-portland-restaurant-opening-saudi-arabian-food |url-status=live }}
• Suzaku (sushi)
• ZabPinto Thai Kitchen (Thai cuisine)

Originally scheduled to open in November 2023, Flock experienced a series of delays opening.{{Cite web |last=Spencer |first=Malia |date=January 31, 2025 |title=Restaurant Roundup: Kann hits Goldbelly, Flock finally opens |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2025/01/31/kann-goldbelly-flock-food-hall-pepper-lunch.html |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=Portland Business Journal}}{{Cite web |last=Profenna |first=Chiara |date=2025-01-31 |title=Long-anticipated The Flock, Ritz-Carlton food hall, opens in downtown Portland |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2025/01/long-anticipated-the-flock-ritz-carlton-food-hall-opens-in-downtown-portland.html |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=The Oregonian |language=en}} In March 2024, Eater Portland reported that Kim Jong Grillin' and Sun Rice had pulled out of the project, and no opening date for the food hall has been announced.{{Cite web |last=Jackson-Glidden |first=Brooke |date=2024-03-25 |title=Ask Eater: What's Going on With the Flock Food Hall Downtown? |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2024/3/25/24111859/ask-eater-flock-food-hall-update |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2024-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325220624/https://pdx.eater.com/2024/3/25/24111859/ask-eater-flock-food-hall-update |url-status=live }} In April 2024, the website's Brooke Jackson-Glidden reported that Pan Roast planned to open in Flock in May.{{Cite web |last=Jackson-Glidden |first=Brooke |date=2024-04-17 |title=This Incoming Seafood Bar Wants to Bring Pan Roasts to Portland |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2024/4/17/24132529/pan-roast-portland-seafood-bar |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2024-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417225801/https://pdx.eater.com/2024/4/17/24132529/pan-roast-portland-seafood-bar |url-status=live }} In July, Axios Portland said an August opening might be possible.{{Cite web |last=Gebel |first=Meira |date=2024-07-05 |title=After long delay, Block 216's food hall Flock could open in august |url=https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2024/07/05/ritz-carlton-food-hall-flock-opening-summer |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=Axios Portland |language=en}}

Following a preview event on January 30, Flock opened on February 2, 2025. The opening included a ribbon cutting ceremony and a lion dance to commemorate Lunar New Year. In addition to Birrieria La Plaza, Prime Tap House, Queen Mama's Kitchen, and ZabPinto Thai Kitchen, the food hall opened with the following vendors:

• Bb.q Chicken (Korean fried chicken)
• HK Bistro (Chinese cuisine, dim sum)
• Pan Roast PNW (seafood)
• Tous le Jours, described as a French-Asian bakery

Flock is slated to host events, such as viewing parties for the Super Bowl and a Portland Trail Blazers game in February 2025. The winery Nest and Vine is also slated to become a vendor.

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