Goat Blocks

{{Short description|Mixed-use development in Portland, Oregon, U.S.}}

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File:Goat Blocks 2021 3.jpg

Goat Blocks is a mixed-use development in Portland, Oregon, United States.

The complex was built on a 2-acre field which was previously home to the Italian restaurant Monte Carlo,{{Cite web |date=2017-08-23 |title=Portland Once Had a Thriving Little Italy—What the Hell Happened? |url=https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2017/08/22/portland-once-had-a-thriving-little-italy-what-the-hell-happened/ |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=Willamette Week |language=en}} and later a herd of goats,{{Cite web|last=Holley|first=Claire|date=2017-04-25|title=Goat Blocks: A Slap in the Face to Goats and Humanity|url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/04/24/18970612/goat-blocks-a-slap-in-the-face-to-goats-and-humanity|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-29|website=Portland Mercury|language=en|archive-date=2021-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301061332/https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/04/24/18970612/goat-blocks-a-slap-in-the-face-to-goats-and-humanity}} known as the "Belmont Goats".{{Cite web|date=2015-06-22|title=The Dirt on Southeast Portland's New Goat Blocks|url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2015/06/the-dirt-on-southeast-portlands-new-goat-blocks-june-2015|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-29|website=Portland Monthly|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212531/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2015/06/the-dirt-on-southeast-portlands-new-goat-blocks-june-2015}}{{Cite web|url=https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/239-business/226198-88508-developer-curries-favor-with-locals-over-belmont-goat-blocks|title=Developer curries favor with locals over Belmont goat blocks|first=Joseph|last=Gallivan|date=2014-07-08|website=Pamplinmedia.comm|access-date=23 November 2021|archive-date=2021-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215251/https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/239-business/226198-88508-developer-curries-favor-with-locals-over-belmont-goat-blocks|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Mesh|first=Aaron|date=2018-12-25|url=https://www.wweek.com/outdoors/2018/12/25/this-christmas-the-belmont-goats-woke-up-in-north-portland-pastures/|title=This Christmas, the Belmont Goats Woke up in North Portland Pastures|website=Willamette Week|access-date=2021-05-29|archive-date=2021-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212451/https://www.wweek.com/outdoors/2018/12/25/this-christmas-the-belmont-goats-woke-up-in-north-portland-pastures/|url-status=live}}

Killian Pacific's development project includes a grocery store (Market of Choice),{{Cite web|last=Acker|first=Lizzy|date=2017-05-25|title=Market of Choice will open at the Goat Blocks Thursday|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2017/05/market_of_choice_will_bring_or.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-29|newspaper=The Oregonian|language=en|archive-date=2021-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213053/https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2017/05/market_of_choice_will_bring_or.html}} a hardware store,{{cite web|last=Bell|first=Jon|date=2017-05-24|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/05/24/goats-blocks-gets-going-with-opening-of-new.html|title=Inside the Portland Goat Blocks new grocery and hardware stores (Photos)|website=Portland Business Journal|access-date=23 November 2021|archive-date=2021-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416101653/https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/05/24/goats-blocks-gets-going-with-opening-of-new.html|url-status=live}} and an apartment complex.{{cite web|last=Bell|first=Jon|date=2017-07-11|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/07/11/the-goat-blocks-bring-new-flair-to-a-transforming.html|title=The Goat Blocks bring new flair to a transforming neighborhood (Photos)|website=Portland Business Journal|access-date=23 November 2021|archive-date=2017-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717193214/https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/07/11/the-goat-blocks-bring-new-flair-to-a-transforming.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Binder|first=Melissa|date=2013-12-27|title='Goat blocks' development plans include 257 apartments, ample retail space|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2013/12/goat_blocks_development.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-29|newspaper=The Oregonian|language=en|archive-date=2021-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214501/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2013/12/goat_blocks_development.html}} The non-alcoholic pop-up restaurant Suckerpunch operated at the Goat Blocks in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Jackson-Glidden |first=Brooke |date=August 15, 2022 |title=Suckerpunch's Non-Alcoholic Cocktail Pop-Up Ends This Month |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2022/8/15/23306781/suckerpunch-pop-up-residency-closure-bottle-shop |access-date=August 15, 2022 |website=Eater Portland |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815211813/https://pdx.eater.com/2022/8/15/23306781/suckerpunch-pop-up-residency-closure-bottle-shop |url-status=live }}