Meier & Frank Delivery Depot

Meier & Frank

Industry	Retail
Founded	1857
Founder	Aaron Meier and Emil Frank
Headquarters	Portland, Oregon , United States

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox NRHP The Meier & Frank Delivery Depot, situated in northwest Portland, Oregon, is recognized on the National Register of Historic Places. Constructed in 1927 for the Portland-based retail firm Meier & Frank, the structure was designed by the architectural firm Sutton & Whitney. Between 1986 and 2001, the Oregon Historical Society owned the building, utilizing it for artifact processing and collection storage.

Post-Meier & Frank usage

In 1986, ownership of the four-story facility transferred to the Oregon Historical Society (OHS), which repurposed it to accommodate its collections and manage incoming items. The organization renovated the third and fourth floors while maintaining its museum and public research library at their established downtown location since 1966. For approximately fifteen years, OHS employed the former Delivery Depot primarily for storage and processing purposes. However, as redevelopment initiatives in the Pearl District, Portland, Oregon during the late 1990s led to escalating property values, OHS began receiving multiple purchase proposals. Ultimately, the society agreed to sell the property for $12.7 million in 2000 and relocated its warehouse operations to suburban Gresham, Oregon by mid-2001.

Following OHS’s departure, the building remained unoccupied for an extended period; as of October 2007, it had been vacant for nearly seven years.

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South entrance showcasing historic bronze "Meier & Frank Co." lettering, positioned above the doorway.

Between 2011 and 2012, extensive renovations transformed the building into the new Portland headquarters for Danish company Vestas Wind Systems, which had maintained a U.S. presence in Portland since 2002 at a different site. The property was acquired in 2007 by Portland-based Gerding Edlen Development Company, with Vestas commencing lease agreements in 2010. The $66 million refurbishment culminated with Vestas occupying the premises by spring 2012. The company aims to achieve Platinum status under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification program for this upgraded facility.

See also

• Meier & Frank Warehouse
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Northwest Portland, Oregon

External links

• File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to at Wikimedia Commons