Neighborhood Notes

Thank you Portland Food and Drink for this exciting update on the possibility of Uwajimaya coming to Chinatown. Wow. We take field trips to Beaverton to shop there, and try to go whenever we're in Seattle. How thrilling it would be to just stroll a few blocks.

I first got an inkling of this news from Mike Thelin over at the Burnside Blog, in a profile he did on City Commissioner Erik Sten. Now, as confirmed by the Portland Development Commission, popular Asian supermarket chain Uwajimaya is strongly considering opening a store in Portland’s downtown Chinatown neighborhood. Although I’ve heard rumors that they have been sniffing around Chinatown since at least 2004, this time there is some solid information.

PDC is supporting this project with a $100,000 pre-development loan to assist Uwajimaya and Sockeye Development LLC, with the feasibility of building on the surface parking lot between (read the rest of the post here)