Neighborhood Notes

So aside from the "Last Days" signs (we should be so lucky) and the retail space being for sale, has Furnish changed its name to "Inside"? If the new signs are any indication it has. A search of the Oregon business registry shows Inside was registered in June of 2006 with the owner of Furnish PDX listed as the registered agent and Inside, Inc. listed as the registrant. Looking at the registry for Inside, Inc. only shows the registered agent (Incorp Services) but not the registrant. The registrant is typically the owner, the registered agent is simply someone physically residing in the state. I believe Incorp Services is in business to provide registered agent services.

Rumor has it that the owner of Furnish also owns the retail space in which it resides. He's listed as the Secretary for the City Lofts Condominium Association, and its the City Lofts building where Furnish/Inside is located. Having lost the Roche Bobois franchise long ago, and more recently losing his other two stores (Seattle and Scottsdale, AZ), the owner of Furnish has supposedly been funnling all his leftover inventory thru this store to dump it. And we have had the displeasure of the constant "Going Out of Business" sales for quite some time. One year? Two years? It seems like forever.

My guess is that nothing has changed except the name, especially since the product is the same tacky junk "Inside". And if that's the case then we will continue to be subject to this unscrupulous retailer. One can only hope that this retailer - Furnish, Inside, or whatever the next name is - will go away sometime soon. The neighborhood will be better for it.

Hasn't anyone at City Lofts got fed up with this?