Block 216 is a high-rise building in downtown

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, United States. The 35-story building replaced the

Alder Street food cart pod The Alder Street food cart pod was a pod of food carts at the intersection of Southwest 10th Avenue and Alder Street in Portland, Oregon. Description and history Established during the 1990s, the popular pod hosted approximately 60 carts at its ...

and parking lot between 9th and 10th avenues and Alder and Washington streets. At tall, it is Portland's fifth-tallest structure.

Description and history

Block 216 was designed by Portland-based architecture firm, GBD Architects and is the largest building by volume constructed in Portland since the

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. Walter Bowen / BPM Real Estate Group was the developer. The Alder food pod with more than a dozen vendors, Portland's largest, closed in June 2019. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on July 12, 2019. A grand opening was scheduled for August 15, 2023.

Tenants

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manages a hotel (the first in the

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), as well as condominium units in the building's upper floors. The lowest seven floors comprise of office space; one major tenant is the law firm

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, who will occupy 19,100 square feet. Packouz Jewelers and Rolex will reportedly occupy retail storefronts.

Food hall

Flock is Block 216's ground floor food hall with indoor and outdoor seating for approximately 130 people. 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. Flock is slated to launch with the following nine

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-owned businesses: * Artly Coffee, which serves coffee and other drinks via robots *

Birrieria La Plaza Birrieria La Plaza is a Mexican restaurant in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Initially operating from a food cart in southeast Portland, the business has announced plans to add a brick and mortar and a stall at Block 216. Description a ...

, an outpost of the

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restaurant most known for

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Kim Jong Grillin' Kim Jong Grillin is a Korean restaurant in Portland, Oregon. The business operates from southeast Portland's Richmond neighborhood, as of 2022, and plans to expand with a stall in the food hall at Block 216. Description Kim Jong Grillin' serve ...

(

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) * Magna Kusina presents Sunrice * Prime Tap House, the food hall's main bar * Queen Mama's Kitchen (

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) * Suzaku (

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) * ZabPinto Thai Kitchen

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Description and history

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Food hall

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