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Portland REI to close early next year, citing break-ins, thefts
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Matthew / BPL.
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Apr 18, 2023 at 1:20 am #3779152
“In a letter to members, REI said its Pearl District location saw its highest number of break-ins and thefts in two decades last year, despite adding security.”
Apr 18, 2023 at 7:41 am #3779158and, they outgrew their space and couldn’t renegotiate the lease at a reasonable rate
sometimes, people will use high crime to justify there business decisions because then it’s not their fault, better to blame it on someone else
not that crime isn’t an issue. Number of break ins has dropped by about half in the last year according to the story I saw. Maybe the increase had something to do with covid and now that we’re leaving that crisis things are slowly returning to normal. Same with a lot of other things, like the economy.
Apr 18, 2023 at 8:56 am #3779170the local CBS affiliate just reported that REI is closing because of high crime and didn’t mention also outgrew space and unable to renegotiate lease.
no wonder we’re all paranoid about things like high crime and bad economy – the media is constantly running sensational stories to make more money on ads
which I don’t blame them for because otherwise they’ll go out of business, they’re desperate. They have employees that depend on them for a living…
Apr 18, 2023 at 9:43 am #3779177sorry, I won’t make any more posts about this : )
local CBS affiliate ran another story about causes of REI closing – high crime, outgrowing space, lease expiring. And a graph that showed how property crimes in Portland have dropped about half in the last year
scheduling which news to run minute to minute is difficult
Apr 18, 2023 at 11:15 am #3779186‘News’ is not a science… it’s more like a fast moving gossip network these days…
Apr 19, 2023 at 8:23 am #3779248.. justify business decisions
The news release from REI cited employee safety but that could be a number of things .. plus a combination of factors we do not see as “the public”. Pity as that was the [REI] store I’d buy from before returning home to the desert after the relatively mild PNW late summers. Great independent gear stores that may not be as plunderable?
Then there’s the REI Clackamakas store at the end of the green line iirc (love the Tri-Met btw). Pretty sure the dueling banjos there are part of the shopping mall musak.
Apr 19, 2023 at 8:53 am #3779252REI in Tualatin south of Portland. Another in Hillsboro west of portland.
Apr 19, 2023 at 9:21 pm #3779293Bummer the store is closing. This site is not about politics, police reform, etc. I’m locking the thread now rather than letting this turn into long-term argument. ✌️
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