history Archives - Melvin Mark https://melvinmarkcompanies.com/tag/history/ Portland Commercial Real Estate Services Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:45:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Downtown Portland: Then and Now (Part 2) https://melvinmarkcompanies.com/downtown-portland-then-and-now-part-2/ Mon, 07 Nov 2022 09:22:06 +0000 https://melvinmarkcompanies.com/?p=5642 Part 2 of this blog series follows the transformation of Downtown Portland from the 1940s to “now.” To discover the ...

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]]> Downtown Portland, Then and Now (Part 1) https://melvinmarkcompanies.com/downtown-portland-then-and-now-part-1/ Mon, 31 Oct 2022 12:21:26 +0000 https://melvinmarkcompanies.com/?p=5560 Since it was incorporated in 1851, Portland has been a city of adaptation. It has gone through both hardships and ...

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]]> The Commercial Real Estate Boom of Downtown Portland https://melvinmarkcompanies.com/3356-2/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 19:17:06 +0000 https://melvinmarkcompanies.com/?p=3356 Historical Growth The city of Portland was founded in 1851 and has changed dramatically over the last nearly 170 years. ...

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