City blocks abandoned building from turning into new business

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon
OregonWatchdog.com

One of the biggest eyesores in Portland is the Centennial Mills building.  Abandoned, vandalized and riddled with homeless trespassers.

James Kasper wants to clean it up and turn it into a thriving club to restore the neighborhood.

Portland keeps erecting barriers, costs and bureaucracy that is blocking his efforts.

KGW reports, “I want it landscaped primo, I want outside seating, I want garage doors that open that have the windows,” he explained.But his dream for the location, Kasper said, quickly turned “nightmarish.” Also, “Just resistance, resistance, resistance,” Kasper said of the city of Portland. “it’s like they’re anti-business.” Kasper said he met with Portland Permitting and Development in April. He said the city would require him to stay 50 feet from the river, put restrictions on using the first floor, and make him build a parking garage.”They said one permit will activate another one,” he said. “It’s just unrealistic expectations of the city that I grew up in … they red tape the hell out of business owners.”

This story is similar to the famous abandoned building off Interstate 84.

This building, formerly Gordon’s Fireplace, has been tied up in court for years and has been a vacant vandalized building for nearly a decade.

KGW-TV also had this story on abandoned homes that were blocked from being restored:

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