#521 - Goldmark Jewelers closes after 46 years as other Portland business owners contemplate their futures
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Cal Brockman has spent the last 46 years designing and creating custom jewelry at his downtown Portland store, Goldmark Jewelers. Until last year, he had no plans of vacating his longtime storefront at the corner of Southwest 10th Avenue and Southwest Taylor Street.
But foot traffic plummeted downtown after the start of the coronavirus pandemic, while vandalism spiked as nightly protests consumed downtown last summer. Two windows and the glass door at Brockman’s store were shattered on three separate nights.
When his lease came up for renewal this spring, Brockman decided he would close rather than sign a new lease. He is offering steep discounts to clear his stock of jewelry and hopes to continue operating his business online once he closes his shop for good at the end of June.
Join your host Sean Reynolds, owner of Summit Properties NW and Reynolds & Kline Appraisal as he takes a look at this developing topic.
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