Fechheimer Building

YEAR COMPLETED: 1981

RUSSELL ROLE:

• Sole owner
• Developer during renovation
• Leasing agent

 

BUILDING DISTINCTIONS:

• One of the best examples of cast-iron facades in Portland
• Building 100 percent occupied at completion of renovation
• Building achieved new high rental rates
• Listed in the National Register of Historic Places

"The Fechheimer Building was built in 1885—the Victorian era— and building detail was very important. Best way to create detail was cast iron—and it was expensive. The only other place in the U.S. where cast iron is used as extensively is in the Soho district of New York."

- John Russell