Pacwest Center

Pierre is the best!
He stayed late to get my shoes done and did the best work on my Shoes I have had in Oregon!
Pierre is true craftsman and takes a level of pride that you rarely find!

This is a large office building in the downtown core in Portland. I really like that it was designed to allow for interaction with the street scape, unlike many city skyscrapers. There are awnings on both SW 5^th Ave (faces City Hall) and SW 6^th Ave. There are planter boxes with flowers at both entrances, which further perk up the outside a little bit. The yellow and green TriMet MAX lines stop outside this building.
Inside, the building is pretty self-​contained. You don’t have to leave if you don’t want to as there are a table service restaurant with full bar, Starbucks Coffee, two moderately priced lunch choices (Spicy Pickle, Steamers), a dry cleaner, a cobbler, H&R Block (seasonal), KeyBank, a sundry/​convenience store, a florist, a barber a jeweler and a gift shop.
Elevators are split into two bays and use a modern system instead of the old fashioned buttons inside the elevators. You select your floor via a touch screen or a key pad near the entry to the elevators. One bay goes to floors 3 – 14 and the other goes to floors 15 – 30. Note, the main lobby is already on level 2, the Starbucks and many of the shops are on a «lower lobby» level.

This shoe repair is now known as Rare Repair LLC. They are great! Try them out!

This building is 1 block up from Portlandia and across the street. The Starbucks in the lobby sometimes has a line going out the door. Seattle’s Best Coffee is just one block down so I’m not sure what the appeal is? The elevators are fast and smooth as silk. The man at the front desk in the lobby is pleasant and helpful. The views are nice, there’s a lot of construction downtown right now but it’s still very pretty. Also only 4 blocks or so from Trimet so great for commuting. And they have a dry cleaner, a hair salon and a shoe shine/​repair place in the lobby too. The also have a space for lease for a restaurant and I hope they get something good in there soon.