This store is in the Pearl District, one of the country’s leading centers of urban revitalization. The neighborhood has thousands of lofts and condos built since 2000, a snazzy street car, and many of the city’s hippest galleries, restaurants, and watering holes. And Portland is one of the country’s leading centers for outdoor recreation, not only for participation but the design and fabrication of new products. What’s going on there?!?

https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2023/04/rei-to-close-its-only-portland-store-citing-break-ins-theft.html