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8/10/2023
TriMet officials have signed a 10-year lease for 95,000 square feet in a 20-story office tower in downtown Portland for its new administrative headquarters, the Oregon transit agency announced Tuesday.
Hundreds of TriMet employees will occupy six floors of the One Main Place building, agency officials said in a press release.
"For as long as TriMet has existed, we’ve been part of downtown Portland, and we’re not going anywhere,” said TriMet General Manager Sam Desue Jr. "During the darkest days of the pandemic, our buses and trains were some of the only vehicles on those streets. We never stopped, and our commitment to revitalizing the heart of our city will never fade."
TriMet workgroups that report regularly to One Main Place include engineering, construction and planning; facilities management; finance, labor relations and human resources; legal services; public affairs; and inclusion, diversity, equity and access. The general manager, chief operating officer and members of the executive leadership team also have offices at One Main Place, agency officials said.
When TriMet negotiated terms for the lease agreement at One Main Place in late 2021, it represented the largest new commercial lease agreement in the state of Oregon, they added.
About 275 people, nearly half of TriMet’s 600 non-union employees, will report to One Main Place at least one day per week under the revised telework policy that brought administrative workers back to the office in January 2023.