Former Seattle Seahawks star Marshawn Lynch opened a bistro in 2021 inside Broadway Tower, then one of downtown Portland’s most exciting high-rises.
The Beast Mode running back lauded Portland as a city “on the move” and just the right match for his ground-floor, sports-themed eatery that would serve Hawaiian cuisine.
Now, Beastro at Broadway Tower is closing, court records state, as part of the financially wobbly skyscraper goes through receivership.
The court-appointed receiver in the case asked a Multnomah County judge to approve terminating Beastro’s lease at 1455 S.W. Broadway.
“The Receiver and the restaurant tenant Beast by Kama’aina & Marshawn Lynch LLC (‘Tenant’) have decided to end their relationship and terminate the existing lease,” receiver Crescent Hotels & Resorts, LLC said in court documents.
Beastro originally was BEAST by Marshawn Lynch & Kama’aina, but its name changed after the chef Naomi Pomeroy (who died last year in a river-floating accident) had raised the similarities to her own Beast restaurant.
The receiver’s motion called for the bistro to vacate its ground-floor space by July 8. The receiver said it agreed to pay Beastro $150,000 as part of the lease termination.
Beastro’s webpage states, “We are TEMPORARILY CLOSED until further notice.” But Beastro signage previously on display inside was gone Friday.
Hotel Vance
Hotel Vance and the restaurant Beastro (right) along Southwest Broadway in downtown Portland in December 2024. Signage for Beastro has since disappeared.Elliot Njus I The Oregonian/OregonLive
The exit reflects continued tumult for Broadway Tower developer BPM Real Estate Group.
The restaurant rented some 3,200 square feet on the northeast corner of the mixed-use tower. It’s off the lobby of the eight-story, 180-key Hotel Vance, which opened in 2021, replacing a Radisson “RED” hotel.
Walter Bowen’s BPM Real Estate opened the 19-story building in 2018, split between the Radisson on the first eight floors and offices on upper levels. BPM Real Estate sold the 11 floors of offices to a group called Principal Real Estate Investment in 2020 but kept the hotel portion.
The offices sold in 2020 for more than $132 million, or a record $773 per square foot. But Bowen refinanced debt backed by the hotel portion in 2022 for more than $47 million, records show. The lender on that debt sued last November, alleging default on the note and requesting a receiver take over.
Neither BPM nor Beastro representatives immediately responded to requests for comment Friday.
On its webpage, Beastro expressed gratitude for its diners: “Thank you for your business throughout the years!”
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