Leases of retail and restaurant spaces in downtown Bend hit a record 94 percent in the second quarter, according to a news release from the Downtown Bend Business Association.
Five new businesses opened downtown in the past quarter, including Pastrami Old World Deli, a Jewish-style deli on Franklin Avenue, and Bend Your Imagination, a store for jewelry and other goods on Minnesota Avenue, according to the news release. Pastrami took over the space previously occupied by Letzer's Deli.
“Downtown Bend has now seen a record 11 consecutive quarters where we have exceeded well over 90 percent occupancy,” Chuck Arnold, the association's executive director, said in the release.
