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Portland's first retail space constructed from repurposed shipping containers opened last week at 93 Washington St., with five startup tenants each in 320 square feet of space.
A year of pandemic hasn't slowed the retail incubation mission of the Black Box on Washington Avenue. In recent weeks, three businesses have announced they are expanding and moving to bigger quarters and two new fledgling businesses are moving in. When the Black Box, owned by the Dayton Group, opened in November 2018, the idea was to offer flexible leases for the five 300-square-foot spaces. The leases can be for a month or a few years — the mission is to be a low-risk environment for businesses to get their ideas off the ground. More than two years and one pandemic later, it's a model ...