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17 New and Soon-to-Open Hotels in Portland and Beyond

From a historic downtown Portland renovation (with a restaurant by hometown hero Doug Adams) to a luxury RV Park in Coos Bay (yes, Coos Bay), we're hot for these new lodging options.

By Anya Rehon February 20, 2018

Hi-Lo Hotel, 320 SW Stark St

Opened: May 2017. Part of the Marriot family's "Autograph Collection," this 120-room luxury boutique hotel (furry friends are welcome here, too!) is located within the historic Oregon Pioneer Building. The hotel features on-site Oaxacan restaurant Alto Bajo; better yet, find Portland's oldest restaurant, Huber's Café—best known for its signature flaming Spanish coffee—just around the corner.

Photography by Marriott Group

The Duniway, 545 SW Taylor St

Opened: June 2017. Located one block from Pioneer Courthouse Square, this luxury Hilton hotel—recently renovated and renamed after pioneering Oregon suffragist Abigail Scott Duniway—features 327 guest rooms, and, at street-level, Top Chef Masters' Chris Cosentino's meat-forward restaurant Jackrabbit.

Photography by The Duniway

Dossier Hotel, 750 SW Alder St

Opened: August 2017. Formerly a Westin, this upscale, 16-story, 205-room, pet-friendly hotel houses New American and vegetarian-friendly café and bar Opal—which replaced the hotel's original eatery, upscale Italian restaurant Omerta, last August. The Dossier, now owned by Portland-based Provenance Hotels, goes native each evening with a complimentary craft beer from local brewery Ferment, and kombucha hour in the lobby.

Photography by Provenance Hotels

Pearl Hampton Inn & Suites, 354 NW 9th Ave

Opened: September 2017. This eight-floor boutique-style Hampton includes 243 guest rooms—68 are suites—and is where MTV's The Real World: Portland filmed in 2012. Amenities include an indoor pool, fitness center, meeting rooms, and a rooftop patio that overlooks downtown and the North Park Blocks. Restaurateur David Machado operates the brand-new Tanner Creek Tavern next door.

Illustrations by William James Photography

Jupiter NEXT, 910 E Burnside St

Previously scheduled opening: early 2018. Now: late spring 2018. Originally the shady Continental motor lodge based on Portland's east side, since 2002, the quirky Jupiter Hotel has classed up this gritty stretch of lower East Burnside, attracting a hip young clientele that dig both its popular basement concert venue the Doug Fir Lounge and the hotel's affordable and funky hospitality packages—from boozy ("brews + booze") to 420-friendly (including a vape pen, munchie kit, and discount coupons to local dispensaries). Now the 81-room hotel adds 67 rooms and 8,000 square feet of event space in a detached expansion across 9th, along with a 1,620-square-foot private garden with lounge area for guests and a fifth-floor terrace space with north- and west-facing views of the city.

Illustrations by Megan Millie Design

Porter by Hilton Hotel, 1355 SW 2nd Ave

Previously scheduled opening: winter 2018. Now: March 2018. With 297 rooms rising 16 stories, the new Hilton Porter hotel aims to attract business travelers and families with a location conveniently close to such south downtown destinations as the Keller Auditorium, Portland State University, and Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Hotel amenities include an indoor pool and Jacuzzi, fitness center, spa, and a top-floor restaurant with outdoor terraces that overlook the city and Willamette River.

Illustrations by The Porter

Canopy by Hilton, 425 NW 9th Ave

Previously scheduled opening: spring 2018. Now: June 2018. Yet another Pearl District hotel is underway—this one catering to the neighborhood's artistic side. Taking a cue from nearby First Thursday art walks, the 11-story, 153-guest room Canopy will partner with the Elizabeth Leach Gallery next door to host and curate its own monthly art walk event. The hotel will also include a café/bar, rooftop fitness center, four meeting rooms, and a year-round two-story indoor garden sanctuary (format TBD) that will wind down below ground level.

Illustrations by ZGF Architects

The Hoxton, 421 W Burnside St

Previously scheduled opening: fall 2017. Now: summer 2018. This century-old, 28,000-square-foot building adjacent to the gateway of Chinatown— formerly Old Town's seedy Grove Hotel—was purchased by Naito Development in 2014. The local firm added on an 113-room and nine-story tower remodel to the original hotel, featuring a rooftop restaurant and basement-level "speakeasy"; by November 2017, the new Grove Hotel looked ready to open. That was until a London-based developer swooped in and purchased the property from Naito. Now, the newly branded Hoxton Hotel Portland has announced it will open later this year.

Illustrations by Surround Architecture

Woodlark Hotel, 813 SW Alder St

Previously scheduled opening: spring 2018. Now: late summer 2018. The Provenance Hotel Group has enlisted R&A Architecture + Design to renovate two iconic, and adjacent, downtown buildings—the 1912 Woodlark building and the former historic Cornelius Hotel, built in 1908. The merged properties will become a single new hotel, the Woodlark—an upscale, pet-friendly, 151-room property that will include a 2,500-square-foot meeting space as well as Bullard, the first restaurant concept from Portland native, Top Chef alum, and James Beard Rising Star nominee Doug Adams, who previously ran Vitaly Paley's Imperial.

Illustrations by Provenance Hotels

Hyatt Regency Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE MLK Jr Blvd

Previously scheduled opening: mid-2019. Now: late fall 2019. Located smack-dab in the middle of the Lloyd District—less than a mile from the Moda Center, Veterans Memorial Coliseum, and the Lloyd Center mall—the plan for the new 600-room, LEED-certified Hyatt Regency hotel is to provide a supportive boost to Portland's entertainment, retail, and events economy. Oregon Metro, in partnership with the City of Portland, the Portland Development Commission, and Multnomah County, is leading the effort to develop the $224 million project. Construction began last August and is projected to create 2,000 temporary construction jobs along with 950 permanent hotel and hospitality jobs in the community.

Illustrations by Oregon Metro

Minam River Lodge, Eagle Cap Wilderness

Opened: May 2017. If you're an adventure seeker, this Oregon wilderness destination is made for you. Last year, the luxurious Minam River Lodge reopened following a ground-up renovation. Nestled on 126 acres along the scenic Minam River deep within the Wallowa Mountains of northeast Oregon, visiting the lodge takes effort. Head first to the closest town, Cove, before making the 8.5-mile foot or horseback trail trek. (Or, book a small charter plane.) On-site, choose from several lodging options: teepees, wall tents, lodge rooms, and cabins that include a private bath and wood-burning stove. There, in the Eagle Cap Wilderness, you can enjoy hiking, horseback riding, fishing, and other outdoor activities. Saddle up: the lodge is scheduled to reopen May 26 through late fall 2018.

Photography by Evan Schneider

The Headlands Coastal Lodge and Spa, Pacific City

Opened: January 2018. After nearly two decades of planning and more than a year of construction along Oregon's North Coast in Pacific City—a quick two-hour drive from Portland—this luxury oceanfront lodge welcomed its first guests in January 2018. Pet-friendly Headlands, designed by Portland architect Scott Edwards, features 33 rooms and 18 adjacent cottages with ocean views (including iconic Haystack Rock), each with bike and surfboard racks. The property also includes a full-service restaurant, Meridian, which focuses on Pacific Northwest cuisine, and Tidepools Spa, offering massages, facial treatments, and various classes like meditation and Pilates.

With Courtesy Headlands Coastal Lodge & Spa

Loge Co, Bend

Previously scheduled opening: winter 2018. Now: March 2018. Once known as the Entrada Lodge, Bend's newly renovated Loge (pronounced "lodge") is the fourth location for the growing Seattle-based boutique hotel chain Loge Co, each focused on providing outdoor adventurists with amenity-rich digs. The Bend location is less than 5 miles from downtown Bend and 20 miles from skiing and snowboarding on Mount Bachelor. The site will feature 80 custom rooms ranging from private to hostel-style bunks, along with amenities including outdoor kitchens, live performance stages, pools, saunas and hot tubs, and RV hookup sites.

Photography by Garrett Van Swearingen

Atticus Hotel, McMinnville

Previously scheduled opening: spring 2018. Now: April 2018. McMinnville's first luxury boutique hotel fully embraces local wine culture. (It's within walking distance of 18 wineries!) The locally owned, 22,640-square-foot establishment will include 36 guest rooms, each with its own fireplace; the hotel also features works from local artists such as McMinnville's own Carmen Borrase. (Her piece is in the welcome bar.) Also on-site will be an outpost of Portland's Bless Your Heart Burgers, a concept from the folks behind well-known spots like Tasty n Sons and Tasty n Alder.

Illustrations by Nathan Cooprider, LLC

McMenamins Kalama Harbor Lodge, Washington

Previously scheduled opening: winter 2017. Now: April 2018. Announced nearly two years ago, the newest McMenamins—the Pacific Northwest's beloved empire of brewpubs, hotels, theaters, and music venues—is a brand-new, tropical-themed hotel in Kalama (population 2,500), a rail town along the Columbia River less than an hour northwest of Portland. The 40-guest room, pet-friendly hotel will house a seven-barrel brewery, private meeting and event space for up to 125 people, an onsite restaurant and lounge, a wraparound outdoor patio with four fire pits, and a rooftop bar overlooking the river. Reservations can be made now for stays as early as April 20.

Illustrations by McMenamins

The Camps at Coos Bay Lagoon, 92443 Cape Arago Hwy

Previously scheduled opening: spring 2018. Now: July 2018. Coos Bay, a town of 16,000 on Oregon's southern coast, is set to be home to a new 103-acre upscale RV park, courtesy of California-based R&A Architecture + Design. The Camps at Coos Bay Lagoon will feature nearly 200 camp sites and cabins, loosely clustered around the site's triangle-shaped communal pavilion. The property, just a quick walk to the ocean (as close as 50 yards) was a decommissioned lumberyard and mill from the 1970s. No more. Now, the property will center on a 6,000-plus-square-foot clubhouse pavilion with a gym, shower/steam room, heated indoor pool, communal laundry space, meeting rooms, outdoor terraces, and bar.

Illustrations by R&A Architecture + Design

The Society Hotel, Bingen, Washington

Scheduled opening: summer 2019. A new project from the owners of Portland's Society Hotel—a boutique hostel/hotel located one block from downtown's Lan Su Chinese Garden—aims to create a sister property in Bingen, Washington, 65 miles east of Portland in the heart of the Columbia River Gorge. The hotel will be located inside the renovated 80-year-old Bingen School, which operated as a school from 1938 until the '70s; in 1988, the property became the Bingen School Inn hostel, in business for nearly 30 years. The Society Hotel concept includes both private and shared bunkhouse rooms, along with 20 standalone cabin options, a multipurpose room for meetings and events, and a café/bar. Renovations to the property began last fall, with an open date currently scheduled for mid-2019.

Illustrations by Blossom PDX

Last year, we took a tour of 10 Pacific Northwest hospitality projects in the works. Since then, six of these ambitious properties have opened—in Portland, from a Pearl District Hampton Inn to downtown's Hi-Lo Hotel, right above Huber's. (We can practically smell the Spanish coffee.) Four remain in the works, with another seven since announced, adding to an urban hotel boom that shows no sign of slowing down.

But there's another hospitality story unfolding here, and it's happening outside the city. In the past year, we rhapsodized about the debut of a new (old) wilderness lodge in the Wallowas; in December, we announced the imminent opening of Oregon Coast's first new luxury hotel in decades. Yet more exciting destinations hover on the horizon, with a design-focused boutique hotel in the heart of wine country scheduled to open this spring, along with an elegant, tropical-themed McMenamins hotel on the north banks of the Columbia River.

So whether you’re putting up out-of-town guests, planning a Portland staycation, or angling for a new out-of-town berth to rest your head, the Pacific Northwest is set to have fresh lodging accommodations on offer for years to come.

Can we expect the new hotel trend to hold? Looking backward is a bit tricky; Travel Portland's 2017 numbers aren’t yet out. (2016 numbers cited 9.1 million overnight person-trips in the Portland metro region, for a 2.5 percent increase over 2015.) Looking forward, however, we bet that the area will welcome ever larger waves of tourists, hungry for a taste of the Pacific Northwest. Here’s where they’ll be staying.

Hotels, Doug Adams, John Gorham, McMenamins, Pacific City

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