When colleague Jeffrey Weitz, president of North Rim Partners, learned that, he realised his development company was missing out on a huge opportunity.
"I took (Pitman) out of retirement," Weitz said, "and convinced him that we needed to develop property in the inner southeast that is to the benefit of a core industry here in Portland that is underserved quite a bit."
So in 2011, Pitman purchased a vacant lot kitty-corner from his company's headquarters at Southeast Third Avenue and Clay Street, and joined North Rim Partners to develop a mixed-use building with nine offices upstairs and six production kitchens on the ground floor.
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