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The Nines
Portland, Oregon, United States · The Luxury Collection · Accessible Luxury
The Nines occupies the top nine floors of Portland's 1909 Meier & Frank Building, A.E. Doyle's first glazed terra-cotta stack downtown, the old department-store flagship recast as a hotel in 2008 across from Pioneer Courthouse Square. A seven-story atrium now rises inside the Commercial Style shell. Departure Restaurant + Lounge and Urban Farmer Steakhouse still feed the house, and AAA kept Four Diamond in 2025.
- 331 rooms
- Opened 2008
- Neighborhood: Downtown
- Architect: Doyle & Patterson
About The Nines
- The hotel takes its name from the top nine floors of the 1909 Meier & Frank Building, and from the old 'dressed to the nines' shop floor.
- A.E. Doyle first used glazed terra-cotta on this Commercial Style / Chicago School stack; the hotel opened in October 2008.
- Clark Gable sold ties in the department store before Hollywood; a Storm Tharp painting in the hotel nods to that story.
- A seven-story atrium was cut into the historic shell; Macy's long occupied the lower floors while the hotel took six through fifteen.
History
The Nines occupies the top nine floors of Portland's Meier & Frank Building, completed in 1909 as the flagship store and headquarters of the Meier & Frank department store chain. Architects Doyle & Patterson raised a fifteen-story Commercial Style / Chicago School stack with a glazed terra-cotta exterior, A.E. Doyle's first use of the material. The hotel opened in October 2008 after a roughly $140 million adaptive reuse, with a seven-story atrium cut into the historic shell across from Pioneer Courthouse Square.
Departure Restaurant + Lounge sits on the roof; Urban Farmer Steakhouse is in the lobby. AAA Four Diamond in 2025. The house now operates in Marriott's Luxury Collection.
Restaurants and bars
- Departure Restaurant + Lounge — Bar
Amenities
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Recommended (2026)
- AAA Four Diamond (2025)
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