A long-quiet corner of Portland’s Pearl District might be gearing up for last call instead of last rites. A Vancouver business owner is eyeing the old Mounted Patrol building at the Centennial Mills complex for a restaurant and nightclub, a fresh twist in a redevelopment saga that has dragged on for years along the Willamette River.
The two-story riverfront structure, tucked across from Fields Park, is being floated as both a sit-down restaurant and late-night entertainment spot. If it moves forward, the nightclub would sit inside a site Portland planners have been trying to reimagine for more than a decade, and it would have to coexist with an already approved redevelopment plan for the larger four-acre parcel.
As reported by the Portland Business Journal, a Vancouver, Washington-based owner has targeted part of the Centennial Mills property for the entertainment concept, focusing on the former Mounted Patrol building along the river in the North Pearl District.
Permit Records Name Kasper As The Applicant
City permit logs on PortlandMaps show an early assistance request filed November 21, 2025. The entry, listed under case number 25-095303, names James Kasper of Kasper Enterprises as the applicant to convert the Mounted Patrol building at 1362 NW Naito Parkway into a restaurant and nightclub…