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The developers of property next door to the Catalina Restaurant and a second minority owned busi-
ness on Northeast Killingsworth Street across from the North Precinct have apologized for blocking
sidewalks, causing a water disruption and other inconveniences during construction.
Reaching Out to Make Amends
Developers apologize
for business disruptions
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t he P ortland o bserver
After causing several inconveniences to ex-
isting minority-owned businesses during con-
struction, the developers of a Northeast Killing-
sworth Street property are apologizing, saying
they are committed to working with their neigh-
bors and honoring the diverse heritage of the
site’s business district.
Brian Alfrey and Mike Gadberry, who own
and operate the Radio Room on Northeast Al-
berta Street, are constructing a new restaurant
at a former locksmith shop on Killingsworth
just down from the intersection of Northeast
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
The duo says that their crew was acting in
good faith when they accidentally dented a wa-
ter main leading to the loss of water to Catali-
na’s Restaurant next door.
“Their water main is on our property, and
when they hit it, they dented it,” Alfrey told
the Portland Observer. “The crew decided that
they’d like to repair it, at no cost to Catalina’s.”
Gadberry adds that he offered to compensate
Catalina’s for any revenue that they may have
by
lost due to the half-hour water stoppage.
Both men are hoping to cultivate a positive
relationship with the Caldera family and their
restaurant.
“We eat at Catalina’s regularly, we recom-
mend that people eat there regularly, and we
look forward to having a good relationship
with them for years to come,” Alfrey said.
He also says that despite an earlier issue over
an electrical meter for a black-owned barber-
shop building on the other side of the property,
they hope to move forward in a positive rela-
tionship with the owners, Herman and Rickey
Brame, and work with the entire block in order
to create a revitalized commercial district on
Northeast Killingsworth.
“We respect their business -- they’ve been
there a long time,” said Alfrey. “We look for-
ward to working with them to make this a vi-
brant commercial area.”
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