The opening of a luxury hotel in downtown Portland has divided the city

Hotel rooms at the new Ritz-Carlton will start at $473; apartments cost up to $8.9 million. But on the surrounding blocks, Portlanders camp in tents and doorways.

A gleaming, sail-like 35-story tower has emerged on the corner of Southwest Washington and 10th Avenue in downtown Portland, Oregon, over the past few years. It’s home to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and Residences, a nearly $700 million development that broke ground in 2019 and is set to open in October.

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