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An Athletic Club Gets Lost in a Billionaire’s Dreams
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It’s been nearly a decade since anybody bounced a basketball, swam a lap or drank a smoothie in what was once the city’s most popular gyms, the RiverPlace Athletic Club.
“There was a great sense of community there,” says Doug Bean, a longtime commercial realtor who was a fixture at RiverPlace for many years. “I really miss it.”
The RAC, as people called it (perhaps in joking reference to the invitation-only Multnomah Athletic Club) went dark in 2015 after a slide into financial difficulties. Its closure marked the end of an unusual history.
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Continues at WWeek
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