The Bidwell Marriott Portland
Corporate brand
UnclaimedA Marriott hotel at 520 Southwest Broadway in downtown Portland, Oregon, formerly known as the Portland Marriott City Center.
Last updated August 22, 2026
Overview
The Bidwell Marriott Portland is a Marriott-branded hotel located at 520 Southwest Broadway in Portland, Oregon, United States. The property was developed under the Portland Marriott City Center name, with construction beginning in 1996 and the hotel opening in 1999. Its location places it within Portland’s central business and visitor district, making it a lodging property serving guests visiting the city for business, leisure, events, and transit-connected urban travel. The hotel operates within Marriott International’s broader hospitality portfolio, although the available reference material does not identify the property’s individual owner, management structure, room inventory, restaurants, meeting capacity, or specific loyalty-program positioning. In 2020, the hotel closed for renovations. It reopened in 2021 under its current name, The Bidwell Marriott Portland, marking a significant identity and property-refresh milestone. The renaming distinguishes the hotel’s current market identity from its former Portland Marriott City Center designation while retaining its affiliation with the Marriott brand. Publicly documented information supplied for this entry is limited, so detailed claims about amenities, room categories, restaurants, sustainability programs, rates, executives, campaigns, and financial performance are not included.
History
The property now known as The Bidwell Marriott Portland is a hotel at 520 Southwest Broadway in Portland, Oregon. It was developed and opened as the Portland Marriott City Center. Construction began in 1996, and the hotel welcomed guests in 1999. These dates establish the property’s development period and opening within Portland’s modern downtown hotel landscape. The available reference material does not provide the name of the developer, architect, original owner, room count, or detailed opening program, so those details are not included here. The hotel’s association with Marriott places it within the company’s international lodging system, but the supplied sources do not establish whether Marriott owns the building, leases it, or operates it under a separate ownership arrangement. In 2020, the hotel closed for renovations. The closure represented a temporary interruption to operations and was followed by a reopening in 2021. At reopening, the property adopted the name The Bidwell Marriott Portland, replacing the Portland Marriott City Center identity. The current name is therefore the result of a post-renovation repositioning or rebranding of the same Portland hotel rather than the creation of a separately documented property. The Bidwell name also distinguishes the hotel in Marriott’s Portland portfolio while retaining the Marriott affiliation. Beyond these construction, opening, renovation, and renaming milestones, the referenced material does not document additional operating history, ownership changes, major expansions, controversies, executive appointments, marketing campaigns, or financial results. Further research would be required to produce a fuller account of the property’s design, amenities, guest experience, local partnerships, and performance.
- 2021
Reopens as The Bidwell Marriott Portland
[1]The renovated property reopens under its current name, The Bidwell Marriott Portland.
- 2020
Temporary closure for renovations
[1]The hotel closes while renovation work is carried out.
- 1999
Hotel opens as Portland Marriott City Center
[1]The property opens in Portland under the Portland Marriott City Center name.
- 1996
Construction begins
[1]Construction begins on the hotel later known as The Bidwell Marriott Portland.
Products and positioning
A centrally located Marriott hotel serving business and leisure travelers in downtown Portland.
Lodging · 1999
Hotel accommodation
The property’s core offering is short- and extended-stay hotel accommodation in central Portland. The supplied references identify it as a Marriott hotel but do not provide verified details about room types, suite categories, accessibility inventory, or in-room amenities.
Brand decisions
2021
Post-renovation renamingStrategyBackground
Following its renovation closure, the former Portland Marriott City Center returned to operation with a new identity.
Action taken
The property reopened as The Bidwell Marriott Portland.
Aftermath
The hotel continued operating as a Marriott property under its current name.
2020
Renovation closureStrategyBackground
The hotel suspended operations in 2020 to undertake renovations.
Action taken
The property closed temporarily while renovation work was completed.
Aftermath
The hotel reopened in 2021 under the new name The Bidwell Marriott Portland.
Recent events
- 2021
Hotel reopens as The Bidwell Marriott Portland[1]
Product generation · Other
Following its renovation closure, the property reopened under the name The Bidwell Marriott Portland.
- 2020
Portland Marriott City Center closes for renovations[1]
Other
The hotel closed temporarily to undergo renovations, according to the referenced encyclopedia material.
Sources1 sources
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