Moving to Sixth + Main

A longtime Portland staffing and recruiting firm plans to relocate to the downtown Sixth and Main Building in February.

 

Boly:Welch is set to move its offices from the Power + Light Building next door to 1050 S.W. Sixth Ave. The firm occupied more space in the Power + Light Building than it needed, and the layout of its current office made it difficult to readjust its footprint, CEO and co-founder Pat Welch told the Business Journal. Moving to the Sixth and Main building felt like the right fit.

 

The Sixth and Main Building was also where Welch worked her first Portland job.

 

“The important thing for us is we really wanted to make a commitment to downtown Portland,” Welch said. “Downtown is critical to the growth of our economy and we wanted to support that. We did not consider leaving the downtown area.”

 

Boly:Welch is downsizing 2,000 square feet to a space that’s around 6,000 square feet. Welch said 30 employees will continue to work out of the new downtown office space four days a week.

 

The firm will move Feb. 1 after spending the last 12 years in Power + Light.

 

“It seems our competitors have all gone remote and we think that gives us a competitive advantage,” Welch said. “We are in person, we build relationships in person and our clients are downtown. So it was important for us to have an office where we could all be together.”

 

Boly:Welch has been a frequent honoree as the Business Journal’s Most Admired Recruitment & Consulting Company and is the largest executive search firm in the Portland area. Welch told the Business Journal in December that it expanded its HR consulting services and grew its client offerings for further support.

 

The firm is also celebrating its 40-year anniversary.

 

“It’s been a challenging business environment compared to other years, primarily because our clients were facing so much uncertainty,” Welch said. “This was a challenging year for business in Portland, but we’re already very optimistic about the future. The first quarter just started but we’re seeing a difference in just this first week and it’s positive.”