McCormick & Schmick's Restaurant Slated for PDX

PORTLAND-A McCormick & Schmick’s restaurant would open at the Portland International Airport under an agreement recommended for the Port Commission’s approval this morning.

The proposed agreement has Washington D.C.-based Anton Airfood Inc. inking a 15-year lease for 6,635-sf in the pre-security area, which open to the general public. Anton would spend upwards of $2 million on tenant improvements and pay rent equal to 8% of the restaurant’s annual gross sales. Construction would begin this summer and the restaurant would open in November.

Anton would operate the grill under a licensing agreement with Portland-based McCormick and Schmick Management Group, which operates a few dozen restaurants around the nation. In the Portland area, the company operates two McCormick & Schmick’s branded locations, two Jake’s branded locations and two more under the name McCormick’s Fish House & Bar.