REALLY HAD TO MOVE: ADIDAS TO MOVE TO NORTH PORTLAND

           adidas America will "move its more than 500 employees"
     from Beaverton, OR, to North Portland according to Jeff
     Manning of the Portland OREGONIAN.  The company has "agreed
     to lease" the former Bass Kaiser Medical Center, which it
     "hopes" to move into by September 2000, and "will soon
     launch" a $25M renovation of the 215,000-square-foot
     facility.  adidas America CEO Steve Wynne, who said that
     employment at the company "could double to 1,000 not too
     long after" the move: "In keeping with the character of this
     company, we aspire to create a place that will become part
     of the fabric of the community, rather than separating
     ourselves from the world around us."  Manning wrote that
     this comment "seemed to be a thinly veiled reference to
     archrival" Nike.  The company "intends to be the sole
     tenant" of the facility, which will be about 600,000-square-
     feet after renovations (Jeff Manning, OREGONIAN, 12/19).