Multi-generational Oregon family business opens in Bend
KTVZ – News Team
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A multi-generational family business has made its way to Bend.
The Portland-based luxury home appliance company, Basco Appliances, has been doing business in Oregon since 1878.
Nearly 150 years ago, PJ Cronin founded the business and over time the company moved into electronics and appliance sales.
“We have three locations, all in the Portland market…We service the Bend market today and we have for years. It’s one of our best-selling markets that we have right now. So we thought there was a natural fit to be able to come in to the market, to be able to better serve the Bend customer,” said Chris McConn, the company’s president. “We focus on selling appliances to anybody. So end users, builders, designers.”
The new Westside showroom, located at 1000 Disk Drive, is now welcoming in customers after serving the Bend area from its Portland locations for years.
“People can come in and choose what they want…We have fantastic account managers here that will go through the design process and make sure that we can get the exact specs of the exact appliances that work out with any home in the community,” McConn said. “This is a different type of showroom that customers can come in and see, touch, and feel, and really experience the appliances. We do have a couple kitchens that are fully live. And so we’ll have really fun events here and we’ll demo out all of the appliances.”
For more information on the company and its new bend showroom, click here.