Guinness owner Diageo hunts for drinks ‘heavyweights’ in board revamp

Guinness owner Diageo hunts for drinks ‘heavyweights’ in board revamp

Chair seeks robust oversight as Sir Dave Lewis restructures struggling spirits company

Diageo Shutters Aviation Gin’s 33,000 SQFT Portland Distillery, Vacating Slabtown’s Hopper Campus

Diageo has closed the Ryan Reynolds-backed Aviation American Gin distillery and visitor center in Northwest Portland less than four years after it opened, pulling a marquee tenant out of a redeveloped Slabtown industrial campus and adding a highly specialized block of space to a market already sitting at a 15-year vacancy high. The global spirits giant confirmed the shutdown of the roughly 32,000-square-foot facility at 2075 NW Wilson Street, wh…