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Nordstrom's downtown Portland store closes at 2 p.m. Friday. The Starbucks just across Broadway closes at 7 p.m.

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Nordstrom and at least one Starbucks coffee shop plan to close their Portland stores early Friday in anticipation of anti-Trust protests following the presidential inauguration.

The downtown Nordstrom store, which usually closes at 8 p.m., will close at 2 p.m. instead. Across the street, the Starbucks that overlooks Pioneer Courthouse Square will close at 7 p.m. - four hours earlier than usual.

Other downtown retailers, including Finnegan's Toys & Gifts, said they do not plan to close early but are keeping their options open. Public Domain coffee and Niketown plan regular hours Friday.

TriMet indicated Thursday that it would suspend transit service downtown during Friday's protests, but then hedged after Mayor Ted Wheeler scolded the agency on Twitter. TriMet now says it is prepared to interrupt service if protests become unruly and suggests travelers have backup plans Friday afternoon.

November protests that followed Donald Trump's election last fall turned chaotic at times, resulting in graffiti in multiple neighborhoods, broken windows at a FedEx, Chase Bank and Starbucks, and severe damage to vehicles at a Toyota dealership on Northeast Broadway. A confrontation on the Morrison Bridge during a November protest resulted in a shooting.

On Wednesday, new Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said the city will not tolerate vandalism or obstructions to freeway traffic or mass transit.

The Portland Business Alliance praised Wheeler for drawing "a hard line on vandalism and violence, clearly setting expectations for behavior."

"Business owners always put the safety of their employees and customers first," wrote PBA president Sandra McDonough. "So we are confident that they will make decisions that are appropriate for their enterprise."

This article has been updated with comment from the PBA.

-- Mike Rogoway; twitter: @rogoway; 503-294-7699