The city's third downtown mall project was a redevelopment of SALEM PLAZA. That structure was gutted, with an upper retail level added. Mervyn's was signed to anchor the new complex, which was to be known as SALEM CENTRE.
Graphic from Ellis / Dutcher Properties

Shoppers fill the upper level of the gleaming new SALEM CENTRE on its grand opening day, in July 1987. In the background, we see the entry into the 13-bay Food Centre.
Photo from the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce

 

On a circa-1989 plan, what was originally NORDSTROM MALL is shown in black. With completion of the late 1980s renovation, this structure is now promoted as SALEM CENTRE SOUTH. The reconstructed PLAZA structure (medium gray) is now promoted as SALEM CENTRE NORTH.