Portland's Lloyd Center

The first mall-type shopping center in PDX -as well as Oregon- was built 1.5 miles northeast of the city center. 

Graphic from the Lloyd Corporation, Limited

An aerial of the mall and surrounding area, taken soon after the August 1960 dedication of the complex.

Photo from the Anderson Sundry Company / Curteichcolor

In 1961, the 1.2 million square foot complex housed 110 stores and services and eighty professional offices. At this time, LLOYD CENTER was one of the largest shopping centers in the nation. Free parking was provided for 3,000 autos.

LLOYD CENTER TENANTS 1961:

MALL LEVEL (second floor)

 

BEST'S APPAREL / F.W. WOOLWORTH (with Luncheonette) / J.C. PENNEY / J.J. NEWBERRY (with Cafeteria and Coffee Shop) / MEIER & FRANK (with Beauty Salon, Aladdin Restaurant, 59er Coffee Shop and freestanding Tire Center) / SAFEWAY supermarket / TRADEWELL STORES supermarket / Aden & Josi men's wear / Atiyeh Brothers / Budget Finance / Chandler's Shoes / Collins & Erwin Piano Company / Columbian Optical / Culbertson's Leathers / Doctor Scholl's Foot Comfort Shop / Fabric House / Fahey-Brockman / Finlandia House / First National Bank of Oregon / Flair, Incorporated / Florsheim Shoes / Gallenkamp Shoes / Hallmark  Opticians / Healthway Food Center / Hertz Shoe Clinic / Hol-n-One Donut Company / House of Nine ladies' wear / Jacqueline Shops ladies' wear / Joe Brown's Karmelkorn / Kandel's sportswear / Kinney Shoes / Kodak at Sandy's / Leeds Qualicraft Shoes / Lerner Shops ladies' wear / Lloyd Center Cleaners / Lloyd Center Pharmacy / Lloyd Center Record Shop / Margo's / Mario's Men's & Young Men's Shop / McAll Oil Company / Mister C's Hippopotamus Restaurant / Mode O'Day Frock Shop / Morrow's Nut House / Motherhood Maternity / Nadeau's Junior Boot Shop / Naito Gifts / National Shirt Shops / Nordstrom's Shoes / Oregon Liquor Commission / Oregon Typewriter & Recorder Company / Pancake Corner / Paris Hats / Paulette / Pay 'n Save Drugs / Pipeland / Pittsburgh Plate Glass / Portland Book Store / Portland Federal Savings / Reed's Shoes / Riggs Pharmacy / Rotary Bakeries / Sanford's / Samuel Rosenblatt / Stevens & Son Jewelers / The Dance Mart / Thom McAn Shoes / Tie Bar / Toyland / Van Duyn Candies / Weisfeld's / Wil-O-Dell / Yuen Lui Studio / Zukor's ladies' wear 

MULTNOMAH LEVEL (first floor)

 

F.W. WOOLWORTH (lower level) / J.C. PENNEY (lower level) / MEIJER & FRANK (lower level) / Dean Whitter, Incorporated investment brokers / Gilley & Busey Attorneys At Law / Granning & Treece Loans, Incorporated / Ice Rink / Lloyd Center Barber Shop / Lloyd Center Home Furnishings / Mannings, Incorporated / Public Auditorium / Reed & Paulson / Skater's Lounge / Title & Trust / United States National Bank / Wide Travel / Zilka Smither & Company investment brokers       

 

This LLOYD CENTER layout shows how merchandise was delivered to stores in the original mall. Apparently, most freight was brought in on the second floor, or Mall Level. Major stores (Meier & Frank, J.C. Penney and F.W. Woolworth) received shipments via docks on the first floor or Multnomah Level.   

The east end of the East Mall concourse was flanked by J.C. Penney and F.W. Woolworth.
Photo from Anderson Sundry Company / Curteichcolor

The west end of the West Mall was anchored by Best's Apparel and Nordstrom's Shoes.
Photo from the Anderson Sundry Company / Curteichcolor

The mall's Ice Rink. Skating facilities such as this were common in America's early malls. They were a primary feature at Long Island's ROOSEVELT FIELD, LA's TOPANGA PLAZA, The Bay Area's SUNVALLEY CENTER and Houston's GALLERIA, to name a few. Today, only the rinks at LLOYD CENTER and THE GALLERIA remain in operation. 
Photo from Anderson Sundry Company / Curteichcolor

At the center of the center was a large, open Central Plaza. From here, one could watch skaters on the Ice Rink below. There was also a Rose Garden and fronts for stores such as Kodak At Sandy's, Columbian Optical, Pipeland and National Shirt Shops.

Photo from Anderson Sundry Company / Curteichcolor

For elegant dining. Meier & Frank's posh Aladdin Restaurant overlooked the Central Plaza and skating rink. The bistro opened for business in March 1961 and closed down in 1990. 

Photo from Anderson Sundry Company / Curteichcolor

The LLOYD CENTER J.J. Newberry was separate from the mall proper. It was located in a strip plaza on the north end of the site. At the time of its August 1960 grand opening, the store -which encompassed 91,000 square feet- was the largest in the chain.
Photo from Smith-Western, Incorporated

The next four images show the interior of the shiny new Newberrys. Above, we have the main sales floor.

Photo from J.J. Newberry Company Annual Report 1960

The Home Furnishings Department features the latest sofas, end tables, lamps and the like.

Photo from J.J. Newberry Company Annual Report 1960

The Newberry's Cafeteria accommodates the more budget-conscious diner.

Photo from J.J. Newberry Company Annual Report 1960

The LLOYD CENTER Newberrys included a basement sales floor. 

Photo from J.J. Newberry Company Annual Report 1960

The mall's first major renovation was done in the early 1970s. A Lipmans (Lipman & Wolfe) department store was added to the West Mall (in medium gray). Best's Apparel had been rebranded as a Nordstrom Best in 1967. It became a bona-fide Nordstrom in 1972. 

The Alpenrose Storybook Lane was a yuletide attraction at LLOYD CENTER for several years.

Advert from the Lloyd Corporation, Limited 

An early 1960s view of the Meier & Frank anchor store, which stood at the front of LLOYD CENTER.
Photo from Anderson Sundry Company / Curteichcolor

The same store, only 35 years later.

Photo by kind permission of Mark Bozanich.

PDX's Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) light rail network opened a station near LLOYD CENTER in September 1986.
Photo from Wikipedia / "Alphalife"

LLOYD CENTER underwent a 200 million dollar enclosing renovation between 1988 and 1991. Woolworth's had gone dark in September 1982. Lamonts opened in July 1988. A vacant Lipmans-The Crescent was demolished and replaced by Nordstrom, which was dedicated in August 1990. With these improvements, the mall covered around 1,472,000 leasable square feet, with 152 stores and services under its roof. 

A circa-2006 view of the West Mall and Nordstrom entrance. The Seattle-centric retailer would operate in this store space for over 24 years.
Photo from www.glimcher.com / Glimcher Realty Trust

A depiction of Level 2 at LLOYD CENTER, just before a 50 million dollar, indoor-outdoor renovation got underway. Marshalls had joined the store directory in 1993. Sears assumed a vacated J.C. Penney in 1999. In 2014, the mall contained 178 stores and services and provided free parking for 5,000 autos. 

A refurbished LLOYD CENTER Ice Rink is now oval in shape (instead of rectangular). It is also a bit smaller than the previous Ice Chalet.

Drawing from www.lloydcenter.com

A 3-level spiral staircase was installed at a newly-created Main Entrance. It harkens back to a 2-level circular stairway that was a fixture of the East Wing between 1960 and 1989.

Drawing from www.lloydcenter.com  

During the 2010s makeover, the exterior of LLOYD CENTER was made more pedestrian-friendly. Several stores were opened up to adjacent parking areas and city streets.

Drawing from www.lloydcenter.com 

The 2010s renovation wrapped up just as an anchor exodus was getting underway. Nordstrom shut down in January 2015. Sears pulled their plug in September 2018, with Marshalls going dark in January 2019. Macy's closed for good in January 2021. The mall was left without an operational anchor. The good news was that several vacant stores had been replaced by an interesting collection of locally-owned businesses.

 

Amidst all of the store closings, one charter tenant remained in business and is still at its original location in the mall. Joe Brown's Carmel Corn (formerly Joe Brown's Karmelkorn) has been serving a special recipe of carmelized popcorn at LLOYD CENTER since 1961. 

Photo from www.lloydcenter.com

LLOYD CENTER
Northeast Multnomah Street and Northeast 9th Avenue
Portland, Oregon

Portland -and Oregon's- first mall-type shopping center took over 35 years to get from conception to reality. The complex was envisioned in the 1920s by Ralph Bramel Lloyd (1875-1953), a Los Angeles-based oil company executive and real estate entrepreneur. 

 

By the mid-1950s, LLOYD CENTER was being developed by the Lloyd Corporation, Limited, a joint venture of three Lloyd family members, and the Prudential Insurance Company. The open-air mall was built on a 50-acre tract. This was located 1.5 miles northeast of Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square, on the city's central east side. Ground was broken in April 1958. 

 

John Graham, Junior, of Seattle, designed the 100 million dollar structure. It encompassed approximately 1,200,000 leasable square feet and was one of the largest shopping centers in the United States at the time of its official dedication. This was held on August 1, 1960. Officiating at the grand opening were Mark Hatfield (R) (Governor of Oregon) and Terry Schrunk (Mayor of Portland). Mayor Schrunk cut a ceremonial ribbon, which released 700 homing pigeons.

LLOYD CENTER was configured with 3 full floors; Multnomah Level, Mall Level and Second Floor Level. An Intermediate Level was a sub-floor sandwiched between the Multnomah Level and Mall Level of the North Mall. 

 

In its original state, the Multnomah Level served as a parking deck, which included basements of major stores, office spaces, a barber shop and Lloyd Center Ice Rink. This skating facility opened, in September 1960, as the second shopping mall ice rink in the nation (the first having been dedicated, at Long Island, New York's ROOSEVELT FIELD CENTER, in 1958). 

 

The Mall Level of LLOYD CENTER was devoted entirely to retail stores and restaurants. The third floor -or Second Floor Level-  housed leased office spaces and the Aladdin Restaurant, which was built over the Ice Rink. Portland-based Meier & Frank occupied a 5-level (314,000 square foot) store at the center of the center. Seattle-based Best's Apparel leased a 2-level (52,800 square foot) store at the end of the West Mall. This was the chain's first branch. Nordstrom's Shoes was located across the West Mall concourse. 

 

By 1961, there were 110 stores, restaurants and services. These included Lerner Shops, Stevens & Son Jewelers, Van Duyn Candies, Mr. C's Hippopotamus Restaurant, a 2-level (97,300 square foot) J.C. Penney and 2-level (62,700 square foot) F.W. Woolworth 5 & 10. Outparcel stores included Pay 'n Save Drug, a Safeway supermarket, Tradewell Stores supermarket and 3-level (91,000 square foot) J. J. Newberry 5 & 10.

Early shopping malls in the vicinity of LLOYD CENTER were built on a smaller scale, hence, they did not provide any measurable competition. The first, EASTPORT PLAZA {4.4 miles southeast, in Portland} was dedicated in 1960. The first stores in MALL 205 {4.3 miles southeast, also in Portland} opened in 1970.

The first formidable rival, VANCOUVER MALL {9.1 miles northeast, in Vancouver, Washington} debuted in 1977. This was followed by CLACKAMAS TOWN CENTER {7.4 miles southeast, in Clackamas County} in 1981. PIONEER PLACE {in Downtown Portland} was dedicated in 1990.

Over the years, LLOYD CENTER has had an ever-changing line-up of tenants. Stores have come, gone, come back, closed and been replaced in such a dizzying pace that it is hard to keep up with all of the changes. We hope to, at least, cover the most important of these in this write up.  

In 1963, Nordstrom acquired Best's Apparel. In August 1967, they rebranded the mall's Best's and Nordstrom's Shoes stores as a singular Nordstrom Best location. The name was shortened to Nordstrom in December 1972. At this time, J.C. Penney was enlarged into a 3-level (144,000 square foot) store. Portland-based Lipmans had added a 2-level (50,000 square foot) unit to the far end of the West Mall. The store opened on November 2, 1972. This expansion included five new inline stores. 

 

Lipmans was rebranded by Seattle-based Frederick & Nelson on April 2, 1979. The store was re-rebranded again in mid-1987, when it became a Lipmans Red Tag Clearance Center. This operation lasted only a few months. In August of the same year, stores in the Lipmans chain were rebranded by Spokane-based The Crescent.

Meanwhile, LLOYD CENTER had become rail-transit-accessible. Revenue service commenced, on the 15-route-mile Metropolitan Area Express light rail line, on September 5, 1986. A MAX station was located 1 block south of the mall, at Northeast 11th Avenue and Holladay Street.

The mall was acquired by Indiana's Melvin Simon & Associates (today's Simon Property Group) in May 1986. They announced a major renovation in October 1987. The cost of this project was estimated to be between 30 and 40 million dollars. Work got underway in early 1988.

Courts and concourses were enclosed with vaulted glass ceilings. Meier & Frank was given a face lift and six escalators installed throughout the complex. Moreover, the first floor was converted into a full level of stores. Two parking garages were added to the existing decks; one at the northwest corner of the mall, another at the southeast.

As the mall renovation was getting underway, Bellevue, Washington-based Lamonts bought stores in The Crescent chain. Apparently, The Crescent, on the West Mall, was shuttered. Lamonts established a 2-level (47,000 square foot) store on the North Mall, which opened for business on July 29, 1988. 

 

The mall renovation continued with the installation of a 16-bay Food Court on the third floor of the North Mall. The vacant Lipmans-Frederick & Nelson-The Crescent building was acquired by Nordstrom. It was demolished and replaced with a 3-level (150,000 square foot) store. This new Nordstrom held its grand opening on August 24, 1990.

 

The new and improved LLOYD CENTER held its grand re-opening on August 21, 1991. It now encompassed approximately 1,472,000 leasable square feet and attained the status of largest shopping mall in the Beaver State; a title it had relinquished to Tigard's WASHINGTON SQUARE in 1974. The remodeling project, whose cost had been estimated at 40 million dollars in 1987, ended up with a 200 million dollar price tag!

A new mall multiplex was dedicated as part of the refurbishment. The Act III Theatres Lloyd Mall 8 showed first features on December 20, 1991. Installed on the mall's third floor, it joined a freestanding venue, the Act III Theatres Lloyd Center 10. This multiplex, built in the southeastern periphery of the mall, had opened on December 19, 1986.

The mall's merchandising musical chairs continued into the 1990s. Woolworth had closed in September 1982. The building was leased by Rubenstein's Furniture, which opened in November 1984 and closed for good in October 1993. Marshalls assumed the vacant space and held a grand opening in November 1993. The mall was sold to Columbus, Ohio's Glimcher Realty Trust in May 1998.

Lamonts had been shuttered in January 1995. The space was divided between a 2-level Ross Dress For Less and 1-level Barnes & Noble. Barnes & Noble welcomed first shoppers in November 2001, with Ross opening in 2004. J.C. Penney had shuttered their store in June 1998. Sears remodeled the vacant building and opened on October 13, 1999. Meier & Frank morphed into a Macy's on September 9, 2006.

In March 2010, it was announced that the Glimcher Realty Trust, which had become financially strapped as a result of The Great Recession, was entering into a two-mall joint venture with the New York City-based Blackstone Group. Two shopping centers were involved in this arrangement; LLOYD CENTER and Tampa, Florida's WESTSHORE PLAZA.

In June 2013, Glimcher and Blackstone sold LLOYD CENTER to Dallas-based Cypress Equities Real Estate Investment Management. At this time, the mall encompassed 178 stores and forty office spaces. One of these store spaces was soon vacant. Nordstrom went dark on January 10, 2015.

This store closing transpired as the mall was being given a 50 million dollar renovation. The project got underway in the summer of 2014 and was completed in the spring of 2017. When construction dust settled, the Ice Chalet and center court had been reconfigured and mall concourses refurbished. The Intermediate Level was removed. Several stores had also been opened to adjacent parking areas via Streetscape storefronts.

Unfortunately, this revitalization of LLOYD CENTER was not entirely successful. The complex encountered several major store closings. Sears went dark in September 2018, with Marshalls pulling up stakes in January 2019. The shuttering of Macy's, in January 2021, left LLOYD CENTER with no operational anchor stores. 

 

In December 2021, KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Incorporated, of New York City, foreclosed on the mall. It was sold to the Seattle-based Urban Renaissance Group in December 2021. They submitted a Design Advice Request to the City of Portland in September 2023. 

 

Under this proposal, the moribund mall would be redeveloped as a "vibrant and sustainable mix of uses." These would include residential, retail, food service and entertainment components. The mall's Ice Rink would be retained. Demolition of the abandoned Nordstrom commenced in June 2025. The structure was being replaced by a live music venue.

Sources:

The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon)
The Bulletin (Bend, Oregon)
The Oregon Daily Emerald (University of Oregon, Eugene) 
The Portland Observer 
The Eugene Register-Guard
"Dual Anchor Shopping Centers 1952-1965" / Richard Longstreth
https://ancestors.familysearch.org
https://www.angelfire.com / "Meier & Frank -Lloyd Center- Portland, Oregon / Mark Bozanich
https://www.portlandmaps.com
https://www.cinematreasures.org
http://www.glimcher.com / Glimcher Realty Trust (website on Internet Archive Wayback Machine)
http://www.lloydcenter.com (website on Internet Archive Wayback machine)
https://www.lloydcenter.com
https://www.trimet.org / Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon
https://www.urbanrengroup.com/ Urban Renaissance Group 
"Lloyd Center" article on Wikipedia

Portland's Eastport Plaza

The second mall-type shopping center in the Rose City opened 2 months after LLOYD CENTER. EASTPORT PLAZA was a small, community-class complex. It was originally open-air, with a set of eight arched canopies covering its 400-foot-long shopping concourse. These canopies afforded some protection from inclement weather, but did not provide a climate-controlled environment.
Drawing from the Roberts Brothers

The mall, circa-1962. It was named due to its status as an "East Portland" shopping complex. The original shopping hub housed twenty-eight stores and services, with its anchor being PDX-based Lipman & Wolfe (a.k.a. Lipman's). Free parking was provided for 2,500 autos.

EASTPORT PLAZA TENANTS 1962:

LIPMAN & WOLFE (with The Tea Room Restaurant and Beauty Salon ) / J.C. PENNEY / J.J. NEWBERRY (with Holland House Cafeteria & Coffee Shop) / TRADEWELL FOODS supermarket (outparcel) / ALBERTSONS supermarket (outparcel) / Beauty Chateau Salon / Columbian Optical / Comar's Shoes / Eastport Plaza Barber Shop / Eastport Plaza Beauty Shop / Equitable Savings & Loan / Fabric House / Firestone Car Care (outparcel) / Gallenkamp Shoes / Granning & Treece / Hol-N-One Donuts / Hy-Tone Cleaners / Karmelkorn / Leeds Qualicraft Shoes / Lerner Shops / Mario Bisio men's wear / Mode O'Day Frock Shop / Nordstrom's Shoes / Pay 'n Save Drug (with luncheonette) / Plaza Restaurant / S & H Green Stamps Redemption Center / Sleep Shop / Toy World / Turner Insurance / US National Bank (outparcel) /  W.P. Fuller Company / Weisfield's 

A vintage view of the open-air concourse at EASTPORT PLAZA. J.C. Penney is seen on the right.
Photo from http://eastportplaza.blogspot.com / Jeff

J.J. Newberry co-anchored the mall.

Photo from J.J. Newberry Company Annual Report 1960

Holland House Cafeteria & Coffee Shop was an extension of the Newberrys store. 

Photo from J.J. Newberry Company Annual Report 1960

The storefront of Aden & Josi, a popular men's wear retailer.

Photo from the JB Photo Archives

 

 

EASTPORT PLAZA was given a thorough renovation in 1978 and '79. A 95,000 square foot North Mall was added, with new and existing shopping concourses being fully-enclosed. This ad, from June 1979, apologizes for the mall's current "growing pains."

Advert from The Philip Lyon Family Trust / Eastport Plaza  

An EASTPORT logo montage features trademarks of stores in operation in 1979.

Our second EASTPORT plan depicts the newly-enclosed shopping complex. It covers approximately 393,800 leasable square feet and contains over thirty stores and services. These include G.I. Joe's, Mervyns, Newberrys and J.C. Penney. 

The late '70s remodeling failed to keep the mall competitive with newer and more trendy shopping venues in its trade area. After languishing in retail twilight for several years, the PLAZA was demolished in 1996, leaving only three structures standing (these highlighted in blue). A new open-air power center was completed in 1997 and '98.
Original drawing from http://www.eastportplaza.com

G.I. Joe's Sports & Automotive anchored EASTPORT PLAZA between 1979 and 2005. After its closing, the building was divided into two stores. One of these was Ross Dress For Less.
Photo from http://www.eastportplaza.com

The remainder of the old G.I. Joe's space was occupied by a Jo-Ann Superstore.
Photo from http://www.eastportplaza.com

"Bentonville's Best" anchored EASTPORT PLAZA for over 25 years. The abandoned building was retenanted by a Hong Phat Superstore Asian supermarket in July 2024.
Photo from http://www.eastportplaza.com

EASTPORT PLAZA
Southeast 82nd Avenue and Southeast Holgate Boulevard
Portland, Oregon

Portland's second shopping mall was built on a 28-acre plot, located 4.9 miles southeast of the center city. The site, in PDX's Lents community, contained the A.V. Folkman farm. It was acquired by the Pacific Coast League Portland Beavers baseball team in 1945, with plans for an eventual stadium.

The stadium plan never panned out. The property was acquired by the US National Bank in 1955. They retained a 2-acre plot and sold the remainder of the property to Fligelman & Meltzer, a joint venture of three California-based developers. Robert J. Meyer & Associates, of Los Angeles, were hired to design a single-level, open-air mall. Ground was broken on October 20, 1959.

Meanwhile, US National Bank had built a branch office on their property which opened for business on December 15, 1956. The first three stores in the adjacent shopping mall opened their doors on September 15, 1960. These were Fabric House, Nordstrom's Shoes and a 2-level (90,000 square foot), Portland-based Lipman & Wolfe. A golden ribbon at Lipman's was cut by Joan Roberts (daughter of William E. Roberts, chairman of the board). Terry Schrunk (Mayor of Portland) was in attendance. 

On October 27, 1960, the 5 million dollar EASTPORT PLAZA was officially dedicated. There were twenty-two operational stores and approximately 286,000 leasable square feet. When fully-leased the complex contained twenty-eight tenant spaces. J.C. Penney and a J.J. Newberry 5 & 10 were junior anchors, with both stores having basement sales floors. 

Charter EASTPORT PLAZA inline stores included Pay 'n Save Drug, Leeds Qualicraft Shoes, Lerner Shops, an S & H Green Stamps Redemption Center and freestanding Albertsons and Tradewell Stores supermarkets. A bell carillon over the main mall entrance played music throughout the day. 

 

Shopping malls in the immediate vicinity of EASTPORT PLAZA were LLOYD CENTER (1960) {4.4 miles northwest, in Portland} and MALL 205 (1970) {1.5 miles northeast, also in Portland}.

EASTPORT PLAZA was renovated in the late 1970s. A 95,000 square foot North Mall was added to the existing complex. The new, fully-enclosed concourse was anchored by a Wilsonville, Oregon-based G.I Joe's Sports & Automotive. This 1-level (55,000 square foot) store was inaugurated on March 1, 1979. The existing shopping concourse, or Main Mall, was also enclosed and refurbished with new planters. The North and Main malls were covered in three-color weave carpeting.  

 

The mall renovation was completed in October 1979. At this time, EASTPORT PLAZA housed approximately 393,800 leasable square feet. Lipmans had been shuttered on March 30, 1979. The building was leased by Hayward, California-based Mervyn's, who opened their EASTPORT PLAZA unit on October 3, 1979. Inline stores opening as part of the mall's enclosure and expansion included Waldenbooks, Artistry in Gold, Frederick's of Hollywood and Air Step/Footworks, 

A two-tube water slide, known as the Hydrotube, was installed near the G.I. Joe's mall entrance. It opened for business on September 21, 1982. The attraction was shut down in the mid-1980s due to liability issues.

EASTPORT PLAZA began to decline after the 1981 completion of CLACKAMAS TOWN CENTER {3.6 miles south, in Clackamas County}. A keeping up renovation of EASTPORT PLAZA was announced in January 1986. This would entail the installation of new carpeting, tiled soft-seating areas and lighting in the interior. On the outside, the mall would receive a new roof and landscaping, with the parking area being repaved. 

 

Unfortunately, an anchor exodus ensued, which may have caused renovation plans to be cancelled. J.C. Penney and Albertsons shut down in 1986. Mervyn's went dark in 1989. Newberrys had bailed out by 1994, leaving only G.I. Joe's and eleven inline stores in business. 

 

A redevelopment was announced in April 1995, with demolition getting underway in the following year. G.I. Joe's and two peripheral structures were left standing. The moribund mall was replaced by an open-air power center, retaining the EASTPORT PLAZA name. A 1-level (137,000 square foot) Wal-Mart SuperCenter was dedicated on October 29, 1997. The Century 16 Eastport Plaza showed first features on November 12, 1998. 

 

EASTPORT PLAZA now encompassed approximately 406,600 leasable square feet and housed thirty-five stores and services. G.I. Joe's (now promoted as simply "Joe's") closed in March 2005. Its space was divided between a (35,000 square foot) Jo-Ann Fabrics Superstore and (20,600 square foot) Ross Dress For Less. The megaplex cinema became a Cinemark venue in 2006. Albertsons pulled out of the shopping complex (again) in September 2006. LA Fitness assumed the store space and opened in August 2008.

 

WalMart expanded their EASTPORT store by 22,000 square feet, with its grand re-opening being held on November 14, 2012. This store went dark on March 24, 2023. The building was acquired by the Portland-based Hong Phat Group in in January 2024. They opened a Hong Phat Superstore Asian supermarket on July 26, 2024. The Hong Phat Group bought the remainder of EASTPORT PLAZA in December 2024.

Sources:

The Eugene Register-Guard (Eugene, Oregon)

The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon)

The Sandy Post (Sandy, Oregon) 

"Dual Anchor Shopping Centers 1952-1965" / Richard Longstreth

http://portlandism.blogspot.com / "Slip Slidin' Away..."

https://malls.fandom.com / Mervyn's Locations

http://eastportplaza.blogspot.com / "Eastport Plaza History Page" / Jeff

http://eastportplaza.com (website on Internet Archive Wayback Machine)

https://www.cinematreasures.org

Portland's Mall 205

The fourth mall in -or around- Portland was named after a freeway that wouldn't be completed for 13 years. MALL 205, finished in 1971, was the second fully-enclosed shopping center in Greater Portland. BERNARD'S BEAVERTON MALL -in Beaverton- had been the first, in October 1969. 
Graphic from Lenrich Associates

Promoted as "Portland's only fully-enclosed shopping center," MALL 205 was, in fact, the only enclosed mall within Portland's city limits. In 1971, MALL 205 encompassed around 430,000 leasable square feet. Most tenants had opened for business in late 1970. By late 1972, the mall contained forty stores and services. These included Montgomery Ward and a branch of Southern California's White Front discount chain.

A vintage interior view of the 10 million dollar facility. The entry into its East Mall is seen on the right.
Photo from http://mall205.blogspot.com / "Old Mall 205 Facts & History Page" / Jeff

By 1974, the White Front store, and chain, were history. The anchor space at MALL 205 sat vacant until 1977-'78, when it was carved into the so-called "PayLess Complex." This new wing housed twenty-one stores and services. These included PayLess Drug, Troutman's Emporium (a.k.a. The Emporium) and a 4-plex cinema.

By the late '90s, MALL 205 was in a downward spiral. A new owner took charge in 1999. Over the next 3 years, they did a retail resuscitation. The mall was renovated inside and out and new stores brought in. These included Bed, Bath & Beyond, 24 Hour Fitness and Famous Footwear.
Photo from http://gerritygroup.com / The Gerrity Group

The PayLess Complex wing was gutted and rebuilt as The Home Depot. This store opened for business in November 2001.

Photo from http://gerritygroup.com / The Gerrity Group