Lloyd Center

Lloyd Center is a shopping mall in the Lloyd District of Portland, Oregon. The mall features two levels of shopping, and a third level food court and professional offices. It also includes a Regal Cinema and an ice skating rink.

The mall opened August 1, 1960 in it's original 100-store, open-aired configuration. Upon opening, it was certainly the first and largest shopping center in Portland, and claimed to be the largest in the world at the time. Although very close to the downtown retail core, Lloyd Center was the first major retail development to seriously challenge it, aimed almost exclusively at commuters utilizing Portland's then-growing freeway system.

The mall's layout and decor were outdated by the 1990's, which saw a major renovation that enclosed the mall, added new anchor and retail space, and a food court.

The mall is well-connected to the regional transit system; TriMet buses stop right outside and MAX light rail stops one block away.

Anchors

Inside the mall:

• Meier & Frank
• Marshall's-Space originally occupied by Woolworth's
• Sears-Originally a J.C. Penney store.
• Nordstrom
• Old Navy
• Ross Dress for Less- Originally occupied by Lammont's
• Toys "Я" Us (vacated mall in 2004)

In outbuildings:

• Safeway
• Dollar Tree-Formerly a J.J. Newberry store.

External links

• Official website
• Oregon History Project- Some history on the Lloyd Center and surrounding Lloyd District.